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					<-- 2004 Headlines |<-- 2005 Headlines 2006 Headlines 12/12/06>> UGA Honors students awarded 2007-2008 Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarships to study abroad; Franklin College student among recipients 12/07/06>> UGA classics prof Sarah Spence proud of journal Literary Imagination, which she edited for eight years 12/07/06>> UGA scientists Edward Kipreos and Lyndon West win cancer research awards from the Georgia Cancer Coalition 12/07/06>> One of top cancer researchers in U.S., Robert Weinberg, to deliver annual Hope T.W. Ritter Lecture on UGA campus Jan. 9 11/29/06>> UGA English professor Elissa R. Henken named American Folklore Society Fellow 11/27/06>> Spanish artist Alvar Suñol to unveil Plenitud at the Georgia Center 11/27/06>> Three Franklin College professors at UGA named Fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science 11/27/06>> University of Georgia student named finalist in Coca-Cola Santa art contest 11/16/06>> Sculpture by UGA math professor and his brother on exhibit in Athens through Jan. 20 11/16/06>> UGA symposium celebrates homecoming of recipients of Hugh Kenner Travel Awards 11/14/06>> UGA plant biologist edits research section on transposable elements in current issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 11/08/06>> Social exclusion changes brain function and can lead to poor decision-making, according to UGA study 11/08/06>> Scientific discovery:  A course for non-science majors helps students develop better understanding of the world 11/07/06>> ARCS Foundation scholarships fund nine UGA doctoral students, including six from Franklin College 11/02/06>> UGA’s Lanier Series to host music critic and scholar of soul and jazz Craig Werner 10/31/06>> UGA’s Lanier Series presents lecture by Canadian scholar: “Returnally Reprodictive Joyce” 10/30/06>> New UGA anthropology professor René Bobe part of team that unearthed remains of 3.3 million year old child 10/26/06>> Author Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop to read at UGA 10/26/06>> UGA researchers discover bacterial “switch gene” that regulates how oceans emit sulfur into the atmosphere 10/26/06>> UGA’s  British and Irish Studies Program to present lecture on “The Erotics of Dress in Thomas Hardy’s novels” 10/26/06>> UGA astronomers offer program on rare celestial event in November 10/26/06>> UGA Opera Ensemble to premier on Nov. 20 under new director Frederick Burchinal 10/26/06>> Gonzalo Aguilar to lecture at UGA Oct. 31 10/25/06>> National Science Foundation awards UGA $4.1 million grant to study so-called “jumping genes” in maize 10/24/06>> UGA’s Institute for Women’s Studies to present lecture on “The Modern Colonial Gender System” 10/24/06>> UGA scientists unravel “molecular inch-worm” structure of walking-pneumonia bacterium 10/19/06>> National Institutes of Health awards UGA researchers $2.55 million over five years to study turnover in substance abuse treatment professionals 10/17/06>> Norman H. Giles, genetics research pioneer and co-founder of UGA’s genetics department, dies at 91 10/12/06>> UGA psychologist to report that business mentoring programs are on the upswing as firms seek to keep their best workers 10/12/06>> National Science Foundation awards $1.1 million grant to UGA to study bacterial gene-transfer agents important in agriculture and ecology 10/11/06>> UGA theatre and film studies department to present multimedia project created at historic Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery 10/10/06>> UGA professor Dorothy Figueira named president pro tem of the International Comparative Literature Association 10/06/06>> UGA Student Society for Stem Cell to hold candlelight vigil to honor the life of Christopher Reeve 10/05/06>> UGA Homecoming to feature fun, food and football Oct. 8-14; Franklin College students part of Homecoming Court 10/03/06>> Acclaimed photographer Mark Klett’s “On Photography, Time, and Change” to open at UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art Main Gallery 10/02/06>> 200th anniversary celebration set for UGA’s Old College Building 9/28/06>> UGA researchers discover cell-wall carbohydrate that is crucial to anthrax bacterium; could be potential target