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Money helps
For an article dealing with the costs of running a successful election campaign, the Ocala (Fla.) Star-Banner quoted Grady College professor Spencer F. Tinkham. “We…
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UGA AAUP chapter goes online
The recently revitalized UGA chapter of the American Association of University Professors has developed the beginnings of a Web site. Although there are no elegant…
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Regents OK naming amphitheater for Jaworski, late botany professor
An amphitheater on South Campus has been named for the late Alan Jaworski, a popular university professor who was head of the botany department.
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Debra Brenner
JOB DESCRIPTION: “I work with students who have disabilities by providing appropriate accommodations so that they enter the academic environment on a level playing field…
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Tops in their field
The recipients of the 2005 Walter Barnard Hill Awards and the Hill Distinguished Public Service and Outreach Fellow were announced by the Office of the…
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Wide range of events mark university’s annual Black History Month observance
The African American Cultural Center, in conjunction with a number of other UGA units, will celebrate Black History Month throughout February with a wide range…
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Top choice
The annual Faculty Choice Exhibition of work by students in the graphic design department opens in the visual arts building Feb. 18. Columns spoke with Susan…
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China withdraws student ban
The Chinese government has announced it will end its current policy of banning university students from marrying or having children. The policy has been in…
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A global disease
LifeNews.com quoted UGA’s Steve Stice in a discussion of the political pressure to ease limits on stem cell research in hopes of finding a treatment…
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Honors student receives fellowship
Peter Courtney, a senior Honors student from Alpharetta, has been awarded a 2005 Foreign Policy and National Security Fellowship. Courtney is working in Sen. Saxby…
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On the Outside
A team of experts in assessment and reading education in the College of Education has begun a three-year project to determine whether Georgia’s Reading First…
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Florida rejects chiropractic college
The Florida Board of Governors has shot down a proposal to create the first chiropractic college at a North American public university. The creation of…
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Essays examine ‘globalized’ South
Globalization and the American South Edited by James C. Cobb and William Stueck Jr. University of Georgia Press $19.95 In 1955 Fortune magazine’s list of…
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Music school will be named for Hodgson, former professor
The School of Music will be named for Hugh Hodgson, a renowned Athens resident and UGA professor who founded the music department and championed music…
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Don’t do it
UGA food scientist Mark Harrison was quoted in the Ottawa Citizen in an article about the vulnerability of homemade “refrigerator dill pickles” to bacterial contamination.…
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Elevated crime
The Chicago Sun-Times reported on the murder charges against Atlanta dentist Barton Corbin, and quoted UGA law professor Ron Carlson about the media’s interest in…
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A tribute to Duke
In observance of Black History Month, the 2nd Thursday Concert Series will present an evening of Duke Ellington’s music on Feb. 10 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson…
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Writing-intensive course proposals
The Franklin College Writing-Intensive Program invites proposals from Arts and Sciences faculty in all disciplines for innovative courses that encourage writing. Writing-intensive courses vary across…
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UGA researchers say amphibians are potentially affected by global mercury pollution
Global decline of amphibians has been a hot issue in recent years. A new paper by UGA scientists in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry suggests that…
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Poet will give reading at UGA
Poet Bin Ramke will visit campus and read from his work on Feb. 14 at 4 p.m. in room 265 of Park Hall. Ramke has…
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Chancellor delivers annual state of system address to board of regents
As the University System of Georgia prepares to turn the corner from “some very challenging budget years,” Chancellor Thomas C. Meredith used his annual State…
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Story plus music
The Miami Herald questioned Horace Newcomb, director of the Peabody Awards, about the popularity of Miami Vice 20 years ago, and the effect of that…
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Speeding up research
The Chicago Tribune reported on the work of a team of scientists from UGA working at the Advanced Photon Source, the X-ray research facility at…
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UGA Students and nonprofits to meet during expo on Feb. 16
The UGA Career Center will hold its annual Nonprofit Volunteer and Career Expo on Wednesday, Feb. 16, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the…