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UGA School of Music to be named for Hugh Hodgson
The University of Georgia’s School of Music will be named for Hugh Hodgson, a renowned Athens resident and UGA professor who founded UGA’s music department…
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Amphitheater at UGA honors late Alan Jaworski
An amphitheater on UGA’s South Campus will be named for the late Alan Jaworski, a popular university professor who was head of the botany department.
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UGA Black History Month celebration to feature wide range of events from lectures to a multicultural
The African American Cultural Center, in conjunction with a number of units at UGA, will celebrate Black History Month throughout February with a wide range…
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Cholesterol screening
February is “Love Your Heart” month and the University Health Center is offering free total cholesterol screenings for faculty and staff on Feb. 11 from 9…
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Scholarship paper proposals
Proposals for papers and presentations are being sought for the National Outreach Scholarship Conference 2005, scheduled for Oct. 2-4, at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education.…
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Karen H. Jones named outstanding educator
Karen H. Jones, a professor of occupational studies, has been named outstanding educator for the region by the Association for Career and Technical Education. She…
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Documentary wins Eastman Kodak award
A film documentary directed and shot by Jim Virga, photojournalism lecturer in UGA’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, has won the Eastman Kodak…
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Educational exchange
Lee Becker is director and Tudor Vlad assistant director of the Cox Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research in the Grady College of…
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Digital library director’s career weds his love of history, archives
In 1959, Alabama state librarian Emily Reed refused to remove the children’s book A Rabbits’ Wedding from her library in the face of demands of…
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Head football coach names two new assistant coaches
John Jancek, defensive coordinator at Central Michigan University, and Kirby Smart, secondary coach at LSU, have been named assistant football coaches at UGA by head…
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Pedro Villegas received honorary degree
Pedro Villegas, professor of avian medicine, received an honorary degree in veterinary medicine from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain. The Doctor Honoris Causa…
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Annual SGA banquet recognizes outstanding faculty
Fourteen UGA teachers were publicly recognized for their outstanding work in the classroom at the annual Student Government Association Professor and Administrator Recognition Banquet held…
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UGA School of Law honors employee for service
The University of Georgia School of Law Staff Council presented Eula M. Cross with the 2004 Employee Distinguished Service Award last month. This honor is…
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Committee named for veterinary medicine dean search
A 19-member committee has been named to conduct a national search for the next dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine. Richard Porterfield, dean of…
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energy source
New research, headed by microbiologists from UGA, shows for the first time that Salmonella-a widespread and often deadly bacterial pathogen-uses molecular hydrogen to grow and…
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Ph.D. student wins Osborn Scholarship
Early childhood education doctoral student Boyoung Park was awarded the D. Keith Osborn Scholarship in recognition of her academic achievement. Park, a native of Seoul,…
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Daniel Hope III awarded Distinguished Professional Award
The Georgia Recreation and Park Association has given its highest award to Daniel Hope III, who retired from UGA late last year after 23 years…
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Student women’s studies papers
On March 24, the Institute for Women Studies will hold the 12th annual Women’s Studies Student Symposium. The symposium showcases the diversity and vitality of feminist…
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Sidney Kushner received Faculty Mentor of the Year Award
Genetics professor Sidney Kushner received the Faculty Mentor of the Year Award from the State Doctoral Scholars Program of the Southern Regional Education Board. The…
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Biosphere for sale
If you can cough up the millions, you can buy Biosphere 2, a giant terrarium built in the Arizona desert that houses a sampling of…
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Reclassification of job titles will begin next month
Jody Jacobs’s job in the Environmental Safety Division is managing a four-person staff charged with ensuring that university researchers use radioactive materials safely and in…
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Doubling the bass
DaXun Zhang will present a double bass recital in Ramsey Hall Feb. 5. He will be accompanied by pianist Tomoko Kashiwagi. Tickets for the concert are…
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100% cotton
The UGA MicroGin, a small-scale reproduction of a commercial gin, at the Coastal Plain Experiment Station, opened last semester so scientists can gin small samples…