for new vaccines and diagnostics  9/28/06>> UGA student Yainitza Rodriguez named winner of graduate research fellowship from the American Society of Microbiology 9/27/06>> UGA department of English Lanier Series presents poet Ken Irby 9/26/06>> Exonerated man to join panel after production of The Exonerated on Oct. 13 at UGA 9/21/06>> Author Jeff Biggers to read at UGA on Oct. 4 9/20/06>> Cultural studies scholar Leo Spitzer to speak at UGA Chapel on Oct. 18 9/19/06>> Nobel laureate Rudolph A. Marcus to deliver lecture Oct. 3 on UGA campus as part of Chemistry Alumni Appreciation events 9/12/06>> UGA’s Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute offers slate of events to celebrate national Hispanic Heritage Month 9/12/06>> “Your Faith Instructions, Photographs by Ben Reynolds” to be presented by UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art 9/11/06>> Up-and-coming musical acts added to ‘Terry Tunes’ lunchtime concert series lineup at UGA’s Herty Field 9/11/06>> Two University of Georgia students invited to attend microbiology career institute 9/06/06>> UGA Observatory sets schedule for viewing the planets and stars in the coming months 9/05/06>> Work of Nell Ruby featured in UGA's Lamar Dodd School of Art Main Gallery 9/05/06>> AthFest and UGA’s Music Business Program conduct free music industry seminars 8/25/06>> New study from UGA researchers adds crucial information on how the body’s T cells react to parasitic diseases that sicken millions each year 8/25/06>> UGA’s Institute for Women’s Studies to present the 2006 New Women Faculty reception 8/21/06>> UGA Clinical Psychology program ranks sixth in the country in doctoral graduates who become academic research faculty at other schools 8/21/06>> UGA’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music announces 2006-2007 2nd Thursday Scholarship Series 8/21/06>> UGA historian Claudio Saunt to receive prize for best book on Southwestern America in October ceremonies at Southern Methodist University 8/21/06>> Memorial fund honoring Capricorn Records co-founder Phil Walden created to benefit UGA ’s new Music Business Program 8/18/06>> UGA’s new “Science Maymester” at Cortona brings students in contact with research near the cradle of science and medicine in Italy 8/17/06>> Board of Regents approves Latin American and Caribbean studies undergraduate major at UGA 8/16/06>> Family of Capricorn Records co-founder Phil Walden announces creation of memorial fund benefiting UGA ’s new Music Business Program 8/15/06>> Skin tone more important than educational background for African Americans seeking jobs, according to new research from the University of Georgia 8/14/06>> Discovery of metabolic pathway for parasite could lead to new controls for diseases that threaten pregnant mothers and those with compromised immune systems 8/11/06>> UGA Convocation Welcome Picnic will be fun and serious 8/07/06>> UGA Redcoat Band Majorette Line repeats at national championships 8/02/06>> Students return from UGA in Costa Rica 8/01/06>> Renowned baritone Frederick Burchinal is named Wyatt and Margaret Anderson Professor at UGA’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music 7/26/06>> UGA molecular biologists develop high-speed method for protein production 7/20/06>> UGA Franklin College graduate Westin Amberge awarded 2006 Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship 7/19/06>> UGA Institute of Higher Education hosts Jilin University administration 7/17/07>> New Alternative Media Access Center, housed at UGA, to help college students across state with recognized learning disabilities 7/17/07>> Noted UGA emeritus professor of English publishes new two-volume work on Flannery O’Connor 7/13/06>> Documentary on Spanish artist Alvar Suñol produced by UGA faculty members receives award from independent film group 7/12/06>> UGA’s Institute for Women’s Studies launches genDIR, the Database for Gender Research 7/10/06>> Shaw named associate provost for international affairs at UGA 7/10/06>> Researchers at UGA report discovery of “episodic-like” memory in laboratory rats, possibly opening new avenues for research on Alzheimer’s disease 6/27/06>> Two UGA graduate students awarded Fulbright research scholarships for 2006-2007 6/27/06>> UGA