Tag: Columns
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New director works to raise profile of environmental ethics program
Earlier this year, a 23-year-old interdisciplinary program welcomed a new director and an old friend…
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Trio of SPIA colleagues contribute to university’s advancement efforts
Faculty, staff and retiree donors are all around you, giving back to the University of…
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Flower power
Cincinnati’s Business Courier reports that Procter and Gamble Co. is investing in cuphea, a flower…
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Advertising professor studies ‘beefcake’ and ‘cheesecake’
When Tom Reichert picks up a magazine or sits in front of the TV, the…
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Agricultural and environmental college dean announces administrative changes
In an effort to streamline administration, J. Scott Angle, dean and director of the university’s…
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Plans approved for a $249 million football stadium at U. of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota’s board of regents recently voted 11-1 to build a new $249…
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The wait is over
Students awaiting word on their admissions status to UGA’s class of 2010 received news last…
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John Inscoe, Southern historian, has been named a University Professor
John Inscoe, a professor of Southern history at UGA, has been named a University Professor.…
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Battlestar Galactica, The Shield, House among this year’s Peabody winners
The winners of the 65th Annual Peabody Awards were announced April 5 by UGA’s Grady…
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Larger than life
Bread & Puppet Theater, one of the nation’s oldest activist theater companies, will offer a…
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Graduate programs remain strong in magazine’s ranking
Several of the university’s graduate programs are once again ranked in the top 50 according…
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State, UGA bid to house new bio and ag defense facility
Gov. Sonny Perdue announced late last month that the state of Georgia has submitted two…
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Six awarded mid-term fellowships
Six undergraduates have been selected as mid-term recipients of the Foundation Fellowship, the university’s most…
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Alumna’s book helps with settling estates
The Settlement Game: How to Settle an Estate Peacefully and Fairly By Angie Epting Morris…
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Survey finds more students are seeking mental-health treatment
Eighty-six percent of college counselors reported an increase in students with severe psychological problems, according…
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Talking over breakfast
Mickey Rooney, who played Mr. Yunioshi in the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s, addresses the audience after…
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Catching the flu
Just back from Afghanistan, where she helped diagnose that country’s first case of bird flu,…
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Volunteers sought for research study in pregnancy, back pain and exercise
The department of kinesiology is recruiting pregnant women to participate in a study. Volunteers must…
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Billboards vs. trees
North Carolina allows billboard owners to cut down publicly owned trees to keep their signs…
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Red meat
That ruby red hue of meat in grocery store cases is more likely the deceptive work…
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Business models, idle minds
Greg Topp, UGA’s information technology planning and decision support director, was recently featured in EDTech…
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Survey: Private institutions spend more on recruiting than public ones
Private schools spend about four times as much to recruit new students compared to their…
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Former senator will give keynote address at law school conference
Former U.S. Sen. John Edwards will kick off the inaugural Working in the Public Interest…
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Making music
The new Music Business Certificate program has launched a Web site to spread the word…
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