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UGA College of Education professor receives award from state gifted association
University of Georgia College of Education professor Tarek Grantham has received the 2012 Mary M. Frasier Equity and Excellence Award from the Georgia Association for…
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Health Sciences Campus Update – April 2012
The following information is provided as part of an effort to keep the community informed about the development of the UGA Health Sciences Campus, a…
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UGA graduate student wins Singularity University scholarship to grow food indoors
University of Georgia doctoral student Erico Rolim de Mattos envisions a world where exploding human populations, global climate change and land overdevelopment has rendered mankind…
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Follow the money
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the country’s poverty rate is at its highest point in 20 years; 15 percent of the population lives below…
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Kevin McCully, Biogen Idec, Inc.
Kevin McCully, a professor of kinesiology in the College of Education, received $263,348 from Biogen Idec, Inc., a biotechnology firm that develops new therapies for…
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Social work professor studies ways to improve lives of poor children
David Okech studies how to make the lives of children living in poor households better.
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Epps named deputy director of Vinson Institute of Government
Dennis Epps was recently named deputy director at the Carl Vinson Institute of Government.
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Family, graduate housing residents ‘stake a claim’ in community garden
This year, 82 garden plots will be staked for use by residents of family and graduate housing at UGA. For more than 10 years, University…
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Laurie Fowler and Megan Hagler, U.S. Department of Interior
Laurie Fowler, an associate dean in the Odum School of Ecology, and Megan Hagler, a research professional in the ecology school, received $58,500 from the…
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UGA student newspaper, three reporters win annual college journalism award
The Red & Black, an independent student newspaper serving the UGA community, and reporters Julia Carpenter, Jacob Demmitt and Mimi Ensley have won the seventh…
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Horticulturist to give lecture
Noted horticulturist Allan Armitage will speak about the gardens of Western Canada in a presentation May 15 at 7 p.m. at the State Botanical Garden.…
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Book details work of civil rights activist
Sport, Race, Activism and Social Change: The Impact of Dr. Harry Edwards’ Scholarship and Service Edited by Billy Hawkins and Fritz G. Polite Cognella $56.95…
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Community college in Iowa reopens after natural disaster strikes campus
Four days after a tornado tore through its campus, Southwestern Community College in Creston, Iowa, reopened its doors, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. SCC…
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Adrian Wolstenholme, National Institutes of Health
Adrian Wolstenholme, an associate professor of infectious diseases in the College of Veterinary Medicine, received $234,625 from the National Institutes of Health to study roundworm…
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Faculty projects receive grants to improve teaching
Twenty-two UGA faculty projects designed to improve teaching were recently funded through grants provided by the Office of the Vice President for Instruction, in collaboration…
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U.S. District Court judge will give keynote at law Commencement
Richard W. Story, U.S. District Court judge for the Northern District of Georgia, will deliver the keynote address at the School of Law’s Commencement May…
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Pamela Orpinas, Emory Center for Injury Control
Pamela Orpinas, a professor of health promotion and behavior in the College of Public Health, received $29,700 from the Emory Center for Injury Control faculty…
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Down to earth
As part of Earth Week 2012, the university hosted numerous events across campus April 16-22 including a Recycling Happy Hour at the intramural fields.
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Two faculty receive Service-Learning teaching awards
Stacey R. Kolomer, an associate professor in the School of Social Work, and Deanna W. McEwen, a public service assistant in the College of Pharmacy,…
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Ecologist receives NSF grant to study ‘forests of future’
UGA ecologist Jacqueline Mohan received a $554,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to help develop more accurate predictions about the impacts of climate change…
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Researchers: Trace element plays important role in tropical forest nitrogen cycle
A new paper by researchers from UGA and Princeton University sheds light on the critical part played by a little-studied element, molybdenum, in the nutrient…
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Wes Clarke, MARTA
Wes Clarke, a public service associate with the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, received $69,696 from the Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority to estimate the…
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Lisa Renzi and Billy Hammond, Zeavision LLC
Lisa Renzi, a temporary assistant professor of psychology and lead PI, and co-PI Billy Hammond, professor of psychology in the Franklin College of Arts and…
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Chain of events
Even if he hadn’t won Student Employee of the Year, senior Adam LaHaie would still be remembered on campus.