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Record number of UGA students offered Fulbrights
Seventeen UGA students were offered international travel-study grants from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program for the 2012-2013 academic year. Fourteen of these accepted the scholarships.…
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Walking study participants
The Body Composition and Metabolism Lab in the kinesiology department is seeking women ages 25-45 to take part in a supervised walking study. The nine-week…
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Economic Development Leadership Council a finalist for national award
UGA’s Economic Development Leadership Council has been selected as one of three national finalists in the University Economic Development Association’s 2012 Awards of Excellence competition…
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Concert premiere of ‘Things Fall Apart’ to be held Sept. 6
Things Fall Apart, a song cycle by professor emeritus Roger C. Vogel will premiere Sept. 6 at 8 p.m. in the Ramsey Concert Hall of…
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Volunteer fair
The Athens Volunteer Fair will be held Sept. 13 from noon to 6 p.m. in Grand Hall of the Tate Student Center. More than 50…
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Associate provost for academic planning named
Jerome Legge, who has served as interim associate provost for academic planning at UGA since January, has been named to the post on a permanent…
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New book focuses on democratic history
The Political Education of Democratus: Negotiating Civil Virtue during the Early Republic Brian Dotts Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group $80 Brian Dotts, a lecturer in…
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Performing Arts Center website wins award
The Performing Arts Center has received the Interactive Media Award for outstanding achievement in website design. The PAC’s new site, which allows visitors to find…
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Emory admits ‘misrepresenting’ data
Officials at Emory University acknowledged that administrators intentionally misreported admissions data to third-party groups dating back more than a decade. The false data was sent…
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Poet laureate to give Charter Lecture during arts festival
Natasha Trethewey, U.S. poet laureate for 2012-2013, will deliver this year’s Charter Lecture as one of the signature events of UGA’s Spotlight on the Arts…
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Researcher offers farmers ‘heads-up’ on ways to adapt to climate change
There are a few conversational topics that are best not mentioned around the dinner table in some households: religion, politics and climate change.
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SPIA will celebrate its first decade of accomplishments
The School of Public and International Affairs, one of the top-ranked public affairs graduate schools in the nation, will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a…
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Study finds firms’ tax rates are tied to CEOs’ politics
Companies run by CEOs who vote Republican tend to pay more in taxes than companies run by CEOs who vote Democratic, according to new research…
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Doctoral student wins education award
Yvette Dupree, a doctoral student in the College of Education, was one of 21 career and technical educators recently honored as Career, Technical and Agricultural…
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‘People first’
Timothy M. Chester, who joined UGA from Pepperdine University one year ago, was recently promoted from chief information officer to vice president for information technology.…
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Ready for anything: OSEP programs will focus on emergency planning
In observance of National Preparedness Month, UGA’s Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness will be asking students, faculty and staff a simple question: “Are…
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Cellist, symphony orchestra to perform masterworks of composer Antonín Dvorák
ello professor David Starkweather will join the UGA Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Antonín Dvorák masterworks on Sept. 13 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson…
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Town-gown ties
Andrew Herod, professor of geography and adjunct professor of anthropology in Franklin College as well as adjunct professor of international affairs in the School of…
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SPIA reaches 10-year milestone
UGA’s School of Public and International Affairs, one of the top-ranked public affairs graduate schools in the nation, turns 10 this month.
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Creative connections
How do student artists respond to works of art in a museum setting, and how can they share their ideas and creations using social media?…
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Tim Foutz
Tim Foutz, who has served as director of UGA’s First-Year Odyssey Seminar program since its inception in 2011, also was a founding member of UGA’s…
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Dana TeCroney
“A Cadillac brought me to UGA, but the people kept me here,” says New York native Dana TeCroney. While on a road trip home from…
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Georgia Museum of Art to exhibit lovers’ eyes
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will present the exhibition “The Look of Love: Eye Miniatures from the Skier Collection” Oct.…
