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Multimedia artist Oliver Lutz to visit campus
The Lamar Dodd School of Art will welcome artist Oliver Lutz to campus Oct. 25 as part of the 2011-2012 Visiting Artist/Scholar Series.
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Weathering the storm
Three new studies led by UGA weather and climate psychologist Alan Stewart suggest that people living near the U.S. Gulf Coast may systemically underestimate the…
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Executive director of J-Lab, will discuss innovation, future of journalism at McGill Lecture
A leading thinker about the future of journalism will deliver this year’s McGill Lecture on Oct. 26 at 4 p.m. in Room 101 of the…
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Going forward
Employees of the University System of Georgia—including those who work at UGA—won’t see merit raises until at least fiscal year 2014, and even then it’s…
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Romance languages professor named new faculty ombudsperson
Cathy Jones, a professor of French and Provençal, has stepped into the role of faculty ombudsperson in the university’s Ombudsperson Program. Jones became the newest…
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War crimes
Diane Marie Amann, a professor in the School of Law, was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article concerning the debate about whether targeting U.S.…
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Study: Northern Eurasian snowpack could be important predictor of winter weather in U.S.
Every winter, weather forecasters talk about the snow cover in the northern U.S. and into Canada as a factor in how deep the deep-freeze will…
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Medicaid changes
A PharmacyChoice.com article about how block grants may impact the future of Medicaid quoted Elizabeth Weeks Leonard, associate professor of law. “States are certainly capable…
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School of Law conference to address current political issues in Georgia
A daylong conference on current issues in Georgia politics, with panel discussions on immigration, judicial budgetary issues, congressional redistricting and the recently passed Georgia Evidence…
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Keeping up with the Jonestowns
An article in the Nashville, Tenn.-based Tennessean about the city’s economic state as compared to its peers quoted Jeff Humphreys, director of the UGA’s Selig…
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Observatory open house
The department of physics and astronomy will host its first monthly observatory open house Oct. 21 from 8:30-10 p.m. on the roof of the Physics…
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Online exposure of personnel information under investigation
On Sept. 30, UGA officials discovered a file containing personnel information on a publicly available Web server for 18,931 faculty and staff members employed at…
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Four-day seminar on Korean, U.S. relations to open Oct. 17
UGA’s Center for the Study of Global Issues will host an international Track-II private diplomacy seminar Oct. 17-20.
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Free health screenings will be part of ninth annual Dawgtoberfest
In conjunction with American Pharmacists Month, the College of Pharmacy and the American Pharmacists Association will host the ninth annual Dawgtoberfest: Rx for Good Health…
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Use ‘elbow grease’ on head lice
Drop the chemicals and grab the metal comb: A little elbow grease is the best way to get rid of head lice, according Paul Guillebeau,…
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Princeton adopts open-access policy
Nearly all research articles coming out of Princeton University will be available for free online thanks to a new open-access policy unanimously approved by the…
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Peabody judges
Faculty members outside the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication are needed to serve on screening committees for the George Foster Peabody Awards. Faculty…
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Immigrant rights program set for Oct. 17
“Latest American Outcasts: Stories from Immigrants in Athens,” a program to raise awareness about the struggles of immigrants in Georgia, will be held Oct. 17…
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Violin virtuoso celebrated on campus with concert, preview film screening
The Performing Arts Center will pay tribute to the life of violin virtuoso Jascha Heifetz with a two-day celebration Oct. 23 and 24 in the…
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Studying further abroad
An article about the tendency of American college students to study abroad in very Americanized settings published in the Montgomery, Ala.-based Adviser, quoted William Finlay,…
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Professor pens book on classroom writing
Writing in the Dialogical Classroom: Students and Teachers Responding to the Texts of Their Lives with the National Council of Teachers of English Bob Fecho…
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Scholarship coordinator knows ‘write’ way to help Honors students
Jessica Hunt says the secret to getting good scholarships lies in telling a good story.
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The bug’s bug
A National Public Radio story about new breakthroughs in malaria research quoted Boris Striepen, professor of cell biology. “There is not one discovery that can…
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Material lessons
What I expected to see wasn’t there, while the unexpected greeted me with a warm Ghanaian smile. I had anticipated larger-than-life swarms of mosquitoes that…