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Georgia Museum of Art announces Kress Project winners

The Georgia Museum of Art at the University has announced winners and honorable mentions in its international juried art competition as part of the Kress Project, a two-year initiative celebrating the 50th anniversary of the museum’s Samuel H. Kress Study Collection. The Kress Project solicited responses to the 12 Italian Renaissance and Baroque paintings in [...]

UGA chemistry professor wins top international award

Gregory H. Robinson, Franklin Professor and Distinguished Research Professor of Chemistry at the University of Georgia, is one of a select group of international academics awarded a 2012 Humboldt Research Award from Germany’s Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The award is valued at 60,000 euro (approximately $80,000), and Robinson is the second UGA chemist to receive [...]

GPS for the brain: UGA researchers develop new brain map

University researchers have developed a map of the human brain that shows great promise as a new guide to the inner workings of the body’s most complex and critical organ. With this map, researchers hope to create a next-generation brain atlas that will be an alternative option to the atlas created by German anatomist Korbinian [...]

New UGA research shows promise in the fight against Toxoplasmosis

Toxoplasmosis, a disease caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, is one of the most common parasitic infections in the world. In the U.S. it is estimated that more than 22 percent of the population 12 years and older have been infected with toxoplasma, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Now, thanks in [...]

UGA’s Stephen Berry named Gregory Chair in the Civil War Era

Athens, Ga. – Noted historian Stephen Berry has been named the inaugural holder of the Amanda and Greg Gregory Chair in the Civil War Era in the University’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. Berry, the author of four books on the Civil War era, joined the University’s department of history in 2007 and was [...]

Legion Pool to open May 24 for summer season

The University’s Legion Pool will open May 24 for the summer season. The hours of operation are 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. daily through Aug. 3 and 2-7 p.m. Aug. 4-10. Legion Pool is available to students with valid UGACards who pay activity fees on the Athens campus; faculty and staff with valid UGACards; guests of students, [...]

UGA’s special collections libraries is site of NBC series episode on Paula Deen

Paula Deen, celebrity chef, owner of a Savannah restaurant and the author of 14 cookbooks, will appear on the NBC series “Who Do You Think You Are?” May 18 at 8 p.m. The new University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries gets a star turn in the episode as the scene for [...]

UGA registrar’s office launches new electronic transcript service

The University Office of the Registrar recently launched a new electronic request and tracking system, which is providing improved service and increased efficiency for students and alumni in need of their UGA transcripts. The new e-transcript program, which is powered by Avow Systems Inc., allows any student or alumnus with an 810 identification number to [...]

UGA study: Binge drinking increases risk of later sexual assault for first-year female college students

A new study by University researchers demonstrates that several months before a female victim is sexually assaulted, her pattern of drinking alcohol influences her risk for unwanted sexual contact, ranging from unwanted kissing to rape. The study, recently published in the journal Violence and Victims, found that first-year female college students who drank four or [...]

Baldwin Hall section of S. Jackson Street closed starting May 14

The University will be replacing the steam and condensate system serving Baldwin Hall over the summer semester. To facilitate the project, the portion of South Jackson Street directly in front of Baldwin Hall will be closed to all traffic starting May 14. Motorists should seek an alternate route. The southbound lane will reopen to traffic [...]

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