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UGA Libraries to celebrate 75th anniversary of ‘Gone With the Wind’ premiere
The special collections libraries will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the premiere of Gone With the Wind with events on Aug. 23, including the opening…
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Photographer to kick off Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series
The Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series in the Lamar Dodd School of Art kicks off with the 2014 Dodd Professorial Chair lecture by Zoe…
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Public health dean appointed to national environmental health board
Phillip Williams, dean of the College of Public Health, was appointed to the board of scientific counselors at the National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for…
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Young children need play time
A full after-school schedule may keep your children occupied, but it’s not necessarily the healthiest option. It turns out children need a little unstructured “play…
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Extension specialist helps growers with peach concerns
As UGA’s new peach specialist, Dario Chavez’s first order of business is to listen. Since joining the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences’ Griffin campus…
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Third annual Spotlight on the Arts festival set for Nov. 6-14
A Tony Award-winning playwright, a Grammy Award-winning soprano, art-making robots and a music composition performed on Google Glass are among the more than 40 events…
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Fresh start
UGA will open its doors today to a first-year class that has broken the high ceiling on academic criteria set by previous classes. The 2014…
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Franklin College professor named environmental superhero
UGA’s J. Marshall Shepherd officially is a superhero.
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$7M in NIH grants to fund UGA health research projects
A team of scientists in the UGA Center for Family Research has received two grants from the National Institutes of Health providing more than $7…
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2014-2015 University Theatre season to include ‘Great Gatsby,’ Shakespeare
University Theatre has announced its 2014-2015 lineup, which includes the 2012 Tony Award-winning A Raisin in the Sun spinoff Clybourne Park, a stage adaptation of…
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Classroom emergency posters
The Office of Emergency Preparedness is distributing customizable posters and podium cards for classrooms and hallways to advise of directions in case of emergency in…
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Interim KSU president accepts lower salary to give 24 workers raises
Raymond Burse returned to Kentucky State University as interim president under the condition that his annual salary be adjusted so other employees would get raises.…
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Georgia Sea Grant helps coastal areas plan for port expansion
As the $706 million Savannah Harbor Expansion Project begins, UGA and Georgia Sea Grant are poised to help coastal residents adapt to changes that are…
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PMIL using Twitter to provide news, info
A new Twitter account has been launched for the USAID-funded Feed the Future Peanut and Mycotoxin Innovation Lab hosted by the UGA College of Agricultural…
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2014-2015 single tickets for Performing Arts Center tickets go on sale Aug. 25
Single tickets for the UGA Performing Arts Center’s 2014-2015 season will go on sale Aug. 25. Tickets can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center…
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Statistics professor named AMA Fellow
Nicole Lazar, a professor in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences’ statistics department, was named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. To be…
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July 2014 retirees
Twenty-six UGA employees retired July 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and length of employment are: Harold Chris Adcock, director, communication/technology services, 30 years, 1 month,…
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Students learn techniques for archaeological digs
Franklin College’s anthropology department ran of its two field schools in archaeology this summer on Ossabaw Island, the third largest barrier island in Georgia. Students…
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UGA Costa Rica names faculty facility after alumnus, longtime supporter
The newly constructed faculty residence facility on UGA’s campus in San Luis, Costa Rica, was dedicated July 26 by a group of local dignitaries as…
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CCRC researcher wins Image Award
Stefan Eberhard, a research professional in the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, was recognized recently for his outstanding microscope image at the 2014 Wellcome Trust Image…
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Sport management professor named Fellow of National Academy of Kinesiology
James Zhang, a professor of sport management in the College of Education, was elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology. Coordinator of…
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Skidaway Institute researchers complete ‘26 Hours on the Marsh’
Pitching a tent in the woods and fighting off mosquitoes may not sound like the logistics of a typical oceanography experiment, but that is how…
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State Botanical Garden to display new exhibition
The State Botanical Garden will display an art exhibition by Ginny McLaren Aug. 24 through Oct. 5. An opening reception will be held Aug. 24…
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Holland Award for college journalism goes to California State University paper
The Daily Titan at California State University, Fullerton is the 2013-2014 winner of UGA’s Betty Gage Holland Award for excellence in college journalism. The award…