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Spring break video camp
The Georgia Center for Continuing Education will hold a video production camp for children ages 10 to 14 during the Clarke County School System’s spring…
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Mary Frasier, gifted education scholar and Torrance Center founder, dies Feb. 3
Mary M. Frasier, an internationally recognized scholar and researcher in gifted education and founder of the Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development in the…
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Sarmiento
Present Progressive: Poetry and Paintings by Elena and Fausto Sarmiento is currently on display in the Circle Gallery in Caldwell Hall. Fausto Sarmiento’s love-for his…
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CreativeJuice
Social work professor Kristina Jaskyte is in the midst of a three-year NSF-funded project dealing with innovation in non-profit organizations. She discussed the progress of…
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Endnote, popular bibliographic software, is acquired for university community’s use
Thanks to proceeds from the student technology fee, the libraries and the Graduate School are providing free access to popular bibliographic software, Endnote, which provides…
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Harald Scherm received Julius-Kühn Prize
Harald Scherm, associate professor of plant pathology, received the Julius-Kühn Prize from the German Phytomedical Society. Given every other year to no more than two…
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The latest employee news
The January issue of “HR News,” the newsletter from the Division of Human Resources, is posted on the HR Web site. From the main page,…
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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…