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Finalists for UGA vice president for student affairs to visit campus
Four finalists for the position of vice president for student affairs at the University of Georgia will visit campus this month to meet with members…
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UGA Costa Rica wins sustainability award
The University of Georgia Costa Rica recently was honored by GoAbroad.com with the 2013 Innovation in Sustainability Award at the NAFSA: Association of International Educators…
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UGA Performing Arts Center announces 2013-2014 season
The University of Georgia Performing Arts Center has announced the roster of artists for the 2013-2014 season.
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Georgia Museum of Art to host summer open house
The Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will host the museum’s quarterly open house, “90 Carlton: Summer,” on June…
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Shepherd named inaugural UGA Athletic Association Professor in Social Sciences
Professor of geography and research meteorologist J. Marshall Shepherd has been appointed the inaugural Athletic Association Professor in the Social Sciences at the University of…
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Jay Mancini
Jay Mancini, the Haltiwanger Distinguished Professor at UGA, and his students are conducting research that seeks solutions to the challenges that families face.
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Knapp, former president of UGA, named interim dean of Terry College
Charles B. Knapp, president emeritus of the university and a professor emeritus of economics, has been named interim dean of the Terry College of Business.
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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…
