University students will pay 5 percent more for tuition in the fall, the Board of Regents announced Tuesday at its meeting in Americus. The increase was made as members approved the fiscal year 2013 budget and decided to keep the institutional fee. Though the Regents claim to have the smallest statewide tuition increase in a [...]

Correction Appended. Rukmini Callimachi, the recent recipient of Grady’s McGill Medal for Journalistic Courage, was in Athens Wednesday to accept the award and speak to students about her experiences. Callimachi, the West Africa bureau chief for the Associated Press, discussed women’s roles in journalism and China’s effect on the region she covers. She said China [...]

University students will pay 5 percent more for tuition in the fall, according to a press release from the Board of Regents. The increase was made after members approved the fiscal year 2013 budget. Though the Regents claim to have the statewide smallest tuition increase in a decade at 2.5 percent, other institutions in the [...]

Pre-law students have the chance to hear straight from admissions officials about potential law schools at the Southeastern Law School Discussion Panel. The event is Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m in room 248 of the Zell Miller Learning Center. Representatives from nine schools will be attending, including Emory University, Charleston School of Law and [...]

Garden enthusiasts flooded onto campus this weekend for the University’s second annual Plantapalooza, a joint event hosted by the University’s Trial Gardens, the Horticultural Club and the State Botanical Gardens. Plants were sold at all three locations. The Trial Garden in particular offers a wide variety of plants which gardeners often cannot find anywhere else. [...]

Three University freshmen are sending a message — this isn’t your mother’s hijab. Najlaa Bassim , Yusra Aurangzeb and Nurin Abdulwassy are backed by both Muslim and non-Muslim friends united to spread encouragement to new hajabis — women wearing the traditional headscarf. Through a campaign, the group seeks to lessen discrimination of Muslim women, going against stereotypes often held in American [...]

A distinguished University computer science professor of 25 years has come under cyber-attack. An unidentified individual is harassing Hamid Arabnia and his conference WORLDCOMP in an elaborate cyber-harassment campaign spanning two years, according to documents obtained by The Red & Black. Using various fake names, the individual has sent thousands of emails meant to tarnish [...]

The Board of Regents could decide to decrease student fees by half — but that outcome is unlikely, University officials say. The institutional fee was meant to be a temporary relief to significant educational budget cuts in 2009. But the fee has become an expected part of student charges. At an upcoming meeting in April, the Regents will decide whether [...]

Bruce Beutler, who won a portion of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2011, gave a speech about his work in innate immunity Wednesday at the Miller Learning Center as part of the Boyd Lecture series. Beutler gave a talk titled “Forward Genetic Analysis of Innate Immunity,” which discussed some of the research [...]

The 11th annual Student Organization Achievement and Recognition awards gave students an opportunity to dress up and honor the hard work of student organizations on campus Wednesday evening. “I explain it to people as basically like the Oscars of campus life,” said Melanie Wiggins, a sophomore from Augusta and volunteer for the ceremony. Sponsored by the Student Leadership Center, [...]