Tag: Columns
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Experts to discuss childhood obesity
Georgia ranks as the third worst state in the nation for overweight or obese children.
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Colleges, universities share diversity, inclusion strategies
Last month, UGA hosted the first-ever University System of Georgia Diversity Summit, a conference that…
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GRA Scholar wins stimulus funding for stem cell research that may lead to new therapies
Stephen Dalton, UGA professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar of Molecular Biology, has received…
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Traffic Injury Prevention Institute receives state grant
The University of Georgia Traffic Injury Prevention Institute has been awarded an $836,470 grant from…
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Small and Minority Business Expo benefits vendors, UGA buyers
This year’s expo runs from 8 a.m.–2 p.m. Nov. 19 in the Grand Hall on…
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Historic honor
UGA’s Jackson Street Cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places Oct. 2.
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Protect yourself from identity theft
In a single day, you might write a check for daycare, charge a lunch bill,…
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Total fall enrollments at Canadian universities up more than 4 percent
The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada reported that enrollments at many Canadian universities…
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Three universities make AARP’s list of 10 best places to work
A recent issue of AARP: The Magazine, a publication by the American Association of Retired…
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New course designation will help identify service-learning classes
A new designation for courses is helping students not only identify which classes contain elements…
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Disease experts headline Conference on Drug Discovery Nov. 5 at Georgia Center
UGA’s Center for Drug Discovery will host its second Conference on Drug Discovery on Nov.…
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University to host national conference on water, drought and environmental justice
UGA will host the “Water-Ecosystem Services, Drought and Environmental Justice” conference Nov. 9-12.
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Former law dean appointed faculty athletics representative
David E. Shipley, a law professor and former dean of the law school, will succeed…
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Top shot: Health Center’s travel nurse helps vaccinate campus
Joanne Davies, a travel nurse at the UGA Health Center, gives flu and travel shots…
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President of Lumina Foundation to give 21st McBee Lecture
A prominent advocate of expanding access to higher education will be the speaker for the…
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Libraries receive grant to preserve films
UGA Libraries have received a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation. Given to 22…
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Nobel Prize-winner to speak Nov. 10
Mario Capecchi, co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, will deliver a…
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Noted researcher will deliver second annual Marquee Alumnus seminar
James Ihle of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. will present the second…
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Holbrook Lecture to be held Nov. 4
The 26th annual Alfred Heber Holbrook Memorial Lecture will be held Nov. 4 at 6:30…
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From atoms to ecosystems
A $2.6 million federal stimulus grant from the U.S. Department of Energy will bring new…
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UGA exhibits ag research at Sunbelt Expo
Visitors to the 32nd annual Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition learned about the latest agricultural equipment, technology…
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‘Burst’ of good news
Bits of movable DNA called transposable elements or TEs fill up the genomes of plants…
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Prospective graduate students visit campus
The Future Scholars Visitation Program will bring a select group of prospective students to UGA…
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Symposium commemorates fall of Berlin Wall on 20th anniversary
A series of events commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall…
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