Category: Society & Culture
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UGA announces 2010 Presidential Leadership Scholarship recipients
Twenty-one University of Georgia incoming freshmen have been selected to receive the Presidential Leadership Scholarship…
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Improvements unveiled on UGA poverty website for journalists
A website for journalists covering poverty on any beat just got better. Version 2.0 of…
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The costs of desire: New behavioral economic behavior analysis by UGA researchers released
Just-published research led by a psychologist at the University of Georgia shows that behavioral economic…
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UGA education researcher receives $1.5 million grant to explore reading instruction
Many elementary schools today use repeated readings to increase the reading fluency of students, but…
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UGA’s Donald Hollowell documentary to air on public television on July 11
The Foot Soldier Project for Civil Rights Studies documentary Donald L. Hollowell: Foot Soldier for…
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UGA announces the Goizueta Foundation Scholarship recipients for 2010-2011
Six University of Georgia incoming freshmen have been selected to receive the Goizueta Foundation Scholarship…
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Study: UGA has $2.2 billion impact on local economy
The University of Georgia was a stabilizing economic force for the Athens area in fiscal…
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Treatment for nicotine addiction inconsistent across the country
Researchers at the University of Georgia have received a five-year, $3.3 million grant from the…
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New study in The Accounting Review shows that when a whistle blows investors sound the alarm
When a whistle-blower’s allegations of financial misconduct gain the attention of mainstream media, the accused…
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Hall receives College of Education’s 2010 Staff Award for Excellence
Suzanne Hall, a senior accountant for the department of lifelong education, administration and policy, has…
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UGA College of Education to host 75th Annual Psychometric Conference July 6-9
More than 300 scholars, graduate students and professionals in the educational testing industry from around…
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UGA Libraries bring home an Emmy
The University of Georgia Libraries has a new addition-a statuette awarded at the 2010 Southeast…
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New, easy-to-use UGA temperature table may help reduce heat-related deaths of children in closed car
Now, a team of researchers at the University of Georgia has developed an easy-to-use table…
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UGA stations win seven state broadcasting awards
The Georgia Association of Broadcasters has honored two University of Georgia stations, WNEG-TV and WUGA,…
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Leadership Institute for K-12 schools joins UGA’s Fanning Institute
The Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement will transfer from the University System of Georgia…
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Brumby receives UGA School of Law’s Distinguished Service Scroll Award
Otis A. Brumby Jr. (LL.B. ’65) has been named the 2010 recipient of the University…
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Bettandorff named Outstanding Adult Educator in Georgia
Ruth Bettandorff, who serves as assistant vice president for academic affairs and director of the…
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UGA educational psychology prof named president-elect of APA division
University of Georgia education professor Martha Carr has been named president-elect of the educational psychology…
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Regents Prof Jeremy Kilpatrick first from UGA elected to National Academy of Education
University of Georgia Regents Professor of Mathematics Education Jeremy Kilpatrick is one of 10 newly…
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UGA Performing Arts Center announces 2010-2011 season
George C. Foreman, director of the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, has announced the…
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Georgia Science and Engineering Fair winners announced
More than 700 students from across the state recently competed for more than $48,000 in…
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Lithonia’s Brown named journalism “Rock Star” at UGA camp
Savannah Brown, a rising senior at Martin Luther King Jr. High School in Lithonia, was…
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Photography of UGA professor emeritus Sally Ross featured in Aderhold Hall
Photographs by Sally Hudson Ross, a professor emeritus of the University of Georgia College of…
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UGA to host education workshop on poverty in schools July 27-28
A two-day workshop for Georgia K-8 teachers, administrators, counselors and teacher educators focusing on more…
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