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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.
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State Botanical Garden to hold biennial ‘Gold’ symposium, plant sale
The State Botanical Garden will hold its biennial “Gold in Your Garden” symposium Sept. 12 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the auditorium of…
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Building bridges
During the interview process that eventually led to Don Leo becoming the first permanent dean of the UGA College of Engineering, Leo said he was…
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‘Teaching Naked’ author to open CTL’s National Speaker Series
José Bowen, author of Teaching Naked: How Moving Technology Out of Your College Classroom Will Improve Student Learning and dean of the Meadows School of…
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Professor of flute to open Hugh Hodgson Faculty Series Sept. 10
Angela Jones-Reus, professor of flute, will present a solo recital Sept. 10 at 8 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall. The performance, the first in the…
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Stephen Berry and American Council of Learned Societies
Stephen Berry, an associate professor in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences’ history department, received $85,000 from the American Council of Learned Societies for…
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Track and field athlete, swimmer receive Joel Eaves Scholar-Athlete Award
UGA track and field athlete Jared Dunn and swimmer Maddie Locus have been named winners of the 2013-2014 Joel Eaves Scholar-Athlete Award. The award is…
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Lay of the land
Forty UGA faculty and staff learn about Georgia, its people, culture and economy on the New Faculty Tour.
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Willson Center launches humanities research initiative
The Jane and Harry Willson Center for Humanities and Arts launched its new Faculty Research Clusters initiative at a public reception Aug. 29 in the…