Tag: Columns

Loggerhead turtles headed for record-breaking season

Data from UGA researchers points to largest number of nests in recent history.
UGA assists in first assessment of peer support

State of Georgia partners with School of Social Work researchers.
UGA Foundation elects new leadership and trustees

Foundation elected 10 new trustees and accorded seven trustees emeritus status.
College of Engineering recognized for diversity

American Society of Engineering Education recognizes UGA as bronze-level institution.
Alumni Association unveils 2019 Class of 40 Under 40

Program celebrates alumni personal, professional and philanthropic achievements.
Georgia Museum of Art features WPA art this summer

Three exhibitions focus on art from that era this summer.
Museum book receives national recognition

“Vernacular Modernism” received an honorable mention in the Eric Hoffer Book Awards.
Tincher new Sponsored Projects director

Sponsored Projects Administration has a new permanent executive director in Jill Tincher.
New Materials Institute hosts biannual I/UCRC CB2 meeting

The UGA New Materials Institute recently hosted the biannual Industry Advisory Board meeting for the…
FACS dietetics students attain near perfect match rate for internships

For the second year in a row, dietetics students at UGA’s College of Family and…
PSO Faculty Fellow creates leaders, learners at State Botanical Garden

As a Public Service and Outreach Faculty Fellow, James C. Anderson II created the leadership…
Entomology professor’s lab studying new approaches to mosquito control

Thanks to recent discoveries at the University of Georgia, it may soon become easier to…
Non-UGA emails

Beginning July 5, emails sent to @uga.edu addresses from non-UGA addresses will be flagged with…
Pigs help scientists understand human brain

Imaging analysis shows swine models even more effective for neurological research.
Morehead to co-chair University Leadership Forum

Forum focuses on innovation to build the workforce of the future.
Strickland Foundation scholarships to aid rural areas

Gift establishes four Georgia Commitment Scholarships prioritizing 16 counties.
UGA students, alumni receive 13 NSF Fellowships

Seven graduate students, six alumni receive competitive national award.
UGA launches alumni-student mentor program

Housed in the Career Center, the UGA Mentor Program serves both students and alumni.
Young Dawgs encourages students’ passions for science

Since the program began in 2008, 1,198 high school students have participated.
Professional development for faculty on tap for summer, fall

Professional development opportunities for faculty include programs on writing, mentoring, inclusion and other career-development topics.
Why I Give: Susan Haire

Name: Susan B. Haire Position: Director of Criminal Justice Studies and Professor of Political Science…
Employee website

On June 30, the legacy University of Georgia employee self-service site, employee.uga.edu, will be retired…
More than 3,500 donors participated in university’s inaugural Giving Week

More than 3,500 members of the UGA community, including alumni, parents, faculty, staff, students and…
Alumnus named new state relations director

Grant Thomas will be UGA’s primary liaison to the Georgia General Assembly, the Office of…