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Eight UGA students awarded Fulbright travel-study grants
Eight University of Georgia students were awarded international travel-study grants from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program for the 2013-2014 academic year.
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OVPR rolls out two new electronic research administration systems
This summer, UGA faculty began using two new electronic research administration systems: one to submit and manage human subjects protocols and the other to submit…
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Ways to trim some fat from your diet
• Choose meat with the least amount of fat on it when shopping.• Trim off the fat you can see from meat and poultry. Also…
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Public Affairs site redesigned
The Public Affairs Division has redesigned its website. The new site offers easily accessible information about the division’s units, which offer multimedia communication with UGA’s…
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Study participants needed
The Body Composition and Metabolism Lab in the kinesiology department is seeking women ages 25 to 45 for a supervised walking study. Females are sought…
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Report: One-fourth of ACT-tested high school grads are college ready
Twenty-six percent of high school graduates who took the ACT were deemed to have met the exam’s “college readiness benchmark” in all four of the…
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Workshops to explore best practices in higher education administration
Administrators at UGA and institutions of higher education nationwide are faced with a number of challenges-from recruiting and retaining outstanding faculty to managing budgets and…
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Scientist uses electrified water to kill foodborne pathogens
UGA researchers have used electrolyzed oxidizing water to sanitize poultry, kill funguses on nursery-grown plants and remove pathogens from produce. Now they’re using it to…
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Phone directory verification
All regular, benefit-eligible faculty and staff are encouraged to review their work and home addresses and phone number information prior to the annual publication of…
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CTL uses grant to pay for e-textbooks to reduce costs for students
The Center for Teaching and Learning is looking at ways to save students money by offering free e-textbooks for introductory biology courses at UGA through…
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Domestic terrorism forum to kick off National Preparedness Month
Emergency situations can arise any time of year. Being prepared for them will be the focus of several programs at UGA this month as it…
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Program to focus on cases, coverage of Supreme Court
Some of the nation’s pre-eminent Supreme Court journalists and scholars, including the publisher and editor of the only blog to win a Peabody Award, will…
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Dustin Kemp and National Science Foundation
Dustin Kemp, a postdoctoral research associate in the Odum School of Ecology, received $169,254 from the National Science Foundation for collaborative research on the symbiosis…
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Robin Shelton and NASA
Robin Shelton, a professor of physics and astronomy in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, was awarded $425,000 by NASA to use high-performance computers…
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Service-Learning workshops
Two service-learning workshops will be held for faculty and graduate students interested in exploring the nuts and bolts of designing and implementing service-learning enhanced coursework.…
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Moving stories
This past spring, Kimberly Skobba took her students to a part of Athens most had never driven by, much less visited. The service-learning class became…
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Jason Zastre and National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health awarded $353,776 to Jason Zastre, an assistant professor in the College of Pharmacy. In times of nutritional and pathological stress,…
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An itch to give
Nia Skeete, left, and Tracy Howard take a break from volunteering at Pet Zone, a no-kill animal shelter and thrift store in Bogart, to pet…
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New ‘Peabody Decades’ series to explore UGA archives collection
The George Foster Peabody Awards and the Peabody Collection at UGA will launch “The Peabody Decades,” a series of screenings from the archives, this semester.…
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Patrick Stephens and National Science Foundation
Patrick Stephens, an assistant research scientist in the Odum School of Ecology, received $120,280 from the National Science Foundation to create a research coordination network…
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Book explores faith during U.S. Civil War
We Are in His Hands Whether We Live or Die: The Letters of Brevet Brigadier General Charles Henry Howard David K. Thomson University of Tennessee…
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Immune system boost
UGA researchers are developing a new treatment technique that uses nanoparticles to reprogram immune cells to be able to recognize and attack cancer. The findings…
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Obama releases plan on higher ed
President Barack Obama laid out his plan for reforming higher education in August. The plan is aimed at reducing the student loan burden and raising…
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Terry College of Business adds two new executives-in-residence
In an effort to expand the scope and quality of business education at UGA, the Terry College of Business has added two new executives-in-residence.