Tag: About UGA

Hispanic heritage month

September, a month of great significance to many Latin American countries, is appropriately designated Hispanic…
Greatest hits: the Phil Walden legacy

Family and friends of the late music impresario and Capricorn Records co-founder Phil Walden visited…
The Carter Presidency

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, will participate in a conference on…
Breathing easy

Trichloroethylene (TCE), an industrial solvent, is classified as an animal, and possibly a human, carcinogen. …
Hands on animal science

Brutus stood patiently as yet another student pulled on a glove up to her shoulder.…
Housing launches online roommate search

University Housing has launched the DAWG House, an online roommate search program for use by…
Giving Back: Painter and Professor Radcliffe Bailey

“There’s a certain time in your career when you have the desire to give back…
Healthy choices

Wellness is based on making healthy choices, according to clinical assistant professor Chris Cook.
Smart art

During the summer of 1970, John D. (Jack) Kehoe, a sculptor and University of Georgia…
Teaching that teems with life

UGA professor James “Jim” Porter has never put teaching second, despite a busy research schedule.…
Smitten not Bitten

Wasp wrangling may sound like risky business, especially for children. But it’s actually quite safe,…
Camping in Russia

Serving as a summer camp counselor is a common experience for many college students, yet…
Lending a hand, not a handout

It didn’t seem like much to ask. Rosemary Bonner* only wanted to read bedtime stories…
It takes brain power

For the past three decades, modern neuroscience has expanded our understanding of the brain and…
Georgia as it once was

Constructed in 1872, the old City Market building survived for more than 200 years before…
The greatest pumpkin

Cucurbits and their familiar shapes were used to showcase student talents and bring together over…
Sharing our knowledge

UGA engineering professor Takoi Hamrita has received a $600,000 U.S. State Department grant to advance…
Another way of understanding the world

It was not that Jude Preissle set out to start one of the best qualitative…
Helping Hispanic achievement

The University of Georgia will share a $12.3 million grant with the University of Texas…
Study abroad in science

For more than 25 years, UGA students have had the opportunity to take a wide…
Seeing the forest through the book leaves

Was Tolkien a tree-hugger? Does political tyranny wreak environmental havoc? Does the restoration of the…
New poultry text holds international appeal

Gene Pesti looks at an international impact when he stares down at his new text,…
UGA down under

UGA’s Office of Studies Abroad in the South Pacific and Caribbean is housed in the…
Hope found in BOYS program

Tre’ Ross, Bodhi Roberts and Noe Recendiz took the stage in front of several hundred…