Category: Campus News
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Garden variety: Researchers find no overall loss of vegetable diversity occurred during 20th century
Two UGA scholars argue against the conventional wisdom that the 20th century was a disaster…
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Lost in Translation
Parents of healthy newborns often remark on the miracle of life. The joining of egg…
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UGA students awarded record number of Fulbright scholarships
A record number of UGA students-10-have been selected to receive scholarships from the Fulbright U.S.…
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Diversity Days encourage new dialogues among UGA community
The Office of Institutional Diversity kicked off its third annual Diversity Days celebration with speeches,…
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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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UGA research funding reaches record high
UGA research funding reached a record high last year with University of Georgia researchers receiving…
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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’s Honors Internship Programs accepting applications
The University of Georgia Honors Internship Programs are now accepting applications for summer 2010 internships…
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Peabody Awards issues call for entries, welcomes four new board members
The George Foster Peabody Awards’ 69th annual search for excellence in electronic media has begun.
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Female monarch butterflies on 30-year decline in eastern North America
Female monarch butterflies in eastern North America have significantly declined over the past 30 years,…
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UGA seeks community cooperation to manage game day trash and recycling
The university plans to distribute 12,000 trash bags in parking lots and around campus this…
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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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