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Human resources associate VP named CEO of national association
Anthony G. (Andy) Brantley, who has led UGA’s Human Resources Division for nearly five years, is leaving to head the national professional organization for human…
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Margaret Wagner Dahl received Biomedical Community Award
Margaret Wagner Dahl, director of research development and technology alliances, received the Georgia Biomedical Partnership’s Biomedical Community Award earlier this year. The award recognizes individuals,…
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UGA entomologist puts a bug in people’s ear about pesticide risks
You wake up in the middle of the night and head to the kitchen for a drink. You flick on the light-and “Eeeeek! A bug!”…
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COMPACT Planning
Barbara White, chief information officer, has launched a process called “compact planning” at Enterprise Information Technology Services as a way of developing plans and budgets…
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Yale University ends family contribution for low-income students
Yale has joined Harvard in easing the financial burden of a college education on students from low-income families. Parents who earn less than $45,000 per…
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Kettering president will deliver Tresp Lecture
David Matthews, president and chief executive officer of the Charles F. Kettering Foundation, will deliver the annual Lothar Tresp Lecture at the university March 23.
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Archive opens at NY public library
The New York Public Library has launched a free, searchable database of about 275,000 images and manuscripts from its holdings. These images are all either in…
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Cures for Everything
This week, University Theatre will debut M.F.A. playwriting student David Pollack’s Cures for Everything-a story about a well-known painter who has found himself in a…
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UGA removes files from server after finding sensitive third-party information
University officials have discovered that a student improperly stored sensitive third-party information on one of its servers in violation of UGA’s computer-use policy. An ongoing…
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Hugh J. Watson named Fellow of Association for Information Systems
Hugh J. Watson, professor of management information systems, has been named a Fellow of the Association for Information Systems. AIS is the leading professional organization…
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Jack Bauerle selected as head coach of U.S. women’s swim team at FINA World Championships
Head swimming and diving coach Jack Bauerle will serve as head coach of the U.S. women’s swim team at the 2005 FINA World Championships in…
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Book examines modern-age Americas
The Americas in the Modern Age By Lester D. Langley Yale University Press $20 In The Americas of the Modern Age, which will be released…
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UGA Night at Six Flags
The UGA Alumni Association and the department of student activities have organized UGA Night at Six Flags on April 29, 6 p.m. to midnight. During this time,…
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Faculty colloquium on integrating research and teaching convenes
UGA faculty and graduate students will come together for a March 24 colloquium focused on integrating the university’s research and teaching missions. The event will be…
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NIH broadens definition of diversity
The National Institutes of Health is redefining the terms for its diversity-oriented grants to open these programs to all “disadvantaged” applicants, such as people with…
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Corrie Brown appointed to serve on advisory committee
Corrie Brown, professor and coordinator of international activities in the College of Veterinary Medicine, was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services…
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Like, awesome!
We always knew UGA students were pretty amazing, but now we have evidence. Each week a different student is pictured and profiled on the main…
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Jordan, former White House chief of staff, coming to UGA to write book on Jimmy Carter presidency
Hamilton Jordan, who was President Jimmy Carter’s White House chief of staff, is joining the University of Georgia, where he will write a book about…
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Summer marine science camps
UGA’s Marine Extension Service offers “hands-on, feet-in” summer marine science camps for students aged 4–15 during June and July. The camps have offered a…
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Robert Hoyt, risk management and insurance prof, appointed to Moore Chair of Insurance
Robert E. Hoyt, a professor of risk management and insurance in the Terry College of Business, has been appointed to the college’s Dudley L. Moore Jr.…
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AAUP meeting
The UGA chapter of the American Association of University Professors will meet March 30 at 12:15 p.m. in 147 Student Learning Center. Call 542‑2515 for more information.
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Advisory: Media availability with UGA President Michael F. Adams to follow University Council meetin
Athens, Ga. — The University Council will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, March 24, at 3:30 p.m. in room 101 of the Student…
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UGA Institute of Ecology professor receives IALE Award
Athens, Ga. – Ronald Pulliam, Regent’s Professor at the University of Georgia Institute of Ecology, has won the Distinguished Landscape Ecologist Award, given annually by…
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Internationally known computer science expert to speak at UGA on likelihood, consequences of cyber-a
With the number of viruses and other computer-threatening software increasing at alarming speed, the likelihood of a large scale and long-term failure of all computers…