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Harnessing the sun: Students design solar power system for historic site along Georgia’s coast
A historic estate along the Georgia coast that traces its roots back more than three centuries may soon provide a look at solar energy’s potential…
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UGA helps small businesses break into Georgia’s burgeoning film industry
When the 88th Annual Academy Awards ceremony is held on Sunday, the state of Georgia will be well-represented. The film industry had a $6 billion…
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Women’s History Month celebration includes rededication, film series
The University of Georgia will celebrate Women’s History Month in March with a film series and the rededication of the Lucy Hargrett Draper Center &…
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Foundation Fellowship
Premier undergraduate scholarship provides a world of opportunities.
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UGA Center for Simulational Physics at 30: Continuing as a worldwide research leader
Crude computer simulation techniques date back to the 1940s at Los Alamos National Laboratory, but the University of Georgia Center for Simulational Physics was the…
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Judges choose 33 finalists for UGA’s 2016 Flavor of Georgia contest
Judges have selected 33 products to compete in the final round of the University of Georgia’s 2016 Flavor of Georgia Food Product Contest March 14-15…
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Researchers trace peanut crop back to its Bolivian roots
Researchers at the University of Georgia, working with the International Peanut Genome Initiative, have discovered that a wild plant from Bolivia is a “living relic”…
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UGA to dedicate Mimsie Lanier Center for Native Plant Studies
The University of Georgia will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, Feb. 24, to celebrate the official opening of the Mimsie Lanier Center for Native…
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Three faculty members receive Russell Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Three University of Georgia faculty members have been named recipients of the university’s highest early career teaching honor, the Richard B. Russell Awards for Excellence…
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Education college’s website overhauled
The College of Education, with Web manager Daniel Fowler and developers Chris Seymour and Dave Wynne, was busy for the past two years. From January…
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Lecturer: American public ‘not extreme,’ but political parties are
America is still a nation of moderates, said Stanford political scientist Morris P. Fiorina; it’s just ruled by the extremes of its political parties. Overreach…
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Moss fellowship applications
Applications are being accepted until March 25 at 5 p.m. for the Sarah H. Moss Fellowships for 2016-17, beginning with summer semester. Administered by UGA’s…
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Lilly Fellows deadline
Lilly Fellows deadline The Center for Teaching and Learning currently is accepting applications until 5 p.m. on March 11 for the 2016-2018 Lilly Teaching Fellows…
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UGA Day at state Capitol
Students visited the Capitol on Feb. 9 for Dawgs at the Dome, an annual event allowing students to interact with lawmakers and showcase the university’s…
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Book features Little St. Simons paintings
The Wild Treasury of Nature: A Portrait of Little St. Simons Island Philip Juras University of Georgia Press $32.95 The 52 paintings gathered in The…
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Former corporate attorney writes next chapter in his career at UGA
With a career that has spanned private practice, government, the corporate world and academia, the School of Law’s Larry D. Thompson has had the opportunity…
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Alumna named director of Academic Partnerships and Initiatives
UGA alumna Erin L. Richman is the new director of academic partnerships and initiatives at UGA’s Division of Student Affairs.
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Families use Web for information during battles with cancer
Loved ones of cancer patients are likely to search for information about the disease online but less inclined to seek emotional support from social media…
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Columns publication break
Because of spring break, Columns will not be published March 7. Regular weekly publication of the newspaper resumes March 14. Email announcements for that issue…
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April Peters-Hawkins elected council president
April Peters-Hawkins, an associate professor in the College of Education’s lifelong education, administration and policy department, was elected president for the University Council for Educational…
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Study finds why digital distractions are on rise in college classrooms
A new study found that students waste about one-fifth of class time on digital platforms, even though they admit the behavior could negatively affect their…
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University Theatre to present ‘The Mandrake’
University Theatre’s performance of The Mandrake continues in the Cellar Theatre Feb. 23-27 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 28 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $16,…
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NIH grants $2.1M award extension to UGA researcher
The National Institutes of Health Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded a five-year extension to UGA’s Jorge C. Escalante. He will use the funds…
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‘Engage and inspire’
Three UGA faculty members have been named recipients of the university’s highest early career teaching honor, the Richard B. Russell Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate…