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Producer of ‘The Walking Dead’ to be honored at DiGamma Kappa Awards banquet
Gale Anne Hurd, the executive producer of the critically acclaimed AMC show “The Walking Dead,” will receive the DiGamma Kappa Award for Distinguished Service to…
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Panel discussion on turning research into business to be held March 26
The products and processes developed by scientists at the University of Georgia may one day become the foundation for new medical treatments, cleaner energy production…
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Mountain View High School, Duluth Adventist Christian win first places in 2013 TEAMS competition
Student teams from two Gwinnett County Schools-Mountain View High School and Duluth Adventist Christian School-won first places in the High School and Middle School categories…
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Law conference to focus on impact and future of the Cuban embargo
The University of Georgia School of Law’s Dean Rusk Center will present “The Cuban Embargo: Policy Outlook After Fifty Years” on March 22 beginning at…
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RecycleMania Tournament kicks off
The Office of Sustainability is partnering with the Facilities Management Division to host the 13th annual RecycleMania Tournament. The competition, which aims to motivate the…
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‘Chasing Ice’ screening, discussion will open EcoFocus Film Festival
The documentary Chasing Ice officially will open the 2013 EcoFocus Film Festival March 21 at 6 p.m. at Ciné, 234 W. Hancock Ave. Now in…
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University’s ‘mouse house’ undergoing major expansion
Mice and humans will benefit from new equipment coming to the Coverdell Rodent Vivarium, also known as the “mouse house.” An award from the National…
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UGAID adding new prefix this fall
For the first time since its implementation about a decade ago, the UGAID-commonly referred to as an 810 number-will start with a new prefix, 811.
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Use NOAA radios for weather, alerts
The Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness has National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather radios available to be assigned to buildings or departments upon request.…
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Pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii to perform works by Debussy, Chopin in Hodgson Concert Hall
The Performing Arts Center will present award-winning pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii March 19 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. Blind since birth, Tsujii captured the…
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Search committee appointed to find next VP for student affairs
UGA Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Jere Morehead has appointed a search committee to begin a national search to fill the position…
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Stanford becomes first university to raise more than $1B in one year
Stanford University became the first university to raise more than $1 billion in a single year, according to a news release by the Council for…
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WUGA-TV, WUGA-FM add news broadcasts
WUGA-TV and WUGA-FM 91.7 and 97.9, the public stations operated by the University of Georgia, have added local news broadcasts this month. On March 4,…
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New UGA festival to foster economic development in region
UGA will host a weeklong entrepreneurial festival from March 22-29 designed to foster economic development and provide useful advice for those contemplating a plunge into…
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Mark Ebell presented Distinguished Research Paper
Mark Ebell, an associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics in the College of Public Health, presented a Distinguished Research Paper Dec. 1 at the 40th…
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Elena Karahanna received Association for Information Systems Fellow Award
Elena Karahanna, the Rast Professor of Business in the Terry College of Business, received the Association for Information Systems Fellow Award at the 2012 International…
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Impact and future of Cuban embargo to be focus of Rusk Center conference
The School of Law’s Dean Rusk Center will present “The Cuban Embargo: Policy Outlook After Fifty Years” on March 22 at 8:30 a.m. in the…
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Melissa Dutton named meetings’ industry leader by industry magazine
Melissa Dutton, senior sales professional at the UGA Hotel and Conference Center, part of the public service and outreach unit, was named a meetings’ industry…
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Mary Alice Smith is vice president-elect of Teratology Society
Mary Alice Smith, an associate professor of environmental health science in the College of Public Health, is vice president-elect of the Teratology Society, an international…
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Academic leadership development nominations
The deadline for nominating a faculty member for the 2013-2014 UGA Administrative Fellows Program, part of a broader initiative involving SECU, the academic initiative of…
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‘Giving spirit’
Several of UGA’s donors were recognized for their generosity at the 2013 Celebration of Support Feb. 9 in Atlanta.
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Research may lead to new therapies for sleeping sickness
While its common name may make it sound almost whimsical, sleeping sickness, or African trypanosomiasis, is in reality a potentially fatal parasitic infection that has…
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Prof co-edits drug addiction handbook
The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Addiction Psychopharmacology Edited by James MacKillop and Harriet de Wit Wiley-Blackwell $195 The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Addiction Psychopharmacology is an authoritative…
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Department head appointed to Terry Chair of Marketing
Charlotte H. Mason, a marketing professor in the Terry College of Business, has been appointed to the C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry Chair of…