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NASA DEVELOP at UGA

Students and faculty in the department of geography have pioneered a terrific new collaboration with NASA set to begin this summer:

University of Georgia's department of geography will partner with NASA through DEVELOP, a national student internship program created to enhance training and… Read Article


Dodd Chair Exhibition

This year's Dodd Professorial Chair in the Lamar Dodd School of Art is the jeweler and metalsmith Lola Brooks. The school will present an exhibition of her new work, opening on Feb. 1 in Gallery 307:

The exhibition will include five to seven pieces installed alongside objects from the… Read Article


Cobb to give Founders Day and Global Georgia lectures

Our favorite historian, B. Phinizy Spalding Distinguished Professor in the History of the American South James C. Cobb, kicks of the Global Georgia Initiative with a lecture at 4 p.m. in the Chapel on Jan. 29:

He will discuss "De-Mystifying Dixie: Southern History and Culture in Global… Read Article


Portuguese Flagship Program

UGA will send its first group of students to Brazil in February:

Students participating in the inaugural class of the Portuguese Flagship Program will spend 2013 attending language and content courses at São Paulo State University and working with global trend-setting companies.

… Read Article


lasers detect emerging flu strains

UGA researchers have received significant NIH support for development of new tools to detect virus strains of influenza:

researchers are refining a nanotechnology-based method that uses laser light beams to more accurately predict emerging influenza strains-particularly strains with a… Read Article