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Henry County moves up
In a story on high-end residential development in Henry County, the Miami Herald quoted UGA economist Jeff Humphreys. “That’s where the available close-in land is,”…
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March
Nine UGA employees retired March 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and length of employment are: JoAnn Banks, public service assistant, Cooperative Extension Service-family and…
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Women and the city
The final episode of the HBO series Sex and the City was previewed in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch with a lengthy analysis of the show’s…
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Researchers denied travel to Cuba
The United States has decided not to grant travel visas to about 70 medical professors, doctors and researchers planning to attend a symposium on brain injury…
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CCRC training courses
The Complex Carbohydrate Research Center is now accepting registrations for two training courses to be offered this summer. A course on separation and characterization of…
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Benson on British TV
Business dean George Benson was interviewed in February by a news crew from BBC Television for a story about Georgia’s enviable economic growth over the…
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Dance marathon raises $3.5 million
The IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon held at Pennsylvania State University continues to be the largest student-run philanthropy in the world, this year raising more than $3.5 million for…
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Professor gets a ‘fix’ on training students to become counselors
Georgia Calhoun sees many students enter a counseling program with the notion that they’re going to go out and “fix” people.
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UGA Libraries conduct user survey
The UGA Libraries will be conducting a short survey called LibQUAL+. This survey, developed by the Association of Research Libraries, is currently being used to…
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Spring enrollment sets record
Total enrollment for spring semester at the university is up by 3 percent over last year, and enrollment at the Gwinnett University Center climbed 38…
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The (digital) wild, wild West
Stan Gatewood, UGA’s chief information security officer, is new to campus this year. He discussed with Columns the range of computer security concerns.
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Forest brutality
The Knoxville News quoted Bob Izlar, director of UGA’s Center for Forest Business, in a story analyzing the effects of low timber prices in recent…
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Camp reservations
The State Botanical Garden is now accepting reservations for summer camps for children. Call 542-6156 for registration information. Give Plants a Voice Conservation Camp is…
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Spanish law book breaks new ground
Una introducción a la ley in Georgia Edited by Ann Blum, Anna D. Boling and others; translated by Pablo Gil Casado Vinson Institute of Government…
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Matson, past president of Ecological Society of America, will give 20th annual Odum Lecture
Pamela Matson, Chester Naramore Dean of the School of Earth Sciences at Stanford University, will be the guest speaker at this year’s Odum Ecology Lecture.…
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Brumby gift creates First Amendment professorship
Veteran Georgia journalist Otis A. Brumby Jr. of Marietta is making a major gift to the university to establish a professorship in First Amendment law.
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Latin/Hispanic research
Public Service and Outreach’s Latino Advisory Board is seeking to compile all the research done since 1999 or under way on Latino and Hispanic issues…
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Bird flu building
John McKissick, professor of agricultural and applied economics, was quoted in Delaware News Journal coverage of the avian flu outbreak in Texas. “What’s troubling now…
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Bowen retiring after 33 years of managing facility allocation
Tom Bowen can make a claim probably few others at the university can make: he has been in every building on campus-and he knows many…
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Ratings, credibility, focus
The Miami Herald quoted Grady College telecommunications professor David Hazinski in an analysis of the challenges facing Jim Walton, named CNN’s top executive a year…
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Discontented black voters
UGA political scientist Charles Bullock was quoted in a National Post (Canada) story reporting that black voters feel Democratic candidates are taking them for granted.…
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Law teams finish strong in competitions
Members of UGA’s School of Law’s advocacy teams captured a championship title and two second-place finishes in recent competitions. “This year’s advocacy teams have represented…
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Promotion, tenure guideline revisions under consideration
Throughout fall semester, President Michael F. Adams and Provost Arnett Mace met with small groups of faculty to discuss issues of concern and to offer…
