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Lilly Teaching Fellows
Applications now are being accepted for the Center for Teaching and Learning’s 2014-2016 Lilly Teaching Fellows. Faculty in their first, second or third year of…
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Professor gets $1M to design milk cooler for dairy farmers
Keeping milk safe and healthy to drink is a challenge in areas around the world without electricity.
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EITS employee rises from student worker to IT manager
Justin Williams was a UGA student working at a fast food restaurant when he decided he wanted an on-campus job, more specifically a job at…
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Historian to discuss Caribbean influences on Colonial Georgia
Paul Pressly, a prominent Georgia historian and educator, will discuss “Colonial Georgia: Caribbean Influences and the British Atlantic World” Feb. 20 at 4 p.m. in…
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Unhealthy start
A recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine suggests that obesity in children as young as age 5 is a likely indicator…
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Hodgson faculty series continues with recital by husband-wife duo
The husband-and-wife duo of Peter and Kristin Jutras will give a recital as part of the Hugh Hodgson Faculty Series on Feb. 20 at 8…
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Finance and administration VP finalists to make presentations
Three finalists for the position of vice president for finance and administration will visit campus in February and March to meet with members of the…
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New math model offers insights into cross-species parasite transmission
UGA researchers have developed a new mathematical model that helps to explain how some parasites predominantly associate with one particular host species-but are still capable…
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Prune carefully after a freeze
The recent, hard freeze can make landscapes look bad, but gardeners should take a wait-and-see approach before grabbing the pruning shears. Follow these tips to help…
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Committee appointed to find successor to head of UGA Libraries
Pamela Whitten, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, has appointed a committee to begin a national search to fill the position of university…
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Award-winning Irish author Kevin Barry to read at Ciné
Kevin Barry, author of the critically acclaimed 2011 novel City of Bohane, will give a reading at 7 p.m. Feb. 24 at Ciné, 234 W. Hancock…
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Report: High school grades are biggest factor in college admissions
More than standardized testing or high school rank, students’ grades and course rigor matter most when it comes to admissions in college, according to a…
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School of Law to host ninth Working in the Public Interest Conference
The School of Law will host the ninth annual Working in the Public Interest Conference on March 1. This event, which focuses on practical approaches…
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Social contagions
A story on FoxNews.com examined the phenomenon of reckless behavior by privileged teens sometimes called “affluenza.” The story posed the question of whether bad behavior…
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Pete Bettinger
Pete Bettinger, a professor in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, uses his experiences in private industry and as a researcher to help…
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David Millard
As a Foundation Fellow, David Millard, a senior majoring in mathematics and computer science, has traveled the world, volunteered with local schools and found UGA…
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UGA School of Law wins National Moot Court Competition
The University of Georgia School of Law recently won the 64th Annual National Moot Court Competition, which is the oldest and most prestigious moot court…
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Media advisory: UGA Cabinet meeting and media briefing Feb. 19
The University of Georgia Cabinet will conduct its regular meeting Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 10 a.m. in the Peabody Board Room of the Administration Building.…
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University of Georgia bee expert named honorary member of the Order of the British Empire
Keith Delaplane, professor of entomology in the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, has been inducted into the Most Excellent Order of…
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Author, filmmaker Robert Gordon to screen Stax Records documentary at Ciné
Robert Gordon’s latest book, “Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion,” was published in November 2013 to instant acclaim. But the book’s origin dates…
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UGA Brunswick to celebrate native trees for Georgia Arbor Day
An Arbor Day Celebration will be held Feb. 18 from 10 a.m.-noon at the University of Georgia Brunswick Station and native plant demonstration garden, 715…
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Roundtable on ‘12 Years a Slave’ to address depiction of slavery on film
A roundtable panel on director Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave” on Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. in Room 148 of the Miller Learning Center…
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UGA Fashion Week set for Feb. 21-28
The third annual University of Georgia Fashion Week, hosted by the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, is set for Feb. 21-28 and will feature…
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Symposium brings art, community together to contemplate contemporary aging
The University of Georgia Institute of Gerontology and the Athens Institute for Contemporary Art bring together art and community for a symposium focused on “Contemplating…