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Close call
The university community is reminded of procedures for announcing operations changes during periods of inclement winter weather.
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Spanish Appalachia
National Geographic.com reported on an archaeological dig in the Appalachian foothills of North Carolina which seems to have confirmed the presence of the mysterious 16th-century…
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Delicate defensive line
ABC News reported on the opening of the murder trial of Robert Blake, quoting UGA law professor Ronald Carlson on the defense’s likely strategy. “The…
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Job vacancy
The Division of Academic Enhancement invites applications for the position of assistant director. The Division of Academic Enhancement is the primary provider of academic support…
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Peabody co-sponsored screening of “Hotel Rwanda” raises more than $6,600 to help victims o
A capacity crowd of 500 packed the UGA Tate Theater last week to watch a special 35mm prerelease screening of “Hotel Rwanda” and to support…
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UGA project aimed at preparing more special education teachers via the Web receives $2.4 million fed
A group of University of Georgia College of Education researchers has received a $2.4 million federal grant to develop a Web-based program that will help…
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Advisory: UGA inclement winter weather policy reminder
The university community is reminded of procedures for announcing operations changes during periods of inclement winter weather. By policy, the university makes one of three…
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Grant encourages trade with Uganda
UGA’s Office of International Public Service and Outreach has been awarded a $187,000 grant by the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs…
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Alumni online
The UGA Alumni Association’s revised Web site aims for a format that provides news of both UGA events and Alumni Association happenings. From any page,…
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Facilitator training
The Office of the Vice President for Instruction will conduct a training session for faculty and professional staff members who are interested in serving as…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