undergraduate researchers learn from hands-on projects in various disciplines 6/26/06>> New research by UGA scientists reveals unexpected post-mating gene expression in model lab insect 6/19/06>> Human activities in arid urban environments can affect rainfall and water cycle, according to new study by a climatologist from UGA 6/06/06>> University of Georgia students win language study scholarships 6/06/06>> Carleton College to award honorary degree to UGA Distinguished Research Professor Stephen Hubbell 6/06/06>> UGA Foundation Fellow and Goldwater Scholar awarded $25,000 scholarship from the J. Edgar Hoover Foundation 6/05/06>> UGA astronomers discover surprising shortage of hot gas in famed spiral galaxy NGC 1068; finding could offer clues to origins of Milky Way 5/26/06>> UGA's Fertig wins Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities 5/25/06>> NOAA offers satellite phone interview today with UGA scientists aboard a research vessel at sea 5/22/06>> UGA study reveals a new way of looking at vaccine development 5/22/06>> Redcoats greeted enthusiastically by Chinese 5/19/06>> UGA names Georgia Strange new director of Lamar Dodd School of Art 5/18/06>> “Pinball Protons” created by ultraviolet rays and other causes can lead to DNA damage, according to research by chemists at UGA 5/09/06>> New understanding of parasite cell structures may provide potential treatments for serious tropical diseases in humans 5/08/06>> UGA documentary on log cabins to air on Georgia Public Broadcasting 5/04/06>> UGA team to explore oil, methane seepage vents in deep water of Gulf of Mexico on famed submersible Alvin; archived video to be online 5/02/06>> Redcoat Band offers free concert before China trip 5/02/06>> Two UGA Foundation Fellows awarded Fulbright teaching scholarships for 2006-2007 5/02/06>> UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences honors faculty and staff for teaching, research and advising 5/01/06>> UGA’s department of theatre and film studies recognizes undergraduate and graduate scholarship recipients 4/25/06>> Georgia Children’s Chorus Annual Spring Concert Set for Tuesday May 9 4/24/06>> UGA Honors student awarded 2006 Merage American Dream Fellowship 4/19/06>> New interview series follows UGA student’s “Paths in Science” 4/19/06>> UGA to present honorary doctoral degree to Jane Willson 4/19/06>> Hugh Hodgson School of Music offers UGA String Project 4/17/06>> Music industry pros discuss keys to success at open house/seminar at Terry College's Atlanta offices 4/14/06>> UGA Alumni Association to honor Benham, Markham, Rodgers and Willson 4/13/06>> UGA to recognize academic excellence at Honors Day April 26 4/11/06>> Roots to shoots: UGA researchers discover way to transport environmental arsenic to plant leaves in new environmental clean-up strategy 4/10/06>> UGA sociology professor Paul Roman to be featured speaker at national forum in Washington, D.C., on addiction and recovery 4/5/06>> Noted UGA geneticist Susan Wessler named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor 4/4/06>> UGA scientist Eugene McCarthy’s new book on avian hybrids gives researchers and bird-lovers startling new insights into birds’ breeding habits 4/3/06 >> UGA CURO symposium on April 10 features undergraduate research 3/31/06 >> UGA faculty and graduate students honored for research, creativity 3/31/06 >> Poet Robert Adamson to read at UGA 3/30/06 >> UGA dance group to present “PACES” lecture and demonstration 3/30/06 >> UGA’s “Reacting to the Past” heads to Athens, Greece 3/29/06 >> Poet Robert Crawford to read at UGA 3/29/06 >> Former UGA art instructor and local artist to be featured in the exhibition “Judy Voss Jones: A Glimpse of Beauty” at the Lamar Dodd School of Art 3/28/06 >> University of Georgia historian John Inscoe named University Professor 3/28/06 >> UGA’s Judith Ortiz Cofer, acclaimed poet and novelist, is named Regents’ Professor 3/23/06 >> Bread & Puppet Theater to perform with UGA theater students 3/23/06 >> Four UGA Honors students named 2006 Goldwater Scholars 3/22/06 >> UGA dance group chosen to perform at Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. 