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James Reap elected to board of directors
James K. Reap, an associate professor in the College of Environment and Design, has been elected to the board of directors of the U.S. Committee…
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Phone directory verification
All regular, benefit-eligible faculty and staff are encouraged to review their work and home address and phone number information prior to the annual publication of…
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Private giving tops $100 million for eighth straight year
UGA raised more than $117 million in gifts and new commitments for the 2013 fiscal year, which ended on June 30. It marked the eighth…
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8 ways to create a healthy mind
1) Be physically active.2) Exercise your mind.• Do crossword or other puzzles.• Start a new hobby. 3) Eat healthy.• Include more fruits and vegetables in…
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Snow named Beadles Prof of Economics
Arthur Snow has been named the Nicholas A. Beadles Professor of Economics in the Terry College of Business.
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Mark Richt receives 2013 Stallings Award
Head football coach Mark Richt received the 2013 Stallings Award. Named for former college and NFL head coach Gene Stallings, the award honors college football…
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Performing Arts Center presents improv comedy duo
Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood, the stars of the Emmy-nominated television series Whose Line Is It Anyway?, will present an evening of improvisational comedy at…
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Book examines racial conflicts in Chile
Race and the Chilean Miracle: Neoliberalism, Democracy and Indigenous Rights Patricia Richards University of Pittsburgh Press $26.95 The economic reforms imposed by Augusto Pinochet’s regime…
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OVPI website gets makeover
The Office of the Vice President for Instruction has launched a redesigned website that highlights opportunities and resources for students, faculty and staff offered within…
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Acting out
The jaws of second-graders dropped at Barnett Shoals Elementary School one Friday morning last spring when they were introduced to a historical figure who had…
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Research unveils insight into brain disease
From the neurons that enable thought to the keratinocytes that make toenails grow, a complex canopy of sugar molecules envelop every living cell in the…
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FACS study finds that adolescent obesity influenced by community, genetics
Genetic sensitivity and community adversity combine to increase the risk of obesity among adolescents, according to new research published in the Journal of Adolescent Health by UGA…
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CTL Lilly Teaching Fellows Program inducts 10 new faculty
Ten UGA faculty members who show passion and success in teaching have been inducted into the CTL Lilly Teaching Fellows Program. The newly selected Lilly…
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Warnell School helps state develop environmental education program
UGA recently helped a state program-the Advanced Training for Environmental Education in Georgia Certification Program-achieve national accreditation status, making ATEEG the first to attain this…
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2013 July, August retirees
Fifteen UGA employees retired July 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and length of employment are:Timothy P. Burgess, senior vice president, finance and administration, 7…
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Students conduct research as part of NASA program
Ten students from UGA spent the summer using NASA’s observational data to explore Georgia’s salt marshes, the ecosystem of bearded capuchin monkeys, the effects of…
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7 shows on tap for University Theatre’s upcoming season
University Theatre’s upcoming season will feature seven performances, including an adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice. To kick off the season, a performance…
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Joseph Tobin receives mentoring award
Joseph Tobin, the Elizabeth Garrard Hall Professor in Early Childhood Education, received the 2013 Mentoring Award from Division G of the American Educational Research Association.…
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Majority of college students get aid
Seven in 10 undergraduates receive some sort of financial assistance, according to report released in August by the National Center for Education Statistics. NCES, which…
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Dodd Prof Chair to lecture on sculpture combining architecture, biology
The Lamar Dodd School of Art will present a lecture by fall 2013 Dodd Professorial Chair Kendall Buster Sept. 3 at 5:30 p.m. in Room…
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Nine-day festival to spotlight the arts with variety of events
The university will spotlight its arts programs and venues during a nine-day festival that includes concerts, theater and dance performances, art exhibitions, poetry readings, film…
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Courson inducted into National Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame
Ron Courson, the UGA Athletic Association’s senior associate athletic director for sports medicine, was inducted into the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame June…
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William Underwood Eiland receives American Alliance of Museums’ award
William Underwood Eiland, director of the Georgia Museum of Art, received the American Alliance of Museums’ Award for Distinguished Service to Museums at AAM’s annual…
