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President of Georgia NAACP to speak at BFSO luncheon
The Black Faculty and Staff Organization will present the 13th annual Founders’ Award Scholarship Luncheon Sept. 29 at noon.
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Events to be held on campus for National Preparedness Month
UGA’s Office of Emergency Preparedness will observe National Preparedness Month in September with events and expert speakers to remind the university community how to be…
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From vineyards to vegetables
University of Georgia President Jere W. Morehead took time to learn more about the farms, factories and laboratories that contribute to the region and the…
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Connecting the dots
The University of Georgia is building upon its established strengths in the interdisciplinary field of informatics by creating the Georgia Informatics Institute for Research and…
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UGA microbiologists describe new insights into human neurodegenerative disease
Microbiology researchers at the University of Georgia studying a soil bacterium have identified a potential mechanism for neurodegenerative diseases.
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Thomas Street pedestrian bridge at UGA closed; to be replaced
The Thomas Street pedestrian bridge at the University of Georgia has been closed as the result of a structural analysis recently conducted during routine inspections…
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Study: ‘Guilting’ teens into exercise won’t increase activity
Just like attempts at influencing hairstyles or clothing can backfire, adults who try to guilt middle-schoolers into exercising won’t get them to be any more…
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Doctoral candidate receives two honors
Denisa Gándara, a doctoral candidate in the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia, has recently received two prestigious honors. She is one…
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Henry N. Young
Henry N. Young, an associate professor in the College of Pharmacy, strives to create learning experiences that help students discover and construct knowledge for themselves.
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Erin Burnett
Thanks to the opportunities UGA has provided, Erin Burnett, a junior majoring in agricultural communication, has not only excelled in the classroom but has been…
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UGA receives $2.99 million grant for graduate training program in disease ecology
The University of Georgia has received a five-year, $2.99 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop an interdisciplinary graduate training program in disease…
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Jim Sanders
Name: Jim Sanders Position: Executive director of the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography At UGA: I have been at Skidaway for 13 years but Skidaway has only…
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Georgia Informatics Institute for Research and Education takes shape at UGA
The University of Georgia is building upon its established strengths in the interdisciplinary field of informatics by creating the Georgia Informatics Institute for Research and…
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UGA students develop award-winning breakfast sandwich
UGA food science students have created a bread-free, microwavable breakfast sandwich that, if marketed, would fill a need for consumers on low-carbohydrate or gluten-free diets.
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Engineering student awarded fellowship
A student in the UGA College of Engineering was awarded the Baker Student Fellowship by the American Concrete Institute Foundation. Scotty Smith, a senior civil…
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Major music
After Apple released its streaming service in June, UGA’s David Lowery, a member of the bands Cracker and Camper van Beethoven and a lecturer in…
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Picky predicament
A recent article published in the journal Pediatrics found that children who are moderate to severely picky eaters have higher rates of anxiety and depression…
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UGA scientists discover how parasitic plants know when to attack
An international team of researchers led by scientists at UGA has discovered how parasitic plants, which steal their nutrients from another living plant, evolved the…
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UGA scientist calls for more natural baseline data collection in world’s oceans
In the spring of 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform exploded, initiating an uncontrolled deep-water oil and gas blowout from the Macondo wellhead. The uncontrolled…
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Former US senator to be inducted into Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame
The UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences will induct former U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss and the late Thomas Breedlove Sr., pioneering Northeast Georgia dairy…
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Georgia Law names new associate dean for academic affairs
Lori A. Ringhand is the School of Law’s new associate dean for academic affairs. In this role, she supervises the law school’s academic program and…
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MBA offerings expanded to include health care, human resource management
The UGA Terry College of Business has broadened its full-time MBA offerings to include new concentrations in health care and human resource management, a new…
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WUGA to present Athens Jazz Festival
WUGA-FM, the UGA-operated public radio station, will present the 2015 Athens Jazz Festival, a free concert featuring local jazz musicians, Sept. 6 from 1-7 p.m.…
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Tate Student Center Theatre fall movie lineup announced
The University Union Student Programming Board has announced the fall semester movie schedule for the Tate Student Center Theatre. Beginning this semester, admission to films…