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‘Planting seeds’
The Clarke County Mentor Program honored four UGA employees Jan. 20 as Mentors of the Year during a breakfast program to mark its 25th anniversary.
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University Woman’s Club
The University Woman’s Club will meet Feb. 9 at 11 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall of Central Presbyterian Church, 380 Alps Road. Loran Smith, author,…
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Make ’em pay
There are some promising signs for the news media still reeling from the shakeup caused by the rise of the Internet. A recent poll showed…
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Emergency assistance form
To be effective in the event of an emergency, UGA officials want to be able to identify and support students, faculty, staff and visitors with…
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Ecology professor co-edits reference book
Diseases of Coral Co-edited by Cheryl Woodley, Craig Downs, Andrew Bruckner, James Porter and Sylvia Galloway Wiley-Blackwell Scientific Publishers Hardcover: $249.95 E-book: $199.99 Coral reefs…
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UGA president to chair working group on compliance, enforcement, governance
The Southeastern Conference has appointed nine individuals from campuses across the SEC to form a working group to review and discuss issues concerning compliance with…
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Changes to shared leave program
The university’s current shared leave program provides employee-donated leave to UGA employees who are experiencing critical illnesses or life-threatening injuries. In the program procedures, employees…
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Performing Arts Center to present Julian Bliss Septet in ‘A Tribute to Benny Goodman’
The UGA Performing Arts Center will present the Julian Bliss Septet in A Tribute to Benny Goodman Feb. 8 at 8 p.m. in Hugh Hodgson…
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Sophomore launches mentor program at Clarke Middle School
Mansur Buffins first stepped on to UGA’s campus as a high school senior as part of the inaugural cohort of the Georgia African American Male…
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UGA Performing Arts Center to present Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
The UGA Performing Arts Center will present the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Feb. 7 at 2 p.m. in Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. Music director Robert Spano…
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Professor emerita to discuss new book on friendship between activist, first lady
The friendship between human rights activist Pauli Murray and first lady Eleanor Roosevelt is explored in a new book by Patricia Bell-Scott, UGA professor emerita…
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UGA experts predict a better Athens economy in 2016
While Georgia’s economy will grow faster than the nation’s in 2016, the pace of job growth in the Peach State will slow, according to the…
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Coordinator helps streamline grants process for SPIA and Grady faculty
Matt Clary was a senior in high school in 2001. He’d just finished debate camp and was entering his second year as a debater. The…
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The bigger, the better
UGA ecologist Jim Beasley completed a study that found renewed wildlife populations at Chernobyl, the site of the worst nuclear disaster in history. Since Chernobyl…
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Summer Academy jobs
Summer Academy at UGA is hiring assistant instructors to support a variety of academic summer camps for middle and high school youth. Applications are being…
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Study: Obesity in children may hurt bone growth
Studies have shown that obese children tend to have more muscle, but recent UGA research on the muscle and bone relationship shows that excess body…
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Alumna named inaugural director of law school’s Wilbanks Clinic
Emma M. Hetherington will serve as the inaugural director of the Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic, the first of its kind in the…
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Hugh Hodgson School of Music hosts educational event for high school students
When 1,100 cheering high school students filled Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall to capacity on Jan. 22, it might have seemed like the culmination of the…
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Diversity, inclusion certificate program continues to grow
More than 1,000 UGA faculty and staff have taken it upon themselves to learn how to make the university a more welcoming and inclusive place.
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Turn to vinegar
Perhaps vinegar isn’t the best bait for catching flies, as the old saying goes, but it has plenty of household uses, according to Michael Doyle,…
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Cruz-ing down South
With Southern presidential primaries just around the corner, political prognosticators believe Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is in a good position to appeal to Dixie’s voters.…
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UGA to host regional summit on women in agriculture Feb. 8
UGA will host delegates from 13 states during a summit that will shape national policies and programs related to gender equity and leadership development in…
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House leader calls for patient commitment to equality
The long march to equality and justice happens through a slow but steady progress or “one step at a time.” That was the message from…
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University Theatre presents Obie Award-winning docudrama ‘Fires in the Mirror’
University Theatre presents Fires in the Mirror by Anna Deavere Smith, directed by David Saltz. Performances will be at Seney-Stovall Chapel Feb. 2-7 at 8…