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Supreme Court justice will speak at honor society banquet
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Clarence Thomas |
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas will be the speaker for the annual Blue Key Awards banquet at UGA on Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Thomas, a Georgia native appointed to the Supreme Court in 1991 by President George H.W. Bush, will receive a Blue Key Service Award from the UGA chapter of Blue Key National Honor Society. The award also will be presented to Del Dunn, vice president for instruction at UGA, and former Athens Mayor Upshaw Bentley Jr. |
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Sam Nunn will give keynote address at Russell Symposium
Former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn will give the keynote address at the 2006 Richard B. Russell Symposium on Oct. 17 at
9 a.m. in Masters Auditorium at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
Nunn now serves as co-chairman of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to reduce the dangers from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. |
Researchers discover carb that is crucial to anthrax
A week after the 9/11 attacks in 2001, the letters began to arrive. Someone filled envelopes with a deadly strain of anthrax bacteria and mailed them to two U.S. senators and several offices of the news media. Five people died, and
17 others became infected. |
All roads lead home
Fun, food and football will highlight a week of festivities at UGA Oct. 8-14 when alumni return to campus to join students, staff and faculty in celebrating Homecoming.
“All Roads Lead Home to Georgia” is the theme of this year’s Homecoming, which features entertainment and competitions for students, reunions and social events for alumni, the Homecoming parade and a 200th anniversary commemoration for a campus building. The week climaxes with the Oct. 14 Georgia-Vanderbilt football game in Sanford Stadium and crowning of the Homecoming Queen and King. |
200th anniversary celebration set for Old College, university’s first permanent building
The university’s first permanent building, Old College, is beginning its third century of service following a year-long facelift that preserved historic features while adding modern amenities.
A ceremony will be held at the building Oct. 13 at 10:30 a.m. to mark the conclusion of the rehabilitation work and celebrate the building’s 200th anniversary. The ceremony, part of Homecoming Week, will include a mass ribbon-cutting to symbolically re-open the building. |
New program gives students, their parents inside look at university
Every year, UGA’s incoming freshman class has stronger academic credentials and greater diversity than the one before. A new program was initiated on campus Sept. 8–9 to continue the effort to increase student diversity. |
Eye of the tiger
Sierra, a six-year-old Bengal tiger, undergoes an eye examination with Clara Williams, an ophthalmology resident at UGA’s College of Veterinary Medicine. The exam was part of an overall physical for the tiger, which was treated at the large animal hospital for a bone infection. |
Dudley, international expert on exercise science, muscle biology, dies Sept. 29
Gary A. Dudley, 54, Distinguished Research Professor of Kinesiology who was internationally known for his research on exercise science and muscle biology, died Sept. 29.
A UGA faculty member since 1992, Dudley received the university’s Creative Research Medal in 2004 in recognition of his work on the treatment and rehabilitation for spinal cord and brain injuries and diseases involving muscle cells such as multiple sclerosis. |
Drive less save more: UGA encourages alternative transportation to lessen stress on wallet and environment
Almost every weekday morning, Marcia McDonald parks her car at the Super Wal-Mart on Lexington Road, which is one of several locations for Athens Transit’s Park and Ride program. She waits comfortably in her car until the bus arrives, and then takes it to campus, where she works as a library associate in the main library. |
Bug off
The annual Insectival at the State Botanical Garden was a day of giant millipedes, bug races and educational events. |
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• James Madison will cut sports teams
• Student faces jail for bomb threat |
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Damage control: Scientists engineer root-knot nematode resistance |
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• Poet will give reading as part of English department’s Lanier Speaker series
• UGA, University of Florida team with Jacksonville for safer football weekend
• Grad student wins research fellowship
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• Frank Ferrante pays tribute to Groucho Marx in Oct. 15 performance |
Faculty
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Edward A. Delgado-Romero, College of Education |
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