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UGA celebrates South African democracy
South Africa celebrates a decade of democracy and freedom in 2004, following its first all-inclusive elections on April 27, 1994. The elections ushered in a…
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Texas converts loans to grants
To encourage students to graduate from college on time, Texas plans to forgive students’ loans, although the program received only 25 percent of its estimated…
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Grant helps evaluate highway safety
A team of researchers in the College of Education’s department of health promotion and behavior has received a $75,900 grant from the Georgia Governor’s Office…
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Popular ‘Vanishing Georgia’ photos now accessible electronically
Beginning in the mid-1970s, employees of the Georgia Archives traveled the state in a converted school bus in an effort to save Georgia’s photographic history.…
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Senior administration meets with university community
Throughout fall semester, President Michael F. Adams and Provost Arnett Mace held a series of meetings with small groups of faculty to discuss issues of…
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February
Thirteen UGA employees retired Feb. 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and length of employment are: Cindy Ann Fouche, scientific administrative specialist, biochemistry and molecular…
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That rainy-day
When it’s dry, the rock-filled swale in front of the physical plant grounds department office looks like leftovers from a construction project. But when rain…
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Symposium focuses on human rights and globalization in Africa
The Center for Humanities and Arts will host its 10th annual Program for Global Understanding Feb. 18-20. The international symposium will focus on “Globalization and…
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There are alternatives to layoffs
In a letter dated Jan. 15, the UGA Staff Council’s Pay and Classification Committee expressed their concerns about potential layoffs to Arnett C. Mace Jr.,…
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Changing the language
The proposed (and now rejected) deletion of the word “evolution” from the Georgia state biology curriculum was reported around the country. The New York Times…
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‘Major’ change in college led archivist to different career choice
Ruta Abolins is the daughter of Latvian parents who immigrated to America as children from a displaced persons camp in Germany after World War II.…
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Fruit of their labor
Research has uncovered sex chromosomes-which are rare in the plant world-in papaya plants. The study was published in the journal Nature in January.
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Prof details Soviet ‘unveiling’ campaign
Veiled Empire: Gender and Power in Stalinist Central Asia By Douglas Northrop Cornell University Press $57.50 (cloth); $29.95 (paper) Veiled Empire reconstructs the turbulent history…
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University Council approves creation of interdisciplinary Cancer Center
Plans to strengthen the university’s role in cancer research and education will move forward following the University Council’s unanimous approval to create an interdisciplinary Cancer…
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Overestimating the canine touch
Fortune magazine reported on the controversial use of dogs in police work, where they are sometimes used to identify a criminal, by scent, weeks after…
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Afghanistan tosses entrance exams
More than 6,000 students in and around Kabul, Afghanistan, will have to retake their college entrance exams after the government discovered that the exams had…
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Career Center holds South Campus expo
The Career Center will host its second annual South Campus Career Expo Feb. 24 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the concourse of Stegeman…
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Tolerable dioxins
The San Jose Mercury News talked to several food scientists, including UGA Food Safety Center director Michael Doyle, about the safety of the U.S. food supply.…
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Lawmaking in action
This state government Web site gives the viewer access to summaries of actions in the Georgia General Assembly during the current session. Click on the…
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Good bacteria, bad bacteria
Environmental scientist David Lewis, an expert in sewage sludge, was quoted by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in a story about a disagreement about testing sludge being…
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“Graphia” features prints by Tanja Softic’ in exhibit at UGA
ATHENS, Ga. – An exhibition of the work of Tanja Softic’, titled “Graphia,” will run from March 2 through March 26 at the University of…
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UGA president to make budget presentation
University of Georgia President Michael F. Adams will make a presentation regarding the ongoing impacts of state budget reductions on the University of Georgia to…
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CCRC holds dedication ceremony Feb. 11
The university’s new Complex Carbohydrate Research Center will open officially with a dedication ceremony on Feb. 11 at 11 a.m. The center is located at…
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TSU fires athletics director, coach
The athletics director and football coach for Texas State University were both fired last month over a dozen rules violations, mostly involving the football team. The…