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    UGA landscape architect program awarded reaccreditation

    The bachelor of landscape architecture program in the University of Georgia College of Environment and Design has received reaccreditation status from the Landscape Architectural Accreditation…

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    African ambassador to speak at UGA April 4-5

    The University of Georgia will host a public talk and other events with the Hon. Maria de Fatima Lima da Veiga, Cape Verde ambassador to…

  • Two new associate deans named at family and consumer sciences college

    Two new associate deans named at family and consumer sciences college

    Two new associate deans, one of academic programs and one of Extension and outreach, have been announced in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences.

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    University System of Kentucky denies bid to add one more university

    The University of Pikeville, a private liberal arts college in Pikeville, Ky., lost its bid to join the University System of Kentucky after legislators said…

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    Media matters

    Anandam Kavoori, a professor of journalism in Grady College, was quoted in the Spanish newspaper El Pais in an article about YouTube. “In addition to…

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    What’s bugging us

    In an article on the likelihood of mosquitoes and ticks arriving early this summer, the trade publication PorkNetwork quoted Elmer Gray, a public health entomologist…

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    Lecture to focus on image and identity in the African diaspora

    The Institute for African American Studies and the Lamar Dodd School of Art will present a lecture by Cameron Van Patterson April 5 at 5…

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    New Dialogues in Diversity lunchtime series offered

    The first installment of the Office of Institutional Diversity’s lunchtime lecture series “Dialogues in Diversity” will be held April 13 from noon-1:30 p.m. in the…

  • Arbor Day Foundation gives UGA its 2011 Tree Campus designation

    Arbor Day Foundation gives UGA its 2011 Tree Campus designation

    UGA has repeated its designation as a Tree Campus USA, an honor given by the Arbor Day Foundation to universities and colleges nationwide that show…

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    Computer health, security fair

    The 2012 Computer Health and Security Fair will be held April 11 from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in the second floor lobby of the Miller Learning…

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    Council approves new academic dates

    At its March 22 meeting, the University Council approved changes to the 2013-2014 academic calendar. The new calendar ensures that both fall and spring semesters…

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    Working for peanuts

    A Southeastern Farm Press article on the need for more funding for peanut research quoted John Beasley, UGA Extension peanut agronomist. “We depend on that…

  • Smooth sailing

    Smooth sailing

    One public relations class in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication has enriched the state by giving back through a project with UGA’s…

  • Plantapalooza sale to be held April 14

    Plantapalooza sale to be held April 14

    Plantapalooza, a multi-location plant sale, will be held April 14 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at the State Botanical Garden, the UGA Horticulture Club and the…

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    Lower landscape maintenance

    To achieve a low-maintenance landscape, UGA’s Cooperative Extension has a few tips. Start by choosing a hardy grass, like centipede. It requires less frequent mowing…

  • Geneticists receive $1.8 million in NSF CAREER awards

    Geneticists receive $1.8 million in NSF CAREER awards

    Two UGA genetics researchers won grants from the National Science Foundation valued at more than $1.8 million for projects that may help combat birth defects…

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    Going negative

    Ruthann Lariscy, a professor of advertising and public relations in Grady College, was quoted in a CNN.com article about a possible relationship between negative campaigning…

  • New book looks at controlling Salmonella

    New book looks at controlling Salmonella

    Controlling Salmonella in Poultry Production and Processing Scott M. Russell CRC Press $149.95 Scott Russell, a professor of poultry science in the College of Agricultural…

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    This stinks

    A Washington Post article about the migration of stink bugs to the deep South quoted Dan Suiter, an associate professor of entomology in the College…

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    Building 1516 receives green honors

    Building 1516, the newest residence hall at UGA and the first to be LEED certified, received two honors recently: The on-campus award by Student Housing…

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    Regional STEM conference

    UGA will co-host the conference “Regional STEM Institute of Teaching and Learning” April 14 from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Classic Center. Participants will include…

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    Party politics

    In an article about Southern Christians’ support for Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, Pennsylvania’s Patriot News quoted Charles Bullock, professor of political science in the…

  • Draper Center dedicated

    Draper Center dedicated

    The Lucy Hargrett Draper Center and Archives for the Study of the Rights of Women in History and Law was formally dedicated March 17. Located…

  • Child’s play (area)

    Child’s play (area)

    Ground was broken March 19 for the McPhaul Child Development Lab Amphitheater and Hillslide play area. Children who attend the center turned the first shovels…