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David Moorhead and Chuck Bargeron, Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Piedmont
David Moorhead, professor of silviculture, and Chuck Bargeron, technology director at the Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health in the Warnell School of…
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Avoid energy-sucking ‘vampires’
Electrical devices continue to draw energy when turned off but still plugged in. Pamela Turner, an associate professor and housing extension specialist with the College…
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Angela Gibney, National Space Foundation
Angela Gibney, an assistant professor of mathematics in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, received $110,613 from the National Science Foundation to investigate the…
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Supreme Court hears affirmative action case involving U. of Texas
The Supreme Court heard arguments this month for a case involving a white student alleging unconstitutional racial bias against the University of Texas in its…
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U.S. Poet Laureate gives reading at alma mater
Being named U.S. Poet Laureate—officially Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for the Library of Congress—is the highest honor this country bestows on a poet. In recent years, the…
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World Food Prize laureate to give this year’s Brooks Lecture
There are areas of the planet where people rely on less than a foot of rainfall each year to grow the food they need to…
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Good cheer
UGA students, faculty, staff, alumni and fans will celebrate Homecoming Week with various events and activities that will culminate in the Nov. 3 football…
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Study: Recession drives down national park visits
A national recession doesn’t just affect Americans’ wallets. It also impacts their travel to national parks, a new UGA study has found.
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Anne Charlotte Merrell Wetterwik, Department of State
Anne Charlotte Merrell Wetterwik, a senior research associate with the Center for International Trade and Security, received $374,746 from the Department of State to provide…
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GTIPI receives state grant to continue education programs
UGA’s Traffic Injury Prevention Institute was awarded a $650,000 grant from the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety to continue its statewide education programs in…
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Oedipus myth set on a plantation in University Theatre’s ‘The Darker Face of the Earth’
University Theatre will present Rita Dove’s The Darker Face of the Earth, directed by associate professor Freda Scott Giles, Nov. 1-11 at 8 p.m.…
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Choreographer Liz Lerman to take part in ICE residency
Ideas for Creative Exploration will host dance choreographer and educator Liz Lerman for a weeklong residency. Lerman will present a lecture, “Hiking the Horizontal: Making…
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Committee seeks new dean for College of Engineering
Provost Jere Morehead has appointed a committee to begin a national search to fill the position of dean of UGA’s new College of Engineering.
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EITS to conduct free checkups of personal laptops, computers
Enterprise Information Technology Services will hold its biannual Computer Health and Security Fair Oct. 31 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the second floor…
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HR launches redesigned employee site
Human Resources has launched a redesigned website to help UGA faculty and staff find information on health and retirement benefits, apply for jobs and learn…
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Graduate award nominations
Nominations for the Provost’s Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award and the Graduate School’s Excellence in Teaching Award will accepted from Nov. 2 to Jan. 18.…
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Amy Wong
“Involvement in student organizations has definitely been the highlight of my time at UGA,” says Amy Wong, an environmental health sciences major from Lilburn. From…
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Top Brass!
UGA Tuba Euphonium Studio musicians who play low brass recently captured top international awards for their skills and talent.
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Chakaia Booker to speak at the Georgia Museum of Art
Contemporary artist Chakaia Booker will present a free lecture at the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia in conjunction with the exhibition…
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Georgia Museum of Art housing interdisciplinary study of ancient Roman marble relief
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia, in collaboration with UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and the University of Mississippi…
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UGA COE professor emeritus Saveland receives national award
Robert N. “Bob” Saveland, professor emeritus of the University of Georgia College of Education, was recognized for his contributions to the field with the George…
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UGA Alpha Upsilon Circle of ODK honor society named Circle of Distinction
The University of Georgia Alpha Upsilon Circle of the Omicron Delta Kappa Society has been named a Circle of Distinction. ODK is a national leadership…
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UGA observatory open house Nov. 9 to feature Jupiter, ‘Seven Sisters’
The University of Georgia department of physics and astronomy in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences will host its monthly observatory open house Nov.…
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UGA to hold groundbreaking for new veterinary teaching complex
A groundbreaking ceremony will be held Nov. 9 to celebrate the new University of Georgia Veterinary Medical Learning Center. The facility will include a new…