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  • Blue fish

    Blue fish

    Researchers in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences have found that low-level exposure to a common class of antidepressants found in streams and ponds…

  • January

    Thirty-six UGA employees retired Jan. 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and length of employment are: Karl McRae Andrews Jr., remote site supervisor II, Enterprise…

  • Native tongue

    Native tongue

    Sonja Lanehart and Bill Kretzschmar, who are both on the English department faculty, are working together on a pilot survey of speech in Atlanta. They explained…

  • Teaching Fellows deadline

    The deadline for electronic submission of the applications and nominations for the 2004-05 Lilly Teaching Fellows program is Feb. 27. Detailed information about the program…

  • Children’s chorus members

    The Georgia Children’s Chorus, in residence at the university, is looking for new members-boys and girls, ages 8-16. Musical instruction and standards are high; children…

  • Weather closing plan reminder

    The university community is reminded of ­procedures for determining operations during periods of inclement winter weather. By policy, the university makes one of three announcements:…

  • Prof’s interest in ecology disease research becomes infectious

    Prof’s interest in ecology disease research becomes infectious

    With the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome-SARS-in Asia and the surprising severity of the recent influenza season in the United States and Britain, it…

  • Search committee formed to identify deanship candidates

    Arnett C. Mace Jr., senior vice president for academic affairs, has appointed a 20­-member search committee to identify candidates for the position of dean of…

  • UGA hosting gifted education training for Korean teachers

    ATHENS, Ga. – A contingent of 25 Korean science teachers will be going back to school for the next two weeks on the University of…

  • UGA search committee named to identify candidates for Franklin College dean

    University of Georgia Senior Vice President and Provost Arnett C. Mace Jr. has appointed a 20-member search committee to identify candidates for the position of…

  • 2004 State of the University (cont.)

    So, how do we do even better as we move into the future? What will be our joint foci as we move through the next…

  • 2004 State of the University

    UGA President Michael F. Adams delivered the 2004 State of the University address to a crowd gathered in the University Chapel yesterday. His remarks, focusing…

  • UGA School of Art exhibit features work of Robert Lyon

    An exhibition of the work of Robert Lyon, titled “Natural Forces,” will run from Jan. 22 through Feb. 20 at the University of Georgia Lamar…

  • UGA’s Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases awarded education grant

    A new five-year grant from the Ellison Medical Foundation will provide international research training opportunities of two-to-three months for UGA undergraduates, graduate students and post-doctoral…

  • UGA College of Education exhibit to feature partnership work combining art, education and science

    What happens when you combine visual arts, science and educational research? One University of Georgia teacher-researcher believes it leads to wonderfully unique learning experiences for…

  • Founder’s Day Lecture marks UGA’s 219 birthday

    The University of Georgia Alumni Association will celebrate UGA’s 219th birthday Jan. 27 by presenting the annual Founders’ Day Lecture at 3 p.m. in the…

  • Going the distance

    Going the distance

    Field research in distant lands was once the responsibility of faculty members but, more and more, UGA undergraduates are heading to locales formerly considered too…

  • Meal plan contracts

    Students may join the university’s meal plan by going to the Food Services Web site at www.uga.edu/foodservice/mealplan and electronically choosing and signing a meal plan…

  • Hybrid vigor

    Essay submitted by Susan Gill. Language is a living thing. As a teacher of English as a second ­language, I am fascinated by changing speech…

  • Doug Kleiber received Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt Award for Excellence

    Doug Kleiber, professor of recreation and leisure studies, received the Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt Award for Excellence in Recreation and Park Research-the highest honor bestowed…

  • Fitness Center openings

    The UGA Fitness Center, located in the academic wing of the Ramsey Center, is now accepting new participants into the adult fitness and cardiac rehabilitation…

  • Campus Closeup: Jayne Smith

    Campus Closeup: Jayne Smith

    JAYNE SMITHAssistant Director for Distance LearningPostgraduate Continuing Education and Outreach DepartmentCollege of Pharmacy JOB DESCRIPTION: “My primary role is to provide administrative and technical support…

  • Restructuring of pay and classification system begins

    Human Resources staff will begin working with campus departments this month to implement new titles for staff positions. The move is the next step in…

  • ‘Prosperity’ conference

    Members of the UGA community are invited to attend this year’s Public Service and Outreach Conference, to be held at the Georgia Center for Continuing…