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New board gives input on instruction
Bert Thompson is a senior, and he is beginning to think about all of the experiences he has had at UGA over the past four…
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Tobacco cessation classes
Registration is open until Jan. 14 for the College of Pharmacy’s “Beat the Pack” tobacco cessation program. Meetings will be held on Tuesdays Jan. 19…
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Defining success
There is no shortage of prognostications about how the millennial generation will make its mark on the world. Donna W. Hyland, president and CEO of…
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Kavita Pandit recognized by geography associations
Kavita Pandit, associate provost for international education and a professor of geography, was recognized by regional and national geography associations. She received the 2015 Lifetime…
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Resolve to become heart healthy
To promote heart health, the American Heart Association encourages Americans to increase physical activity with the aim of achieving 150 minutes of aerobic activity per…
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McCullick named community relations coordinator
Alison Bracewell McCullick joined UGA’s Office of Government Relations Jan. 11 as its community relations coordinator.
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UGA takes team approach to proposal and award administration
The Office for Sponsored Programs and Contracts and Grants merged at the beginning of the fall semester into a single unit called Sponsored Projects Administration…
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Survey: College-educated women are more likely to have longer marriages
A study by the Pew Research Center found that college-educated women are more likely than their peers who didn’t earn a degree to have longer-lasting…
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2015-16 cohort of Senior Teaching Fellows
Eight faculty were selected for the 2015-16 cohort of Senior Teaching Fellows. The senior faculty will focus on professional growth in undergraduate instruction, sharing of…
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Wheat breeder receives research foundation’s Inventor’s Award
As a young man working on his family’s farm in Perry, Jerry Johnson loved the sight of wheat growing in the fields. Decades later, Johnson,…
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Maurice Daniels receives award
Maurice Daniels, dean and professor of the School of Social Work, received the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council’s Award for Excellence in Research Using the…
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University’s 2015 Spotlight on the Arts festival breaks attendance record
Nearly 22,000 people attended the UGA Arts Council’s 2015 Spotlight on the Arts festival, bettering last year’s attendance record. The festival was held Nov. 5-14…
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UGA remains on Kiplinger best value in public colleges list
UGA continues to rank as one of the nation’s top values in higher education, according to Kiplinger, which placed UGA 12th on its Personal Finance…
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Grant proposal deadline
The UGA Parents and Families Association’s Parents Leadership Council is accepting grant proposals for the 2016-2017 academic year to fund program and events that enhance…
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Alumnus writes novel set in Athens
The Painter J.W. Deas 3-Day Ranch Press Paperback and e-book: $9.99 Life can be complicated for a liar and fake artist. As a university art…
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Georgia Power, UGA advancing solar energy through new project
Georgia Power leaders joined UGA officials, Georgia Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols and community and business leaders Dec. 15 to dedicate a new one megawatt…
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Wing structure helps female monarch butterflies outperform males
Evidence has been mounting that female monarch butterflies are better at flying and more successful at migration than males, and UGA researchers now have come…
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Keturah Orji
In her short time at UGA, financial planning major Keturah Orji has done some amazing things both in the classroom and on the track and…
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Fighting foodborne illness outbreaks
Harmful bacteria can survive in sandwich crackers, cookies for months, UGA study finds
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Baldwin Hall construction project advances with UGA anthropology department support
The University of Georgia is enlisting the assistance of its anthropology department to curate and study the remains that have been recovered from the Baldwin…
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Georgia Museum of Art gives visitors an opportunity to touch
Have you ever wondered just what goes on behind the scenes at an art museum or why visitors aren’t allowed to touch works of art?…
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Samuel Pardue named dean of UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Samuel Pardue, a noted poultry science researcher and administrator at North Carolina State University, has been named dean and director of the University of Georgia’s…
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Expert on globalization and the legal profession to speak at UGA Sibley Lecture
David B. Wilkins, Harvard University’s vice dean for global initiatives on the legal profession, will present “The Accountants Are Coming-Again! The Rise and Transformation of…
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UGA nutrition expert applauds latest federal dietary guidelines
While early reaction to the new dietary guidelines released by the federal government on Thursday focused on new warnings about added sugar, sodium and meat,…