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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.…
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The write skills
Many first-year students arriving at UGA might say the reason to write is simple: to graduate. A diploma from the university requires that every student…
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Paul M. Kurtz named to three committees
Paul M. Kurtz, associate dean for academic and student affairs and a J. Alton Hosch Professor of Law in the School of Law, has been…
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Center for Humanities and Arts will become Willson Center
On Nov. 9, the university will celebrate the naming of the Jane and Harry Willson Center for Humanities and Arts.
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Gary D. Grossman appointed chair of Publications Oversight Committee for American Fisheries Society
Gary D. Grossman, Distinguished Research Professor of Animal Ecology in the Warnell School of Forest Resources, has been appointed chair of the Publications Oversight Committee…
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Book examines America’s racial hierarchy
Black, White, and Indian: Race and the Unmaking of an American Family By Claudio Saunt Oxford University Press $35 Deceit, compromise and betrayal were the…
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Environmental journalism combats scientific illiteracy
Sixty-three percent of people think that humans lived at the same time as dinosaurs, according to a survey done by Northern Illinois University.
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NIH grant will fund doctoral student’s innovative dietary research project
You’d better eat your veggies. UGA researchers may be calling to check up on you.
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Soul salvation: UGA administrator receives help from Project Safe during crisis
She thought she’d found her soul mate.
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Forest Resources plays critical role in recovery of quail habitat
UGA’s Warnell School of Forest Resources is committed to the recovery of bobwhite quail and other early successional habitat dependent species. In a demonstration of…
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Dave Coleman awarded McMaster Visiting Fellowship
Dave Coleman, retired Distinguished Research Professor of Ecology, has been awarded a McMaster Visiting Fellowship to travel to Australia from February-April 2006. The fellowship is…
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Nomination deadline
Nominations for the 2006 Robert C. Anderson Memorial Award are due in the Office of the Vice President for Research by Dec. 6. For…
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Report: College sports programs low in minority, gender hiring
Only 6 percent of athletic directors and 10 percent of college coaches in all sports are members of minority groups, according to a report by the…
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Creating meaningful dialogue
Nancy Felson, professor of classics, is chair of the University Council Executive Committee this year. Columns sat down with her to discuss the role and…
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Concert Choir will perform romantic works by French composers
The Hugh Hodgson School of Music presents the UGA Concert Choir, under the direction of Allen Crowell, on Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert…
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William Spruill elected Fellow of American College of Clinical Pharmacy
William Spruill, a professor in the department of clinical and administrative pharmacy, was among 21 members elected Fellows of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.…
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Peabody office issues call for entries
Call for entries for the 65th annual George Foster Peabody Awards are in the mail. More than 100,000 electronic media professionals worldwide will receive the…
