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Former UGA employee pleads guilty for embezzling more than $200,000

A former office manager of business operations at the University’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government plead guilty Thursday to one count of racketeering and one count of theft by taking for embezzling more than $200,000. Rebecca Adams Hill was sentenced to serve one year under house arrest and ordered to pay restitution in the amount [...]

UGA, Athens police plan vehicle safety checkpoints for early morning hours of May 18

The University Police Department will join the Athens Clarke County Police Department traffic unit to conduct safety checkpoints during the early morning hours of May 18. The checkpoints are in place to ensure drivers are obeying all ACC laws. The time and location of the checkpoints have yet to be disclosed. There have been several [...]

ACC looks into banning sleeping in parks, sidewalks to counter Occupy protests

If the Athens-Clarke County Commission has its way, Occupy Athens could be considered an outlaw element. According to a story in the Athens-Banner Herald, the commission is mulling over a law banning people from sleeping in parks, sidewalks or other government property, spurred by the recent Occupy Athens camp out at city hall. While the [...]

UGA, former pharmacy professor agree to pay $300,000 to settle lawsuit

The University and a former professor in the College of Pharmacy have agreed to pay $300,000 to the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy to settle a civil lawsuit nearly five years after it was first filed in federal court. The settlement agreement pitting former professor Flynn Warren Jr., the University and the Board of [...]

Three former Bulldogs play weekend at The Players Championship

Former members of the Georgia men’s golf team were well represented at The Players Championship this weekend, even though the biggest name of the Bulldog bunch decided to sit the tournament out. While Masters champion Bubba Watson skipped the TPC to spend time with his wife Angie and their 2-month-old son, three former Bulldogs made [...]

Signing of Aron White to Falcons gives Bulldogs 10 players grabbed by NFL teams

And Aron White makes 10. The former Georgia tight end signed a free agent contract with the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, making him the 10th Bulldog to find an NFL team this spring. Seven players were taken in the NFL Draft, while White joins punter Drew Butler (Pittsburgh Steelers) and fullback Bruce Figgins (Baltimore Ravens) [...]

After nearly five-year fight, lawsuit against Pharmacy professors dismissed

A lawsuit pitting two University College of Pharmacy professors against the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy ended quietly this week, almost five years after it first appeared in federal court. The NABP filed a stipulation of dismissal with prejudice Wednesday, dropping its civil lawsuit against current professor Henry Cobb and former professor Flynn Warren [...]

Athletic Association sues Georgia firm claiming it’s selling UGA counterfeit products (w/documents)

The University Athletic Association has joined a federal lawsuit with 13 other universities against a Georgia business claiming it is violating trademark rights and using the various logos to sell counterfeit goods. The lawsuit, filed May 8 in the Northern District of Georgia, claims Signature Designs “is knowingly and willfully manufacturing and selling counterfeit and [...]

Athens law enforcement warns citizens about recent rash of robberies (w/recent crime map)

A rash of robberies has hit Athens-Clarke County in the first quarter of 2012, and ACC law enforcement officials send out an alert Thursday warning citizens to be careful, especially in the walking corridors leading north and northwest from downtown. The alert noted “some citizens engaged in high risk behavior were often the targets of [...]

Former UGA associate provost Dozier named president at Savannah State

Cheryl Davenport Dozier, the University’s associate provost for institutional diversity before she was chosen to serve as interim president at Savannah State University in April 2011, was given the position on a permanent basis Wednesday by the Georgia Board of Regents. Dozier spent five years at UGA before rising to the associate provost position. She [...]

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