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Location matters: For invasive aquatic species, it’s better to start upstream
Athens, Ga. – Researchers have found that a species invasion that starts at the upstream edge of its range may have a major advantage over…
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University to dedicate bust in honor of Matthews, late state legislator
University officials will dedicate a bust honoring R. Chappelle Matthews Sept. 30 at 10 a.m. in front of the Treanor House, 1240 S. Lumpkin St.
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College of Pharmacy updates website
The College of Pharmacy recently launched a redesigned homepage with sleek graphics and a easily navigable layout. Prospective students, alumni and other interested parties now…
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Replenishing the ranks
Close to 100 new tenured and tenure-track faculty have arrived at the university this year, with more on the way in spring semester.
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Women and Girls in Georgia conference to focus on ‘responding to tough times’
The Institute for Women’s Studies is hosting the fourth annual Women and Girls in Georgia Conference on Oct. 8 in the Miller Learning Center. This…
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Retrospective of precisionist artist on display at Georgia Museum of Art
The exhibition Edmund Lewandowski: Precisionism and Beyond runs through Dec. 4 at the Georgia Museum of Art. Organized by the Flint Institute of Arts in…
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Cabinet approves changes to university’s non-discrimination, anti-harassment policy
The cabinet approved an update to the university’s Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment policy at its Sept. 15 meeting.
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Flu shots available
The University Health Center will begin offering flu shots Oct. 4 for faculty, staff, students and faculty emeriti by appointment Tuesdays through Fridays from 8:30-11:30…
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In a new light
Earth’s early atmosphere provided little shielding for ultraviolet light from space, so many prebiotic molecules, bombarded by it and light of other wavelengths, had a…
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Service-learning award nomination deadline
The Office of Service-Learning is seeking nominations of outstanding UGA faculty for the 2012 Service-Learning Teaching Excellence and Service-Learning Research Excellence Awards. Nominations are due…
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Tours, book signing, jazz to be featured at annual ‘Evening in the Gardens’
The UGA Trials Gardens will hold “An Evening in the Gardens” Sept. 29 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Garden founder and internationally acclaimed garden expert…
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U. of Antelope Valley offers to pay employers to hire its graduates
In an effort to bolster both the local economy and its own reputation, the University of Antelope Valley is offering to pay employers up to…
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Public service and outreach award nomination deadline
The deadline for the submission of nominations for the 2012 Walter Barnard Hill Award for Distinguished Achievement in Public Service and Outreach, the Walter Barnard…
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Book examines life span of ‘oldest old’
Understanding Well-Being in the Oldest Old Edited by Leonard W. Poon and Jiska Cohen-Mansfield Cambridge University Press $95 hardback $35.99, paperback Leonard W. Poon, professor…
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College of Environment and Design to showcase works by landscape architect Edward Daugherty
The College of Environment and Design’s Circle Gallery will host the exhibition Edward Daugherty: Learning from the Land from Sept. 28 through Oct. 25. The…
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College sports programs gain donations despite weak economy
Donations to sports programs at 54 universities within the six major athletic conferences rose by 24 percent from 2007-2010 in spite of the recession, The…
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Rutherford Hall to be razed, rebuilt
Rutherford Hall will be razed and rebuilt as a 260-resident hall under a plan approved by UGA President Michael F. Adams last week.
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Plant pansies like the pros
With their colorful faces and cold-weather tolerance, pansies are an easy landscape edition—unless they are installed incorrectly. Gary Wade, a UGA Cooperative Extension horticulturist, says…
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UGA welcomes new faculty
Below is an alphabetical listing of new tenured and tenure-track faculty who have joined the university since the previous listing was published in Columns a…
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BFSO speaker offers insight on present-day education
Public education has come a long way since Harold Black became the first African-American student to enroll in the Terry College of Business in 1962.
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‘Best kept secret in Georgia’
Founded in 1987 to stem the proliferation of technologies and materials that underlie weapons of mass destruction as well as to promote research, teaching and…
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World Food Prize laureate to present 2011 Brooks Lecture
Jo Luck, 2010 World Food Prize laureate and former president and CEO of Heifer International, will be the keynote speaker at the annual D.W. Brooks…
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Landscape architect to give lecture
The College of Environment and Design’s Cultural Landscape Lab will host a lecture by UGA alumna Nancy Aten on Oct. 3 at 5 p.m. in…
