Tag: Inside UGA

Georgia Fund 2012

Name: Cheri Bliss Position: Director of Graduate Student Service Graduate School At UGA: 15 years…
Oh, the places they’ll go

Speakers at the university’s Commencement exercises Dec. 16 used their personal experiences to inspire and…
Faculty, students honored at this year’s DRC reception

It’s understood that the Disability Resource Center’s annual Student and Faculty Recognition Reception allows students…
UGA to begin first Portuguese Flagship Program in U.S.

The rapid growth of the Brazilian economy has caused demand for Portuguese speakers to surge,…
Virtual wildlife

“Distance: 10 meters. Species: spider. Color: orange. Cover: light,” said Ashley Hobbs as she paced…
First-Year Odyssey courses help faculty, students grow

It’s 10:45 on a Monday morning and Ashley Calabria, an assistant professor in the College…
Georgia Fund 2012

Name: Deborah Elder Position: Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of…
Honors student becomes UGA’s sixth Marshall Scholar

Honors student Matthew Sellers of Perry has been named one of 36 national recipients of…
Parting thoughts

James H. Shepherd Jr., chairman of the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, will be the speaker…
‘Early-action’ applicants receive admissions decisions

For some 5,700 high school seniors, there was an extra reason to give thanks this…
National survey: UGA experience remains positive

First-year students and seniors generally give very positive evaluations of their educational experience at UGA,…
Public service associate helps build up Habitat for Humanity

Tom Lawrence, a senior public service associate in biological and agricultural engineering and the Faculty…
Memorial planned for Munson, voice of Bulldogs

A memorial service for the late Larry Munson will be held Dec. 10 at 1…
Goal is to ‘be more’

Henry “Hank” Huckaby was formally invested Nov. 9 as the University System of Georgia’s 12th…
Going places: Study-abroad program ranks in top 20

UGA ranks 15th in the nation for study abroad among doctoral/research institutions, according to the…
Video-installation artist to lecture

Video-installation artist Mika Rottenberg will visit campus to lecture and work with students in photography,…
Staffer builds bridges between students, AIDS Athens

For Mumbi Okundaye, public health isn’t just her department; it’s a moral imperative. That’s why…
Researchers develop mouse model to study Alzheimer’s

Hirano bodies are almost indescribably tiny objects found in nerve cells of people suffering from…
Model behavior: Alumna recognized by BET for effort to reduce poverty

Alumna Dyci Manns was one of four women younger than the age of 25 honored…
Doyle named vice president for government relations

J. Griffin Doyle, who has served as UGA’s director of federal relations since 2003, was…
National Guard to train here before going to Afghanistan

A team of Georgia National Guardsmen will soon deploy to Afghanistan on a special mission…
Teaching the teachers

The metaphor wasn’t lost on Paige Carmichael. When she joined about two dozen other faculty…
Genetic leaps

With his discovery of a new class of molecules that put the brakes on the…
Business prof receives NSF grant to help scientists

A UGA professor is making strides in bringing the science of organizational management to other…