Tag: Diversity
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UGA’s Howe to receive MLA’s inaugural prize in Native American literatures
The Modern Language Association of America will award its first MLA Prize for Studies in…
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Former judge Glenda Hatchett to deliver 2015 Holmes-Hunter Lecture at UGA
Glenda Hatchett, best-known for her nationally syndicated show “Judge Hatchett” and now a senior attorney…
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Poet Claudia Rankine to speak at Ciné
Claudia Rankine, a noted author, National Book Award finalist and former University of Georgia faculty…
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UGA team wins best delegation award at Southeast Model African Union
A delegation of seven undergraduate students representing the University of Georgia at the 18th Annual…
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New student organization at UGA aims to promote equality in the sciences
Concerned about retaining and advancing women in science and technology careers, a group of University…
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UGA to host African Studies Association Presidential Fellow
The University of Georgia Franklin College of Arts and Sciences African Studies Institute will host…
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UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences honors 12 at D.W. Brooks Awards
The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences recognized 12 of its finest…
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Thomas appointed UGA Franklin College associate dean for leadership development, diversity
University of Georgia professor Kecia Thomas has been appointed associate dean for faculty leadership development…
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Café Soul headlines week of events for Black Affairs Council
The University of Georgia’s Black Affairs Council will host Café Soul: Rhythm in the Classic…
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Ambassador Andrew Young to speak at MLK Freedom Breakfast Jan. 23
Ambassador Andrew Young, the former mayor of Atlanta, will be the keynote speaker for the…
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UGA to host Southeast African Language and Literature Forum
The University of Georgia’s comparative literature department in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences…
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University of Georgia receives national diversity award
The University of Georgia has been named a 2014 recipient of the INSIGHT Into Diversity…
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Atlanta City Council president to speak at BFSO Founders Award Scholarship Luncheon
Ceasar C. Mitchell, president of the Atlanta City Council, will deliver the keynote address at…
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Noted author and drama critic Hilton Als to speak at UGA
Hilton Als, staff writer and drama critic at The New Yorker, will read from his…
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Award-winning TV anchor Monica Pearson receives her UGA master’s degree
Monica Kaufman Pearson, the award-winning journalist and former WSB-TV news anchor in Atlanta, will be…
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Pulaski County students experience campus life at UGA
More than 40 minority students from middle Georgia spent a day at the University of…
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Media advisory: Pulaski County championship basketball game to be played July 16 at UGA
The University of Georgia Office of Institutional Diversity and Archway Partnership will host the 2014…
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Strong African-American Families project at UGA celebrates successes
The Strong African-American Families project, launched in south Georgia in 2008 by the University of…
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UGA now accepting applications for new post-baccalaureate research program
A new program at the University of Georgia is working to increase the number of…
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UGA to bring Grammy-winning tabla player Zakir Hussain to campus
Athens, Ga. – Internationally renowned tabla player Zakir Hussain, the 2014 Gordhan L. and Virginia…
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Hunter-Gault to pay tribute to Mandela during UGA Charter Lecture, March 31
Award winning journalist and author Charlayne Hunter-Gault, the first African-American woman to attend the University…
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Franklin Visiting Scholar to speak on gender, violence and security
The University of Georgia Franklin College of Arts and Sciences will present a lecture by…
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Actress Laverne Cox to discuss her life as a transgender woman of color
Actress, producer and transgender advocate Laverne Cox will present a lecture in observance of Black…
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Roundtable on ‘12 Years a Slave’ to address depiction of slavery on film
A roundtable panel on director Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave” on Feb. 21 at…
