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Forest resources gets new name
The Daniel B. Warnell School of Forest Resources has received final approval from the University System of Georgia Board of Regents to formally change its…
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Patricia Bell-Scott received Marie F. Peters Ethnic Minorities Outstanding Achievement Award
Patricia Bell-Scott, professor of child and family development, received the Marie F. Peters Ethnic Minorities Outstanding Achievement Award. Established in 1983, the award recognizes distinguished…
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February
Thirteen UGA employees retired Feb. 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and length of employment are: George I. Bush Jr., procurement specialist, procurement, 9 years/11…
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Leadership applications
UGA’s Fanning Institute is accepting applications for the Latino Youth Leadership Program. The program is open to Latino youth ages 15-19 from across Georgia. Selected…
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Career conference
The UGA Alumni Association’s Multicultural Programs presents “Plotting the Course for Success” March 25 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. The daylong event provides…
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Marie Chisholm received 2005 Daniel B. Smith Practice Excellence Award
Marie Chisholm, associate professor of pharmacy practice, received the 2005 Daniel B. Smith Practice Excellence Award from the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Pharmacy Practice and…
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Getting it ‘write’
There’s a disease spreading in graduate schools known as “ABD.” It affects students nearing a doctorate, targeting the overworked, the uninspired and the unsure.
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National creativity experts will speak at Torrance Lecture on March 8
Nationally recognized creativity consultant and author Robert Alan Black, and Mark Runco, editor of Creativity Research Journal, will speak at the 2006 E. Paul Torrance Lecture…
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Gene Brody and Velma McBride Murry received Reuben Hill Award
Gene Brody and Velma McBride Murry, professors of child and family development, were part of a team of researchers to receive the Reuben Hill Award.…
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Beth Shackleford Kirch named 2006 recipient of Kutulakis Student Services Award
The Association of American Law Schools named Beth Shackleford Kirch, director of legal career services at the School of Law, the 2006 recipient of the…
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New book explores ‘police power’
Theodore Roosevelt and World Order: Police Power in International Relations By James R. Holmes Potomac Books $29.95 Although Theodore Roosevelt’s philosophy and policies were developed…
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Public administration professor researches ‘Lipstick and Logarithms’
The Department of Public Administration and Policy’s graduate program in public administration is considered the nation’s third best, according to U.S. News and World Report.…
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NEH workshop
Douglas Arnold, senior program officer, NEH education division, will conduct an information session and workshop for faculty and administrators on the funding programs of the…
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Break in publication
Because of spring break, Columns will not be printed on March 13. Regular weekly publication of the newspaper resumes March 20. Deadline to submit announcements…
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MIT will help build $100 laptops
The United Nations Development Programme and the nonprofit organization One Laptop per Child signed an agreement to develop $100 laptops for schoolchildren around the world.…
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J. Marshall Shepherd elected to Executive Council and Committee of American Meteorological Society
J. Marshall Shepherd, associate professor and physical meteorologist/climatologist, was recently elected to the Executive Council and Executive Committee of the American Meteorological Society. The AMS…
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Caroline Salter
Caroline Salter doesn’t horse around. She is a UGA Charter Scholarship Award recipient, and member of Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity. Caroline works in…
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UGA telecommunications students recognized at DGK banquet
Three University of Georgia telecommunications students received awards during the annual DiGamma Kappa banquet held on Feb. 27 in Athens. DGK is the nation’s oldest…
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Works of Marguerite Koepke featured in UGA Circle Gallery exhibit Imprints: investigations in design
The UGA College of Environment and Design Circle Gallery presents Imprints: investigations in design by UGA professor Marguerite Koepke, on display March 1 through March…
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U.S. Coast Guard singles out Grady master’s program
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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Barrow Elementary students receive civil rights history lesson during University of Georgia visit on
Students from Sara Cross’ fifth-grade class at Barrow Elementary School will take a March 3 field trip to the University of Georgia to learn about…
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Media Advisory: UGA pharmacy students sponsor help session for Medicare Part D
Students from the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy will hold a help session for senior citizens enrolled in Medicare to help them select and…
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UGA Real Estate Foundation Inc. now under UGA Research Foundation Inc.
As a result of actions at separate meetings earlier this month, the UGA Real Estate Foundation Inc. will be transferred from the University of Georgia…
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Bush on his own terms
While President Bush and his senior aides continue to defend the legality of the wiretapping program he ordered after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks,…