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Patent interest
Robert Fincher is director of UGA’s technology commercialization office. Columns sat down with him to find out how the patenting and commercialization process works and…
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Doctoral grad wins dissertation award
Brian Culp, a 2005 doctoral graduate of the College of Education’s physical education and sports studies program, received a statewide award for his dissertation from…
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Karen Shetterley named to Professional Education Review Panel
Karen Shetterley, a senior public service associate with the Georgia Center for Continuing Education, has been named to the Professional Education Review Panel. Members of…
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Far & Near
The university welcomed visitors from Tunisia to campus earlier this month while faculty from the music school were performing in the Pacific Rim earlier this…
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Fellows deadline
The Office of Service Learning is accepting applications for the 2006 Service-Learning Fellows program at UGA. Applications are due Nov. 30. This year-long program provides…
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New book explores democracy in Europe
Development on the Periphery: Democratic Transitions in Southern and Eastern Europe By Howard J. Wiarda Rowman & Littlefield Publishers $80 (cloth); $34.95 (paper) In his…
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$100 million anonymous gift waives tuition for Yale music students
Thanks to the contribution of an anonymous source, Yale University School of Music students will have their tuition waived starting next fall. The donation of…
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Researchers study effects of nanoparticles on environment
A UGA research team has received funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take a close look at something 100,000 times smaller than the…
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Volunteers sought for pregnancy, back pain, exercise study
The department of kinesiology is recruiting pregnant women to participate in a study. Volunteers must have current back pain or a history of back pain,…
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Public service associate provides legal advice to local governments
Betty Hudson likes a job with variety; most days, that is not a problem.
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Grants will fund research on clean energy technologies
Incorporating nanostructures may lead to more efficient hydrogen production and storage, according to researchers from UGA and the University of California, Santa Cruz who have…
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Writing survey
Del Dunn, vice president for instruction, has distributed a survey to faculty to learn more about how writing is taught at UGA. The survey seeks…
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Enrollment in graduate programs on the rise for women and minorities
According to a report released by the Council of Graduate Schools, enrollment in graduate programs at American universities increased in 2004. The increase is attributed…
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Professor will study youth in predominately black suburb
A UGA education researcher hopes a new, four-year study of the experiences of African-American adolescents in a predominantly black Atlanta suburb will help explain the…
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Tim Burgess, state health commissioner, named budget director
Tim Burgess, a veteran state government official who is completing a term as commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Health, will join the university…
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Golf workshops
Instructors at the UGA golf course will hold single-day golf lesson workshops for faculty, staff and spouses. Each workshop, which costs $35, includes two hours…
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Poll: Georgians support obesity measures
Georgians see childhood obesity as a high priority health issue, one that the state should take steps to address, according to the latest Peach State…
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Library material available via Google
Google Inc.’s Internet launched a project this past December that will make books and government documents available and indexed on its Web site. The ultimate…
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Madame Butterfly
UGA’s Performing Arts Center presents Opera Verdi Europa in Madame Butterfly Nov. 20 at 3 p.m. in Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. The company will perform…
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Alliance seeks input on how to improve writing instruction
UGA English professor Christy Desmet was a student at UCLA in the late 1970s when a professor there surveyed fellow faculty members about how they…
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Committee explores ways to streamline information systems
The university is in the process of developing a strategy to better position UGA to compete in a Web-enabled world. Anytime, anywhere access to the…
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Graduate School hosts visitation program for prospective students
This month the Graduate School wrapped up its fifth annual Visitation Days program, which gives prospective students from underrepresented groups a glimpse not only of…
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American folk music authority will perform in Athens, speak on campus
Joe Hickerson, a leading authority on American folk music as an archivist, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and performer (voice and guitar), will perform in Athens on Nov.…
