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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…
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Right in our own backyard
Generations of nature and history lovers in the Southeast have read and re-read a book published in 1791 by naturalist William Bartram and usually called…
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Book shows breadth of poultry science
Poultry Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology Edited by Sammy Aggrey and Bill Muir CABI Publishing $225 Chicken isn’t just for dinner anymore. As Poultry Genetics, Breeding…
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Jim Barsness and Radcliffe Bailey won awards from Joan Mitchell Foundation
Jim Barsness and Radcliffe Bailey, two painting and drawing professors in the Lamar Dodd School of Art, are among only 20 national winners of an…
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Master of public health degree will be offered in fall 2004
The University of Georgia will begin training the next generation of public health policy makers, practitioners and researchers in fall 2004, following the approval by…
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Online encyclopedia officially launches Feb. 12
The New Georgia Encyclopedia, a Web-only reference about all things Georgian, will be publicly launched by Gov. Sonny Perdue at a ceremony in the State…
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Michael Doyle elected member of Institute of Medicine
Michael Doyle, Regents Professor of Food Microbiology and director of the UGA Center for Food Safety in Griffin, has been elected a member of the…
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Construction begins next week on new NW parking deck
Construction will begin Feb. 16 on a new parking deck in the northwest quadrant of campus. It will eventually provide more than 800 additional parking spaces…
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College of Pharmacy joins new ICAPP partnership
Late last month, University System of Georgia officials announced the creation of a new academic-corporate partnership that will boost the production of regulatory affairs professionals…
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Life sciences building will be named for Davison
The life sciences building will be named for Fred C. Davison, UGA’s 17th president and the man widely credited as the architect of the university’s…
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Maryland scholarship may change
Maryland’s Hope Scholarship program may face a $4 million cut for next year if a proposal by Gov. Robert Ehrlich Jr. passes the legislature. The…
