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More students ignore race question
A study by the Association of American Colleges and Universities and Claremont Graduate University found a rise in the percentage of students choosing not to…
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Diversity candidate visit
After the March 6 issue of Columns had gone to press, two changes were made to the “Four finalists recommended for head diversity post” article.…
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Ground broken for new sports space
The Athletic Association broke ground last month on a 120,000- square-foot addition to Stegeman Coliseum. Scheduled to be completed in June 2007, the annex will house…
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Waiver fight
In Detroit, a 52-year-old laid-off Ford engineer is suing the company, alleging age discrimination, and is challenging the waivers Ford required terminated employees to sign…
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UGA Press names 15 members to its new Advisory Council
The University of Georgia Press has named 15 members to its new Advisory Council, which meets twice a year in Athens.
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Boon to boomers
Baby boomer inventors have an advantage in hawking their products, according to an article in the Tampa Tribune. The article on aging entrepreneurs quotes UGA…
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Volunteers sought for pregnancy, back pain, exercise research study
The kinesiology department is recruiting pregnant women to participate in a study. Volunteers must have current back pain or a history of back pain, must…
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Roe v. Wade attorney will deliver this year’s House Lecture
Sarah Weddington, the winning attorney in the historic U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, will deliver the School of Law’s 24th Edith House Lecture,…
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Poetry collection offers ‘suite’ choices
The Infinity Sessions T.R. Hummer Louisiana State University Press $19.95 T.R. Hummer is almost as well known for his devotion to jazz and the blues…
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Asia’s new balance
The New York Times quotes Anupam Srivastava, executive director of UGA’s South Asia program, on the relationship between India and China, and how that affects…
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Rotary Grant applications
The deadline to apply for Rotary Grants for University Teachers is Aug. 1. The grants provide funds to higher education faculty to travel abroad to…
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‘Global citizen’
Delta Air Lines and the University of Georgia will present the 2006 Delta Prize for Global Understanding to R. E. (Ted) Turner, founder of Cable…
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All UGA sports OK’d by NCAA
None of the university’s 21 varsity intercollegiate sports teams will incur any penalties resulting from the annual NCAA Academic Progress Report released as a part…
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Press on
It was a lecture 45 years in the making.
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Mathematician will deliver 12th annual Cantrell Lectures
Fields Medal winner Stephen Smale, professor at Toyota Technological Institute and the University of Chicago, will deliver the annual Cantrell Lectures March 22-24.
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True grits
While grits are gaining popularity above the Mason-Dixon line, the Southern mainstay still remains a mystery for many. The Boston Globe recently broke it down…
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Building on a legacy
Pauline M. Berger served on the faculty of the School of Social Work from 1966 to 1976 and was the school’s first director of admissions.…
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NCAA will more closely scrutinize transcripts from high school athletes
To better judge the academic merit of potential athletes, the NCAA will begin deeper investigations of high school transcripts submitted by unregulated prep schools. The…
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Coast Guard ships students to UGA
The U.S. Coast Guard knows a good thing when it sees one. As a result, it will be sending future public affairs graduate students to…
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Alumni-employees breakfast
The UGA Alumni Association’s annual “Workin’ Like a Dawg” Alumni-Employees Breakfast will be held April 5, 7:30 a.m.-9 a.m. in the banquet area of the…
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Crossing over: CDD brings scientists together to help state of Georgia
Seinfeld had Larry David. Apple Computer Inc. had Steve Jobs. UGA’s new Center for Drug Discovery has Vasu Nair.
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Bombs away
During March-which traditionally comes in like the proverbial lion, bringing cold, windy and irritable weather-a trip to the beach sounds better all the time. And…
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Spring enrollment up over last year
Enrollment at UGA for spring semester shot up to 32,154, an increase of 141 students over spring 2005. The total includes 30,949 students attending classes…
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Pricey petunias
Despite mild winter weather, greenhouse growers are facing high heating bills, meaning that there may be fewer staples-such as Easter lilies and poinsettias-this year. The…