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May 22, 2012 | Honors & Awards
The Georgia Review receives 10 citations at the 2012 GAMMA Awards ceremony
The Georgia Review, the University of Georgia's internationally recognized quarterly journal of arts and letters, was cited from the podium 10 times at the 2012 Magazine Association of the Southeast's annual awards ceremony held last week in Atlanta. All awards were for issues published in 2011.
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May 21, 2012 | Honors & Awards
UGA’s Bethany Moreton named Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer
Bethany Moreton, a University of Georgia associate professor of history and women's studies, was one of 25 professors nationwide selected this year to join the speaker's bureau of the Organization of American Historians, the largest professional society dedicated to the teaching and study of American history.
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May 18, 2012 | Research News
UGA study finds that education plays mitigating role in escaping roots of adversity
Decades of research show people born into poverty are likely to continue to live that way as adults. But one University of Georgia researcher has found a way out-education.
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May 18, 2012 | Honors & Awards
UGA College of Education to analyze Gwinnett schools’ leader academy
A team of University of Georgia College of Education experts is currently analyzing Gwinnett County Public Schools' leadership program for young principals and assistant principals. The goal of the project is to study, analyze, critique and develop recommendations for the school system's Quality-Plus Leader Academy.
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May 17, 2012 | Events on Campus
UGA’s Marine Education Center and Aquarium hosts World Oceans Day celebration
In celebration of World Oceans Day, Jacques Cousteau's birthday and the new "Sea Jellies of the Georgia Coast" exhibit, the University of Georgia Marine Extension Service will host free hands-on education programs June 9 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Marine Education Center and Aquarium on Skidaway Island.
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May 17, 2012 | Events on Campus
UGA College of Education to host conference on prevention of bullying June 1
The University of Georgia College of Education will host a one-day conference focusing on strategies to prevent and handle bullying situations in schools and communities on June 1 at the UGA Hotel and Conference Center at the Georgia Center. The program will feature researchers and practitioners from the fields of education, counseling, law and public health.
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May 17, 2012 | General News
Legion Pool to open May 24 for summer season
The University of Georgia Legion Pool will open May 24 for the summer season. The hours of operation are 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Aug. 3 and 2-7 p.m. Aug. 4-10.
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May 16, 2012 | Honors & Awards
Georgia Museum of Art at UGA receives national awards for publications
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia recently received national awards for two of its publications: first prize for Facet, its quarterly newsletter, in the American Association of Museums Publications Design Competition, and first runner-up for its book "One Hundred American Paintings" from the Eric Hoffer Book Awards in the art category.
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May 16, 2012 | General News
UGA’s special collections libraries is site of NBC series episode on Paula Deen
Paula Deen, celebrity chef, owner of a Savannah restaurant and the author of 14 cookbooks, will appear on the NBC series "Who Do You Think You Are?" May 18 at 8 p.m. The new University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries gets a star turn in the episode as the scene for much of the filming, which took place in March. Documents at the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library were used in tracing Deen's heritage, which is the focus of the episode.
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May 16, 2012 | General News
UGA’s Stephen Berry named Gregory Chair in the Civil War Era
Noted historian Stephen Berry has been named the inaugural holder of the Amanda and Greg Gregory Chair in the Civil War Era in the University of Georgia Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.
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May 15, 2012 | Honors & Awards
Terry alumnus honored for achievements in the insurance industry
Insurance executive Scott G. Sink was named the 2012 Risk Management Alumnus of the Year at the Insurance Society Banquet hosted by the University of Georgia Terry College of Business' Risk Management and Insurance program last month. Sink is the 20th recipient of the UGA RMI award, which was established in 1992.
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May 15, 2012 | Honors & Awards
UGA College of Education professor elected to NCAA Forum
University of Georgia College of Education professor Billy Hawkins, whose research during the past decade has focused on sport and race, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Forum for the Scholarly Study of Intercollegiate Athletics in Higher Education.
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May 15, 2012 | General News
UGA registrar’s office launches new electronic transcript service
The University of Georgia Office of the Registrar recently launched a new electronic request and tracking system, which is providing improved service and increased efficiency for students and alumni in need of their UGA transcripts.
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May 14, 2012 | Events on Campus
Community panel discussion to follow screening of ‘Bully’ at Ciné May 16
In coordination with this week's screening of the new documentary film "Bully" at Ciné in Athens, the Public School Risk Institute and the University of Georgia College of Education will present a community panel discussion May 16 from 7-9 p.m. to help raise awareness of the need to make schools safer for all students.
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May 14, 2012 | General News
Media Advisory: Release of joint public statement
This is to provide to the media a "Public Statement" as provided in a settlement agreement of a lawsuit between the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy and the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. This agreement was reached on April 20, 2012 and was signed on April 23 and 24, 2012.
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