3/21/06 >> UGA names new director of Institute for Women’s Studies 3/20/06>> New Music Business Certificate Program at UGA strikes chord with students and music industry professionals 3/20/06 >> UGA Ballet Ensemble to present spring dance concert 3/20/06 >> Discovery of new molecular tools for biosynthesis could lead to important advances in use of pectin in medicine, agriculture and industry 3/17/06 >> Archaeological researcher Steven Ellis to deliver lecture at UGA on new excavations at Pompeii 3/17/06 >> UGA search committee identifies three candidates for Lamar Dodd School of Art directorship 3/16/06 >> UGA announces events celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Performing and Visual Arts Complex 3/15/06 >> Spoleto Festival USA Chamber Music, conducted by Georgia native Charles Wadsworth, at UGA Performing Arts Center April 2 3/10/06 >> Noted mathematician and Fields Medal winner Stephen Smale to deliver the 12th annual Cantrell Lectures on UGA campus March 22-24 3/9/06 >> UGA students host first Latino Youth Conference 3/2/06 >> Time, Inc. editor and Franklin College alumnus John Huey to speak at UGA spring commencement 3/2/06 >> Literary biography scholar Gary Scharnhorst to deliver Eidson Lecture 2/23/06 >> UGA professor Kelly Dawe named Georgia Research Alliance Lars G. Ljungdahl Distinguished Investigator Award 2/16/06 >> There’s a DAWG on Broadway! UGA alumnus John Doyle directs Sweeney Todd 2/15/06 >> Documentary on Spanish artist Alvar Suñol to premiere at the Georgia Museum of Art on March 1 2/13/06 >> UGA ceramics faculty member Sunkoo Yuh receives Joan Mitchell Foundation grant for sculpture 2/03/06>> Premier cultural critic Fredric Jameson to give lecture “Poetics of the Dialectic” in Lanier Series at UGA 1/31/06>> Franklin College helps UGA celebrate Black History Month 1/27/06>> Derek Guthrie, founding editor of influential art publication, to speak at UGA 1/27/06>> Fund established in memory of UGA student Martin Holubar will support theatre students 1/24/06>> Upgrades to the University Observatory include new motors, computers and sensors on the telescope 1/24/06>> UGA computer science professor Amit Sheth named Fellow by the Institute Of Electrical And Electronics Engineers 1/23/06>> Irreparable loss of Georgia archaeology sites increasing dramatically, according to new survey led by UGA researcher 1/23/06>> UGA sociology professor Paul Roman named to national panel that will examine state alcohol and drug systems 1/20/06>> Philosophy professor emeritus Bernard Dauenhauer to present Founders Day Lecture Jan. 27 1/20/06>> UGA Redcoat Band preparing for marching tour across China 1/20/06>> UGA’s CURO highlighted as effective teaching model at national scientific conference; project involves Franklin professor Marcus Fechheimer 1/20/06>> UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art Presents Jack Davis Distinguished Visiting Artist Lecture Featuring Peter de Seve 1/20/06>> UGA emeritus professor’s book Operation Alacrity named 2005 Book of the Year by Portuguese Tribune in California 1/19/06>> UGA language professor's translation of letter from Croatia helps lead to $500,000 gift 1/18/06>> UGA Observatory open house scheduled for Jan. 20 has been cancelled 1/14/06>> Long-term ecological research should include studies on how social science interacts with ecosystems, according to new report by UGA anthropologist 1/13/06>> UGA’s Michael Winship named E. Merton Coulter Professor of History 1/12/06>> Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers helps launch music business certificate program at University of Georgia 1/12/06>> UGA to offer new major in Chinese language and literature 1/12/06>> UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art and City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs partner to present Cortona Experience Exhibition at City Gallery at Chastain 1/12/06>> UGA French Film Festival scheduled for January and February 1/10/06>> Polymer aids in blood clotting, pointing way to new treatment 1/05/06>> UGA Regents Professor J. David Puett receives honorary professorship from China’s Jilin University 1/05/06>> Film producer and UGA alumnus Cedric Scott to visit campus, screen film Free of Eden 1/04/06>> Kavita Pandit named associate dean at UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences

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