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GMOA to exhibit collection by video artist Bill Viola
“Bill Viola: Collected Work, 1977-80” will be on view at the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia Dec. 3 through Feb. 19…
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Experts offer commentary for reporting sexual abuse of minors
University of Georgia experts are available to provide commentary on sexual abuse involving children and the responsibilities for reporting such cases to the proper authorities.
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New model more accurately describes migratory animals’ extinction risk
Predicting the risk of extinction is a complicated task, especially for species that migrate between breeding and wintering sites. Researchers at the University of Georgia…
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Undergraduates named 2011-2012 CURO Honors Scholars
A group of first-year honors students at the University of Georgia is gaining investigative knowledge and experience in mentor-guided projects as CURO Honors Scholars with…
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UGA College of Education professor receives award for paper
University of Georgia College of Education professor Norman Thomson received the Faculty Position Paper Award at the Southeastern Association for Science Teacher Education Conference for…
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COE offers Spanish workshop for teachers
The University of Georgia College of Education is offering a one-day workshop designed to enhance a teacher’s ability to understand and work effectively with Spanish-speaking…
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UGA COE Professor Emeritus visiting scholar in Australia
University of Georgia College of Education Professor Emeritus Thomas C. Reeves will serve as the first visiting scholar of the newly established Centre for Online…
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UGA establishes nation’s first Portuguese Flagship Program
The rapid growth of the Brazilian economy has caused demand for Portuguese speakers to surge, and a grant from the federal National Security Education Program…
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Peabody Awards issues 71st annual call for entries
From Los Angeles to London and Minneapolis to Manila, broadcasters, webcasters, news directors, documentarians and makers of dramas, comedies and children’s fare are starting to…
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UGA scientists develop new method for producing tissues from stem cells
In principle, stem cells offer scientists the opportunity to create specific cell types-such as nerve or heart cells-to replace tissues damaged by age or disease.…
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UGA Terry College’s EMBA program ranked 18th in U.S.
The Executive MBA program at the University of Georgia Terry College of Business received its first top 20 national ranking in the program’s 10-year history.
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Billye Aaron to speak at 2012 MLK Freedom Breakfast
Billye Aaron, an advocate for higher education for African-American citizens and the wife of baseball legend Hank Aaron, will be the keynote speaker for the…
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UGA to offer workshops for social class-sensitive schools
The University of Georgia College of Education is offering two workshops that focus on educational issues relating to social class and poverty. Designed for local…
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Model behavior: Alumna recognized by BET for effort to reduce poverty
Alumna Dyci Manns was one of four women younger than the age of 25 honored Nov. 6 on BET’s Black Girls Rock! awards show.
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Doyle named vice president for government relations
J. Griffin Doyle, who has served as UGA’s director of federal relations since 2003, was appointed Nov. 10 to the position of vice president for…
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Michael Spector, Distinguished Service Award
Michael Spector, a research scientist in the Learning and Performance Support Laboratory and a professor in the department of educational psychology and instructional technology, has…
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National Guard to train here before going to Afghanistan
A team of Georgia National Guardsmen will soon deploy to Afghanistan on a special mission to revitalize the war-torn country’s agriculture industry. And UGA experts…
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MFA auction to be held Nov. 16
The 2012 Master of Fine Arts candidates from the Lamar Dodd School of Art will host the fourth annual MFA Art Auction Nov. 16 at…
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PeachCare for Kids
The PeachCare for Kids program is now open to children of state workers, which includes UGA employees. PeachCare for Kids provides low-cost, comprehensive health care…
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Teaching the teachers
The metaphor wasn’t lost on Paige Carmichael. When she joined about two dozen other faculty members on the UGA Challenge Course for one of the…
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New website addresses fraud concerns
UGA recently discovered a data file on a publicly available Web server that contained sensitive information on 18,931 members of the faculty and staff employed…
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University Architects receive design award for Stegeman Coliseum renovation
Renovations to Stegeman Coliseum netted the Office of University Architects statewide honors from the American Institute of Architects. On Oct. 15, the office received the…
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Genetic leaps
With his discovery of a new class of molecules that put the brakes on the movement of so-called parasitic DNA, UGA researcher David Garfinkel raised…
