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Speakers encourage grads to succeed by using lessons they learned at UGA
Commencement speakers are known for offering affirming messages to graduates. Amy Robach, anchor of ABC’s Good Morning America and UGA’s spring Commencement speaker, encouraged graduates to make…
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Economics, international affairs major named Truman Scholar
UGA Honors student Kathleen Wilson was one of 58 students nationwide to be named a 2015 Truman Scholar. She is UGA’s fifth recipient of the…
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Terry College raises $2.5M from gala
The annual Terry College Alumni Awards and Gala, most recently held April 25 at the InterContinental Buckhead hotel in Atlanta, has raised more than $2.5…
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Network service maintenance
The UGA telephone system on the Athens campus may experience potential disruptions during network service maintenance May 30 from midnight to 7 a.m. During the…
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Study: Bimanual exam doesn’t accurately screen for ovarian cancer
The most commonly performed ovarian cancer screening test—the bimanual exam—is unlikely to benefit healthy women, according to a study led by UGA researchers.
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UGA awarded grant to study community revitalization needs
An increased understanding of the housing and neighborhood revitalization issues facing Georgia’s rural and small-town communities will help researchers at UGA address needs in these…
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Legion Pool summer season
Legion Pool at UGA will open May 21 for the summer season. Hours of operation are 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily through July 31…
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UGArden teaches students, feeds families in need
UGArden, a 4-acre, student-run farm, is teaching students about sustainable food while growing produce to feed families in need.
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Knoxville College plans to stop teaching classes this fall
Knoxville College, a historically black college in Mechanicsville, Tennessee, announced to the Tennessee Higher Education Commission its plans to suspend fall classes. An advisory committee…
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Mary Ann Johnson named vice president-elect of American Society for Nutrition
Mary Ann Johnson, the Bill and June Flatt Professor in Foods and Nutrition in the UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences, is vice president-elect…
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VP for public service and outreach reflects on UGA’s impact
VP for public service and outreach Jennifer Frum reflects on university’s impact on individuals and state
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Joel Lee receives award for teaching excellence
Joel Lee, the John A. Drew Professor of Health Administration at the College of Public Health, is the 2015 recipient of the Association of Schools…
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Forest operations professor named new Warnell dean
W. Dale Greene, a long-serving faculty member and administrator in UGA’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, has been named its dean, effective June…
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Dodd School of Art graduates receive commemorative coin
Graduates of the Lamar Dodd School of Art each received a commemorative medallion at a May 6 Commencement ceremony in Hugh Hodgson Hall. The medallion,…
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Search underway for VP for marketing, communications
UGA President Jere W. Morehead has appointed a search committee to begin a national search to fill the position of vice president for marketing and…
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CVIOG faculty members lead training courses
Three Carl Vinson Institute of Government faculty members led training courses for more than 1,500 Main Street directors, planners, economic development professionals and public officials at…
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Michigan State to stop burning coal
Michigan State University is taking steps to stop the burning of coal by the end of 2016. The decision is part of an effort to…
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3 honored for multicultural efforts
The Leslie K. Bates Medal of Excellence was presented to Jon Hurst, Mariah Domenech and Marvin J. Nunnally during the Multicultural Services and Programs Senior…
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Food for thoughtful conversation
UGA alumnus and Food Network star Alton Brown gave the keynote address earlier this month at “Food for Thought,” the second annual Return to the…
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eLearning Commons changes
UGA’s online learning management system, eLearning Commons, will change its login process, effective the weekend of May 22-23. Users will no longer see boxes to…
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Tim Foutz receives Outstanding Teaching Award
Tim Foutz, a professor in the College of Engineering, received the 2015 Outstanding Teaching Award from the Southeastern Section of the American Society for Engineering…
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Noted researcher named UGA’s newest GRA Eminent Scholar
Arthur S. Edison, one of the leading experts on nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and metabolomics, is joining the faculty at UGA as its newest Georgia…
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SREL to offer world’s first undergraduate program in radioecology
UGA’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory recently received a three-year National Science Foundation grant to establish the only program in the world to offer training in…
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Third-year UGA ecology major receives Udall Scholarship
UGA Honors student Torre Lavelle has been named a 2015 Udall Foundation Scholar. The scholarships of up to $5,000 are awarded to outstanding sophomores and…