Tag: Columns
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Teach children new dinner table skills
Mealtimes are some of the best opportunities to help children grow and learn. Families can…
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Arizona Board of Regents will study benefits of intercollegiate athletics
As part of a gubernatorial mandate, the Arizona Board of Regents will review the state’s…
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Legendary novelist Chinua Achebe joins faculty at Brown University
Acclaimed novelist Chinua Achebe, who wrote Things Fall Apart, has accepted the position of David…
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World Food Prize laureate to deliver 2009 Brooks Lecture
Philip Nelson, World Food Prize laureate and Scholle Chair professor at Purdue University, will deliver…
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First-year experience is focus of Quality Enhancement Plan
Starting in fall semester 2011, the first-year experience for new students at UGA will undergo…
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Michigan president emeritus will give Distinguished Lecture in Engineering
James J. Duderstadt, one of the nation’s foremost proponents of American higher education and its…
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NIH awards geneticist $2 million stimulus grant for reserach on thymus
The National Institutes of Health have awarded, as part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery…
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Evening Stroll
During an “Evening in the Garden” on Sept. 16, Allan Armitage, horticulture professor and founder…
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UGA Press to sell ‘dirty books’
The University of Georgia Press will sell deeply discounted books at its Dirty Book Sale.…
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Lillian Smith Book Award winners named
As part of the Decatur Book Festival on Sept. 6, the UGA Libraries and the…
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UGAAlert test planned for Sept. 22
In conjunction with National Preparedness Month, a campus-wide test of UGAAlert, the university’s mass emergency…
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New UGA study shows that the popular antioxidant quercetin does not enhance athletic performance
The antioxidant quercetin is increasingly being marketed as a supplement that boosts athletic performance, but…
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Chemistry in outer space
Interstellar clouds drifting through the unimaginable vastness of space may be the stuff dreams are…
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Health Center offers tips to avoid flu
UGA and University Health Center officials are monitoring the international H1N1 flu situation. There are…
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Private college exchanges free tuition for town’s school building
Finlandia University, a private school in Michigan’s upper peninsula, has struck a deal with the…
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Kent State to give faculty bonuses
Tenure-track faculty at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, will receive bonuses this year from…
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UGA Honors students awarded 2009-2010 Boren Scholarships
Four undergraduates in the Honors Program have been awarded National Security Education Program David L.…
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Office of Multicultural Services and Programs celebrates 20 years
In recognition of its 20th anniversary, the Office of Multicultural Services and Programs will hold…
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UGA receives nearly $6 million in stimulus funds for energy retrofits
Federal stimulus dollars will once again be flowing to the University of Georgia, this time…
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Former Franklin associate dean will head international education
Kavita Pandit, a high-level administrator and professor at the State University System of New York,…
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Family researchers receive $5.9 million grant
UGA researchers have been awarded a five-year, $5.9 million Core Center of Excellence grant from…
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Jere Morehead selected to become UGA’s next provost
Jere W. Morehead, vice president for instruction and the Meigs Professor of Legal Studies at…
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Waste Not
An innovative process for turning waste biomass-such as dead trees, agricultural waste and lumber byproducts-into…
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