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UGA launches program to close enrollment gap for African-American males
The University of Georgia Office of Institutional Diversity has launched the African American Male Initiative, a program targeted at enrolling, retaining and graduating African-American males.
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UGA celebrates International Education Week Nov. 11-15
The University of Georgia will join universities around the country in celebrating International Education Week Nov. 11-15.
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International human rights expert to speak on Muslim fundamentalism
Karima Bennoune, international human rights expert and University of California, Davis, School of Law professor, will discuss Muslim fundamentalism at the University of Georgia Chapel…
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UGA Opera Theatre to present Georges Bizet’s ‘Carmen’
The University of Georgia Opera Theatre will present “Carmen,” Georges Bizet’s fiery tale of love, jealousy and murder, on Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. in…
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UGA-led international team receives grant to improve sorghum production
An international team led by the University of Georgia’s Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory will work toward sustainable intensification of sorghum production through a $4.98 million…
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UGA researchers to determine how much consumers would pay for Internet use
Researchers from the University of Georgia and the U.S. Department of Justice were awarded $530,000 over three years by the National Science Foundation and CableLabs…
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Environmental Ethics at UGA celebrates 30 years with lecture on ‘Water Reimagined’
Author Charles Fishman will give a free public lecture on “Water Re-imagined” Nov. 20 at 5 p.m. in the Mahler Auditorium of the University of…
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Skidaway open house 92 percent ‘landfill-free’
The effort to make Skidaway Marine Science Day a ‘landfill-free’ event was largely successful, according to event organizers. Held on the campus of the University…
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TAG Athens chapter hosts inaugural event; UGA colleges among founding partners
The new Technology Association of Georgia Athens chapter will host its first event Nov. 6 at noon at the J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development…
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UGA mourns loss of Professor Thomas Dyer
The University of Georgia Institute of Higher Education lost a true friend with the passing of Tom Dyer on Monday, Oct. 28. Dyer was a…
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UGA Griffin campus to hold criminal justice day
With nationwide and statewide data projecting an increase in job opportunities for individuals with a background in criminal justice, the University of Georgia Griffin campus…
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UGA seminar to focus on the rabies virus
Experts from the University of Georgia, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Georgia Department of Public Health will gather on Nov. 14…
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UGA offers training course for economic development professionals
The University of Georgia Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach is offering training courses on “Financing Economic Development and Deal Structuring.”…
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UGA professor wins national teaching award from The Wildlife Society
The University of Georgia’s Robert Warren recently won the 2013 Excellence in Wildlife Education Award, a national award from The Wildlife Society that recognizes exemplary…
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UGA Parents Leadership Council accepting grant proposals for student life
The University of Georgia Parents and Families Association and its Parents Leadership Council are accepting grant proposals for the 2014-2015 academic year. Grant applications are…
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UGA researchers use lithium to ease pain caused by anti-cancer drug
Taxol, generically called paclitaxel, is a widely used drug in chemotherapy treatments. Taxol is used to treat cancer in the lungs, ovaries and breast, but…
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UGA and Clarke County School District launch Experience UGA partnership
The University of Georgia and the Clarke County School District have launched Experience UGA, a new partnership that aims to bring every Clarke County student…
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Georgia Museum of Art to offer tours, crafts and dancing as part of Spotlight on the Arts
As part of the University of Georgia’s nine-day Spotlight on the Arts festival (Nov. 7-15), which celebrates performing, visual and literary arts, the Georgia Museum…
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‘There’s No Place Like Homecoming’ headlines UGA Homecoming Week
“There’s No Place Like Homecoming” is the theme of this year’s Homecoming Week festivities, which begin Nov. 3. Activities for students are scheduled throughout the…
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Russia expert Priscilla Roosevelt to present annual Shouky Shaheen Lecture
Priscilla Roosevelt, one of the leading Western experts on aristocratic life in imperial Russia, will present the University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of Art’s…
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Retired U.S. Supreme Court justice to speak at freedom of the press conference
The University of Georgia School of Law will welcome retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens on Nov. 6 as the keynote speaker for…
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Trumpeter Caleb Hudson to give two Athens performances
The University of Georgia Performing Arts Center will present trumpeter Caleb Hudson, a rising young star on the classical music scene, in recital Nov. 11…
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US Supreme Court hears arguments on Michigan affirmative-action ban
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this month over an affirmative-action ban passed by voters in Michigan. One question before the court is whether states…
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Expert on aristocratic life in imperial Russia to give lecture
One of the leading Western experts on aristocratic life in imperial Russia, Priscilla Roosevelt will present the Lamar Dodd School of Art’s annual Shouky Shaheen…