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New economic development office will open in Atlanta
UGA President-elect Jere Morehead has announced that he will reorganize the university’s economic development activities and programs to make economic development a key priority under…
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National search gets underway for university’s next provost
UGA President-elect Jere Morehead has appointed a search committee to begin a national search for the university’s next senior vice president for academic affairs and…
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Parking registration
Faculty and staff who wish to park on campus during the 2013-2014 academic year must register at www.parking.uga.edu by July 5 at 5 p.m. to…
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Burgess to focus on his personal life after stepping down at month’s end
After working for almost 35 years, Tim Burgess no longer will have to wake up and head to work. Instead, the senior vice president for…
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Croatian institute renews cooperative agreement with UGA in ceremony
The Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences in Croatia marked the renewal of its cooperative agreement with UGA in a special ceremony on May 13.…
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Underwater voyage
UGA will launch its first robotic submersible later this year, joining a growing number of research institutions that use the efficient and cost-saving instruments to…
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Sunflower Concert Series to kick off June 4 at State Botanical Garden
The State Botanical Garden’s Sunflower Concert Series, which showcases an eclectic mix of talented, award-winning artists in an outdoor garden setting, will run on select…
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College of Education’s poetry reading series to start June 6
A week of poetry reading and discussion of the poetic craft with five Georgia poets will be hosted by Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor, a professor in the…
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Performance to celebrate book documenting traditional folk music
Traditional ballads and fiddle tunes will be heard at the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries June 15 to celebrate the recently released book…
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University to offer more benefits to domestic partners of employees
UGA will increase its offering of benefits to the domestic partners of its employees. Vision and dental insurance, so-called “soft” benefits, will be available to…
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Alumna funds first chair in public affairs communications
The Carolyn Caudell Tieger Chair in Public Affairs Communications has been created in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. The first of its…
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‘Columns’ summer publication
During the summer, Columns will be published on June 17 (deadline: June 5), July 1 (deadline: June 19), July 15 (deadline: July 3) and July…
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Vandenberg named Arnold Professor
Robert Vandenberg, a faculty member in the Terry College of Business, has been named the Robert O. Arnold Professor of Business.
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Psychology professor named director of Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
Lillian Eby, professor of psychology, has been appointed director of the William A. and Barbara R. Owens Institute for Behavioral Research. She succeeds Stephen Beach,…
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Study shows ‘fixed’ dogs live longer
Many dog owners have their pets spayed or neutered to help control the pet population, but new UGA research suggests the procedure could add to…
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George Pate
It was the reputation of the theater department faculty that drew Ph.D. student George Pate to UGA, and he has used the resources of the…
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UGA to host international conference on environmental contamination
On the afternoon of March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake spawned a massive tsunami off the coast of Japan that slammed into the island nation’s…
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UGA appoints new director for Office of Online Learning
Following a national search, Keith Bailey has been named director of the University of Georgia Office of Online Learning. Bailey will begin his new position…
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UGA entomologists ask Georgians to send in their cicadas
After weeks of anticipation, insect watchers are getting the show of a lifetime as the Brood II periodical cicadas emerge from the soil in the…
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UGA graduates win two national dissertation awards
Two University of Georgia graduates have won national dissertation awards. UGA doctoral graduate Tom Okie was awarded the 53rd annual Allan Nevins Dissertation Prize from…
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Georgia Museum of Art director receives national service award
William Underwood Eiland, director of the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia, received the American Alliance of Museums Award for Distinguished Service…
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Consumer Product Safety Commission chair to speak at UGA’s summer commencement
Athens, Ga. – University of Georgia alumna Inez Moore Tenenbaum, the ninth chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, will give the summer Commencement…
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UGA Hotel and Conference Center earns 2013 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence
For the second consecutive year, the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education’s UGA Hotel and Conference Center received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award.…
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Athens’ architectural history to be subject of talk, book
A book talk on “The Tangible Past of Athens, Georgia,” a forthcoming title about local architectural history, will be held June 12 at 12:30 p.m.…