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UGA Traffic Injury Prevention Institute awarded grant for education programs
UGA’s Traffic Injury Prevention Institute has been awarded a $640,000 grant from the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety to continue its statewide education programs.…
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Professors to determine how much consumers would pay for Internet use
Researchers from UGA and the U.S. Department of Justice have been awarded $530,000 over three years by the National Science Foundation and CableLabs to study…
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Service-learning workshop series
The Office of Service-Learning will be offering the Service-Learning Best Practices Workshop Series in late January and early February. The workshop series is for faculty…
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Alfie Vick named LEED Fellow
Alfie Vick, an associate professor in the College of Environment and Design, was named a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Fellow at the Greenbuild…
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Governor’s budget will include Science Learning Center funds
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has included $44.7 million for the construction of a Science Learning Center on UGA’s South Campus in his budget proposal submitted…
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Intelligence, security expert will give 2014 Founders Day Lecture
In observance of UGA’s 229th anniversary, Loch Johnson, Regents and Meigs Professor in the School of Public and International Affairs, will present the 12th annual Founders…
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Center for Teaching and Learning awards Learning Technologies Grants
The Center for Teaching and Learning awarded 13 Learning Technologies Grants this fall to faculty members who proposed ideas regarding innovative teaching practice with technology.
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Georgia Center construction
An ongoing construction project at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education will cause intermittent closings of the front circle of the facility located off Carlton…
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UGA researchers work to clone strong, high-quality sweetgum trees
UGA researchers are working to produce faster-growing sweetgum trees by growing embryogenic sweetgum cultures in bioreactors, computer-operated systems used for growing cells under controlled conditions.
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Student dance company to present three nights of Ballroom Magic
The UGA Ballroom Performance Group, a pre-professional student dance company, will present Ballroom Magic Jan. 23-25 at 8 p.m. in the New Dance Theatre at…
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Kellogg Foundation deadline
Since 2006, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and the National Outreach Scholarship Conference, with support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, have partnered to…
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Two upcoming exhibitions to showcase contemporary photography
This January, the Georgia Museum of Art will feature two exhibitions of contemporary photography. The Silent Cities of Peru: Archaeological Photographs by Fernando La Rosa…
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Veterinary medicine receives second-phase funding for vaccine research
The College of Veterinary Medicine will receive Phase II funding through Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that…
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Michael Wetzstein honored with award
The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities honored Michael Wetzstein, a professor in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences’ agricultural and applied economics department,…
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Second City comedy improv troupe returns to Athens with new show
The Performing Arts Center will present Second City for three performances Jan. 27-29 at 8 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall. The comedy improv troupe returns…
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Prep, cook and store food safely
Preparing a meal for friends and family is a good way to make new memories. Unfortunately, far too often, people end up sharing a foodborne…
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UGA receives award of excellence for development of Health Sciences Campus
UGA has received the 2013 Outstanding Real Estate Project Award of Excellence from the Association of University Real Estate Officials. The award recognizes an institution…
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Don Rubin elected inaugural chair
Don Rubin, professor emeritus of communication studies and language and literacy education, was elected inaugural chair of the Georgia Alliance for Health Literacy. The group’s…
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Book covers adult learning theories
Adult Learning: Linking Theory and Practice Laura Bierema and Sharan Merriam Jossey-Bass Higher & Adult Education Hardback: $50 Filling a gap in the current literature,…
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Fulton Fresh launches supermarket tour program to help train advocates for better food
As UGA Extension Fulton Fresh Mobile Farmers Market program moves into a new year, coordinators are working to educate an army of informed food consumers…
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Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to give concert at UGA Feb. 2
The University of Georgia Performing Arts Center will present the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Feb. 2 at 2 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall.
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Diversity in STEM education lecture planned Jan. 30
The University of Georgia Franklin Visiting Scholars Program will present a lecture by Michael F. Summers promoting STEM education among minority students on Jan. 30…
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UGA presents President’s Fulfilling the Dream Awards
The University of Georgia presented three awards to community members working toward equality, diversity and justice Jan. 17 as part of the 11th annual Martin…
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Georgia College Advising Corps staff member recognized by President Obama
Lawrence Harris, a college adviser at Clarke Central High School in Athens and a member of the Georgia College Advising Corps, a program sponsored by…