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Lessons learned
The American Civil War and the decade following it ushered in one of the nation’s most dramatic changes in formal education. Within weeks of the…
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Live and learn
UGA’s Ecolodge San Luis and Research Station regularly hosts academic programs, from primary and secondary schools through graduate-level courses and research. Class and lab facilities…
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University Council approves creation of drug discovery center
A new Center for Drug Discovery at the university will promote research aimed at finding chemical and biological agents to combat infectious diseases and cancer.
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Fausto O. Sarmiento named Deputy Vice-Chair for Mountains-Capacity Building
Fausto O. Sarmiento, director of the Office of International Education and assistant professor in the School of Environmental Design has been named Deputy Vice-Chair for…
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Homeland Security adviser speaks here
Joe D. Whitley, general counsel of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, will speak at the School of Law on Feb. 21. His lecturewill focus…
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University Health Center to recognize Sexual Responsibility Week
The University Health Center will sponsor activities in support of National Condom Day and will promote safer sex choices among UGA students on Monday, Feb.…
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Shaw named interim associate provost for international affairs at UGA
Judith D. Shaw, director of the University of Georgia study abroad program in Oxford, England, will serve as UGA’s interim associate provost for international affairs…
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PBS president and chief executive officer to receive DiGamma Kappa award from UGA’s Grady Colle
One of the “most influential female executives in the entertainment industry” will receive the DiGamma Kappa Distinguished Achievement Award in Broadcasting on Tuesday, Feb. 8,…
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UGA at Gwinnett sponsors DAWG Days
UGA at Gwinnett is sponsoring Diversity Awareness Week – or DAWG Days – beginning Feb. 14. The featured event of the week is a luncheon…
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Bells are ringing
Horticulture professor Allan Armitage was interviewed for a Washington Post story on the perennial named coral bells, which is very popular but can be tricky…
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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…