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‘Learning laboratory’
Eco-tourism is a burgeoning business in many parts of the world, an open door to exploring an environment that is nearly in balance with its…
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26 incoming freshmen offered UGA’s premier academic fellowship
Twenty-six high school students have been awarded the university’s premier academic scholarship, the Foundation Fellowship. The fellowship, established in 1972 by trustees of the UGA…
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UGA’s Grady College presents Peabody Award winners spring screenings
The Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at UGA will present a series of screenings of Peabody Award-winning programs in Athens. The screenings are…
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UGA at Gwinnett to offer course, tour on civil rights movement
The University of Georgia will offer a new speech communications”Maymester” course focusing on the rhetoric of the civil rights movement at the Gwinnett University Center…
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Director of Columbia University’s Jazz Studies Center to deliver lecture on Louis Armstrong at UGA c
The University of Georgia Department of English Speakers Series presents Robert G. O’Meally in a lecture on Tuesday, March 30, at 4 p.m. in Park…
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Outstanding advisor/mentor award winners chosen at UGA
A faculty member in the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and an advisor in the Terry College of Business will receive…
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UGA’s International Street Festival set for April 3
The International Student Life office (ISL) and the Department of Student Activities at the University of Georgia will sponsor the Sixth Annual International Street Festival…
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Wellness Clinic moves
The College of Pharmacy Wellness Clinic, formerly in the pharmacy building on Wednesday mornings, has moved to 700 Sunset Dr., Suite 102 (across from Bishop…
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Online parking permits
Departmental requests for parking permits can no longer be submitted online. The Parking Services Web site (www.parking.uga.edu) instead provides a PDF form (under the heading…
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Federal judge: Colleges can deny admission to illegal immigrants
A federal judge tossed out part of a lawsuit aimed at Virginia’s public colleges, saying that as long as the universities apply federal standards to…
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Tom Jackson received Georgia Education Advancement Council’s Distinguished Service Award
Tom Jackson, associate vice president for public affairs, received the Georgia Education Advancement Council’s Distinguished Service Award for outstanding achievement in public relations. GEAC is…
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Students co-host writers conference
Graduate students in the English department in conjunction with the British Women Writers Association will host the 12th annual 18th- and 19th-Century British Women Writers…
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UGA Night at Six Flags
Student Activities and the Alumni Association are sponsoring UGA Night at Six Flags on April 2, 6 p.m.-midnight. Tickets are $20 for UGA students, alumni,…
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Alumni couple establish journalism professorship
Fairness, balance, accuracy and credibility-these values have guided veteran journalists Carolyn and Don Carter throughout their long professional careers and personal lives. Their recent contributions…
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Faculty Senate releases poll results
A majority of Arts and Sciences faculty who took part in a non-binding online poll in January have expressed no confidence in President Adams’s leadership.…
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Utah considers guns on campus
A bill sent to the governor of Utah could overturn a ban on guns on the University of Utah campus. The Utah legislature overwhelmingly passed the…
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Screening of ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ inaugurates annual film festival
One of the most beloved movies of all time, Singin’ in the Rain, is returning to the big screen-for one night only, and only in…
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Stacey Neuharth-Pritchett appointed to Board of Examiners
Stacey Neuharth-Pritchett, an associate professor of elementary education, has been appointed to a three-year term on the Board of Examiners for the National Council for…
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Fincham joins faculty as Jowdy Professor of Pharmacy Care
Jack E. Fincham, former dean and professor of pharmacy practice at the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy and a former member of the UGA…
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Campus Closeup: Matt Blankenship
MATT BLANKENSHIPDirector of Information TechnologyCollege of Veterinary Medicine TIME IN CURRENT POSITION: Twelve weeks. JOB DESCRIPTION: “Mine is a new position created because the leadership…
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Book assesses beliefs about free will
Libertarian Accounts of Free Will By Randolph Clarke Oxford University Press $49.95 Most of us think that when we act we exercise free will and…
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Scientist-turned-novelist Alan Lightman will deliver this year’s Lothar Tresp Lecture
Alan Lightman, a physicist who began writing essays to make science more understandable and became the author of several best-selling novels, will speak at the…
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George Strobel received National Ignition Facility Programs Award
George Strobel, associate professor of physics and astronomy, received a National Ignition Facility Programs Award from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He was recognized for his…
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University files its response with NCAA
University officials have filed their response with the NCAA regarding allegations of rules violations committed in the men’s basketball program. UGA’s response included a 52-page…