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Skidaway Marine Science Day set for Oct. 26
An afternoon of marine science programs, displays, tours and activities-Skidaway Marine Science Day 2013-will be held on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 11 a.m. to 4…
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Georgia Museum of Art and Performing Arts Center promote Catherine the Great together
A concert featuring music from the court of Catherine the Great will be held Sept. 22 at 3 p.m. in Ramsey Hall of the University…
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UGA’s Henry Young named Kroger Professor in Community Pharmacy
Henry N. Young, formerly of the School of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has joined the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy as the…
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Minority buying power up in 2013, according to UGA Multicultural Economy study
Minority groups in the U.S. will command unprecedented economic clout this year and well into the future, according to the annual Multicultural Economy report from…
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New research explores theories about aging and death in plants
According to Benjamin Franklin, “nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” But what if Franklin had it wrong—at least about death?…
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Conference on Women and Girls in Georgia to focus on the arts
The University of Georgia Institute for Women’s Studies in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences will present the fifth conference on Women and Girls…
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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…