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Crunch time
The refrain from health professionals around the world remains unchanged: To win the war against obesity, Americans must become more active. For people with physical or…
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U.S. Education Departments paid $1.4 billion to track loans defaulters
As the number of student loan defaults have increased of late, the debt collection industry is a clear beneficiary, according to a New York Times…
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Childcare center reaches major milestones before first anniversary
The University Childcare Center, at only nine months old, already has achieved major developmental milestones. The newly renovated facility on UGA’s Health Sciences Campus welcomed…
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Wind ensemble to give free concert on North Campus
The Wind Ensemble will give its annual free Concert on the Lawn Sept. 28 at 12:30 p.m. on the lawn in front of Old College. …
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UGA welcomes new faculty
Below is an alphabetical listing of new tenured and tenure-track faculty who have joined the university since the previous listing was published in Columns a year…
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Battle of the bulge
Clifton Baile is a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Agricultural Biotechnology and Distinguished Professor at UGA. Internationally known for his research on the control…
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University Council to consider UGA-funded domestic partnerships benefits
A proposal to offer health benefits to domestic partners without using state funds is up for consideration by the University Council at its meeting Sept.…
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Visiting curator to discuss ‘drawing fire’ at GMOA
Cheryl K. Snay, curator of European art at the Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame, will discuss “Drawing Fire: Academic Practice…
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UGA celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with fiestas, film festival, cultural events
Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations are under way at UGA and in the community. The month-long celebration (Sept. 15 to Oct. 15) covers important dates…
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Storied history
Georgia’s storied and deep literary history will be on display at the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame’s first exhibit in its new home at the…
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Author will discuss non-cognitive skills, child development
The Willson Center for Humanities and Arts will host author and journalist Paul Tough for a lecture and book signing Oct. 1 at 7 p.m.…
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UGA climbs two spots in ‘U.S. News & World Report’ rankings
UGA climbed two spots this year in the recently released U.S. News & World Report’s 2013 edition of America’s Best Colleges, ranking 21st among the…
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Roundtable to highlight animation jobs
The Willson Center for Humanities and Arts will hold a cinema roundtable “Animation, Art and Careers for UGA Students” Sept. 28 at 3:30 p.m. in…
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Guide offers data about state’s counties
The Georgia County Guide Thirtieth Edition Edited by Susan Boatright UGA Cooperative Extension and Carl Vinson Institute of Government Book: $30; CD: $50 UGA’s Cooperative…
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‘Carpe Insectum’
About 900 visitors looking for the chance to take in, touch or even taste bugs swarmed the State Botanical Garden on Sept. 15 for the…
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Full-time mascot
UGA President Michael F. Adams (left) slips the collar on Russ as Charles Seiler (right) helps during a Sept. 15 ceremony at Sanford Stadium to…
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College bans pork in dining halls
Students of Paul Quinn College in Dallas won’t be finding bacon for breakfast, ham for lunch or pork chops for dinner on their campus dining…
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Philanthropist, English prof to speak at Commencement
Philanthropist Arthur M. Blank, co-founder of Home Depot and owner of the Atlanta Falcons football franchise, will be the speaker for UGA’s fall 2012 undergraduate…
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Russell Library launches First Person, new oral history project
This summer, employees of the UGA Libraries and their friends and families recorded their stories for a trial run of the First Person Project, a…
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Orry Young
Orry Young is an emerging leader, thanks to the experiences he has had in the Army ROTC program and at UGA. As the current student…
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University Theatre thrives at 80
University Theatre, one of the oldest theatre programs in the country, has brought live performances to UGA stages for eight decades. This season’s performances are…
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UGA, Four Athens offer entrepreneur resources
A new partnership between the Georgia BioBusiness Center, the University of Georgia’s bioscience incubator, and the for-profit technology incubator Four Athens, will provide new resources…
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Athletic Association Professorships awarded to five at UGA
Five University of Georgia faculty members have received Athletic Association Professorships endowed by UGA’s Athletic Association.
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UGA researcher receives $1.5 million NIH grant to identify unknown anemias
University of Georgia microbiologist Harry Dailey has received a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the molecular mechanisms behind a…