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  • Michael Doyle received Scientific Achievement Award

    Michael Doyle received Scientific Achievement Award

    Michael Doyle, Regents Professor of food microbiology and director of the Center for Food Safety in Griffin, received the Scientific Achievement Award from the American…

  • UGA partners with Penn on biodefense research project

    UGA partners with Penn on biodefense research project

    The University of Georgia has signed a five-year $3 million subcontract to develop a database that will contain comprehensive information about some pathogens on a biodefense…

  • Nice ­Segway

    Nice ­Segway

    As part of a class project last ­semester, New Media Institute students modified a Segway-turning it into a ‘rolling kiosk’-to demonstrate how it could be…

  • Arnett C. Mace Jr. received Professional Achievement Award

    Arnett C. Mace Jr. received Professional Achievement Award

    Arnett C. Mace Jr., senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, received the Professional Achievement Award from the University of Arizona Alumni Association. Mace,…

  • Book focuses on behavior problems

    Book focuses on behavior problems

    Family Solutions for Youth at Risk By William H. Quinn Brunner-Routledge $39.95 During the past decade more than 1,200 families have participated in the Family…

  • UC-Berkeley law school may privatize

    The dean of the University of California at Berkeley’s law school would like to partly privatize the school. Under the proposal, the law school would…

  • SEEC registration, abstracts

    Graduate, undergraduate and postdoctoral researchers studying in the environmental sciences are invited to submit abstracts for either oral or poster presentations at the second annual…

  • Landscape architecture ranks high

    UGA’s College of Environment and Design has received national recognition for the quality of its landscape architecture programs. The undergraduate and graduate landscape architecture programs…

  • Two faculty members will serve as interim deans

    Two faculty members will serve as interim deans

    Josef M. Broder and Sheila W. Allen have been named interim deans of their colleges by Provost Arnett C. Mace Jr., pending approval by the…

  • Not just blowing smoke

    Not just blowing smoke

    Patrick Bordnick, a professor in the School of Social Work, has found that cigarette craving intensity increased 118 percent when nicotine-dependent participants were exposed to cues…

  • Swimming program

    The department of recreational sports Learn to Swim program will begin Jan. 16. Lessons for children of any swimming ability are offered on Sunday afternoons and…

  • Travis Canova gets Rotary scholarship

    Travis Canova gets Rotary scholarship

    Travis Canova, a senior Honors student at UGA, is the recipient of the Ambassadorial Scholarship, awarded by the Rotary ­Foundation.

  • Grant will help provide informatics training to Brazilian scientists

    UGA’s Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases has received a $1.2 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center to provide…

  • Dietzler named director of university’s Alumni Association

    Dietzler named director of university’s Alumni Association

    Deborah Dietzler, who has served as interim executive director of the UGA Alumni Association since February, has been named permanently to the position.

  • Google will digitize millions of books

    Five of the world’s largest libraries have joined Google to digitize millions of books and make every sentence searchable. The project-expected to take years to…

  • Baseball season tickets

    Season tickets are now on sale to watch the defending Southeastern Conference champion baseball team at Foley Field. Tickets may be ordered by phone (542‑1231)…

  • Budget crisis e-mail list

    A Higher Education Budget Crisis Group has been formed for faculty and staff members who are concerned about the future of funding to the University…

  • Andy Brantley received 2004 Donald E. Dickason Award

    Andy Brantley received 2004 Donald E. Dickason Award

    Andy Brantley, associate vice president for human resources, received the 2004 Donald E. Dickason Award from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.…

  • Atlanta Ballet

    The Performing Arts Center will present the Atlanta Ballet on Jan. 14 at 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Theatre. The Atlanta Ballet is the oldest continuously…

  • Grant deadline

    The UGA Parents and Families Association awards grants intended to enhance the educational experience of undergraduate students by supporting projects and activities which are not…

  • Matthew Crim wins Marshall Scholarship

    Matthew Crim wins Marshall Scholarship

    Matthew Crim, a senior Honors student from Cartersville, has been selected as a 2005 Marshall Scholar. This is the third consecutive year that a UGA…

  • Mark Richt selected as head coach for 2005 Hula Bowl Maui All-Star Football Classic

    Mark Richt selected as head coach for 2005 Hula Bowl Maui All-Star Football Classic

    UGA head football coach Mark Richt and Oregon’s Mike ­Bellotti have been selected by the American Football Coaches Association to serve as the head coaches…