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UGA researcher wins stimulus funding for stem cell research that may lead to new therapies
Stephen Dalton, University of Georgia professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar of Molecular Biology, has received a $600,000 federal stimulus grant to accelerate research into a type of stem cell that can turn into virtually any cell type.
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UGA researchers receive stimulus funding to improve health literacy of elderly
Improving the health literacy skills of Georgia’s elderly and disabled is the goal of a University of Georgia research project that has been funded by federal stimulus monies. UGA researchers Vicki Freimuth and Don Rubin received $970,039 through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for a two-year project that uses volunteers to help vulnerable elderly persons improve their interactions with health care providers.
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Athena Opera UGA Opera Ensemble to present Verdi's Falstaff
The Athena Opera University of Georgia Opera Ensemble will present a concert performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s comedy Falstaff on Thursday Nov. 19 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall at the UGA Performing Arts Center. A dress rehearsal for the performance on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 8 p.m. is also open to the public. General admission tickets are $15 for adults ($10 dress rehearsal) and $5 for UGA students. Children 15 and younger will be admitted free of charge.
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Psychology
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Anthropology
Anthropology at the University of Georgia reflects the 21st century landscape of this most human of disciplines. Ecology and environment are emphasized in our study of human societies both past and present. These provide the unique basis for the four major anthropological fields of study at UGA: Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, and Applied Anthropology. Our mission is to pursue and disseminate anthropological knowledge of human cultural behavior and human-environment interaction.