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  • Students spend summer studying critical languages

    Students spend summer studying critical languages

      Ten UGA students participated in summer language institutes abroad as recipients of 2011 Critical Language Scholarships from the U.S. Department of State.  

  • Former state Supreme Court chief justice to give this year’s Talarico Lecture

    Former state Supreme Court chief justice to give this year’s Talarico Lecture

    Former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears will deliver the Susette M. Talarico Lecture Sept. 20 at 4 p.m. in the Larry Walker…

  • Living Well workshops

    Living Well workshops

    A series of free, health-related workshops will be held in Room 216 Barrow Hall beginning Sept. 21 at 5:30 p.m. The six-week workshops are designed…

  • EcoFocus to screen award-winning experimental documentary at Ciné

    EcoFocus to screen award-winning experimental documentary at Ciné

    EcoFocus, Ciné and The National will present a special screening of the environmental documentary General Orders No. 9 on Sept. 24 at 6 p.m. at…

  • Film and performance artist to hold exhibition, give lecture

    Film and performance artist to hold exhibition, give lecture

    The Lamar Dodd School of Art will host a lecture and exhibition by moving image artist Alison Crocetta on Sept. 22 at 5 p.m. in…

  • UGAAlert test planned for Sept. 20

    UGAAlert test planned for Sept. 20

    In conjunction with National Preparedness Month, a campus-wide test of UGAAlert, the university’s mass emergency notification system, is scheduled for Sept. 20 at 10:45 a.m.…

  • Tunnel vision

    Tunnel vision

    Research published earlier this summer in the journal Science by a team of chemists at UGA and colleagues in Germany shows for the first time…

  • Mr. Opportunity

    Mr. Opportunity

      Call it charisma. Call it personal magnetism. Call it infectious enthusiasm or irresistible zeal. No matter what name it goes by, Descatur (pronounced Day-Ka-Tur)…

  • Dean appointed to state board

    Dean appointed to state board

    Phillip L. Williams, dean of the College of Public Health, has been appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal to serve on the state Board of Public…

  • Childcare Center registration

    Childcare Center registration

    The University Childcare Center facility on the Health Sciences Campus is under construction. The center is now accepting registrations for January 2012 and will serve…

  • Bauerle inducted into Hall of Fame

    Bauerle inducted into Hall of Fame

    Jack Bauerle, head swimming and diving coach, has been chosen for induction into the Montgomery County (Pa.) Coaches Hall of Fame. A native of Glenside,…

  • Prof edits guide to Civil War in Georgia

    Prof edits guide to Civil War in Georgia

    The Civil War in Georgia: A New Georgia Encyclopedia Companion Edited by John C. Inscoe University of Georgia Press Cloth: $69.95; Paper: $22.95 John C.…

  • Career Center’s website helps job seekers

    Career Center’s website helps job seekers

    From about-to-graduate students to unemployed and underemployed alumni, the UGA Career Center is on hand to help the Bulldog nation get jobs and succeed in…

  • Massachusetts will pay state colleges to boost academic performance

    Massachusetts will pay state colleges to boost academic performance

    Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announced plans to award grants to state colleges that provide plans to improve graduation rates, science instruction and academic performance of…

  • News magazine ranks UGA among top 25 public universities

    News magazine ranks UGA among top 25 public universities

    UGA landed well on the newly released U.S. News & World Report’s 2012 edition of America’s Best Colleges, ranking 23rd among public universities and tying…

  • Monthlong celebration of Hispanic heritage under way

    Monthlong celebration of Hispanic heritage under way

    The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute is coordinating an array of academic and cultural events in conjunction with the national observance of Hispanic Heritage…

  • Graham and Vogt named to board

    Graham and Vogt named to board

    Toby Graham, deputy university librarian, and Sheryl Vogt, director of the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, have been named to the…

  • SecureUGA training modules

    SecureUGA training modules

    All UGA faculty, staff and employed students are required to complete online security awareness modules by Nov. 30. The 10 required modules include sensitive data,…

  • Templin elected to council

    Templin elected to council

    Jonathan Templin, an associate professor in the department of educational psychology and instructional technology, was elected to the editorial council of the Psychometric Society.  The…

  • Observatory open house

    Observatory open house

    The department of physics and astronomy will host its first monthly observatory open house of the 2011-2012 stargazing season Sept. 23 from 9-10 p.m. on…

  • Civic service

    Civic service

      The UGA chapter of the Blue Key National Honor Society will recognize three UGA alumni and one faculty member at its annual awards banquet…

  • Listserv disbanded

    Listserv disbanded

    UGA-For-Sale, the university’s listserv for faculty and staff looking to buy and sell personally owned items, ended operations Sept. 16. The list had almost 2,000…

  • Fall pottery sale

    Fall pottery sale

    The UGA Ceramic Student ­Organization will hold a seasonal ­pottery sale Sept. 28-29 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., in the first floor main foyer of the…

  • Every idea counts

    Every idea counts

    Five residence halls at the University of Georgia are preparing to face off in the name of sustainable living. Students in Hill Community have four…