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Meningitis advice does not affect policy

After an advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended last week that all college freshmen in residence halls be vaccinated for meningitis, the University appears not to be making any immediate changes in policy. Liz Rachun, spokeswoman for University Health Services, said any changes would be made by the Board of [...]

Secret affairs may be doomed

Just as fresh flowers from a lover on Valentine’s Day are now beginning to wilt, romantic relationships kept secret from others are likely to die out over time, a recent study says. A University assistant psychology professor and another psychology professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy warn that those hiding their relationships usually don’t [...]

State Senate OKs Gwinnett college separation

A Senate resolution to turn the Gwinnett University Center into a separate four-year college would eliminate University undergraduate programs in Gwinnett, University administrators said Wednesday. “The University has put significant effort into developing undergraduate classes,” said Bob Boehmer, associate provost for Institutional Effectiveness. “Those classes would not be able to continue.” A resolution that could [...]

D.W. Brooks construction soldiers on

For the past few semesters, students have navigated the trenches and chain link fences strewn across the barren grounds that stretch from Snelling Dining Hall to the Boyd Graduate Studies building. But the ground beneath their feet isn’t a war zone — it’s a grounds project off D.W. Brooks Drive. Although it’s not a battlefield, [...]

Professor aids in land study

A University professor has found Fortune 500 companies and mom-and-pop ranches have something in common — they’re losing their land. David Newman, professor of forest economics, and David Wear of the USDA Forest Service, collaborated on a recent study of rural development as a threat to woodlands across Georgia. Newman and Wear found rising land [...]

School of Music renamed

The School of Music will get a new name as it honors one of its founders, who wrote the lyrics to the University’s legendary fight song, “Glory, Glory to Old Georgia.” Last week, Donald Lowe, the school’s director, and Franklin College Dean Garnett Stokes submitted a request to University President Michael Adams to rename the [...]

Stem cells, bioethics discussed at forum

A University professor compared the logic behind destroying embryos for stem cell research to the logic behind genocide at a Christian Faculty Forum discussion Wednesday. “My opinion is that science can do better than this,” said Russ Carlson, a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology. Carlson presented an objection to embryonic stem cell research at [...]

Beloved judge, rights pioneer dies at age 102

The University community reacted Tuesday to the death of U.S. District Judge William Augustus Bootle, who ordered the University to desegregate in 1961. “A portion of Judge Bootle’s legacy will forever be tied to the University of Georgia,” University President Michael Adams said in a statement. “He made some very wise and courageous decisions that [...]

Event covers stem cells

Important questions about stem cell therapies will be addressed today at the Regenerative Bioscience Center’s symposium. REGENERATIVE BIOSCIENCE CENTER SYMPOSIUM Where: Complex Carbohydrate Research Center on Riverbend Road, in the CCRC Auditorium When: 3 p.m. Steve Stice, an animal and dairy science professor who specializes in stem cell research, said he sets up the event [...]

University GOP heads to D.C.

Several members of the University’s College Republicans have gone to Washington, D.C., to attend President Bush’s inauguration and related functions Thursday, said Andrew Dill, the University chapter’s president. “We’re looking forward to it,” he said as he prepared to leave for Washington Wednesday afternoon. “We’re also very honored.” Dill said the inauguration would be “a [...]

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