UGA to host Southeast African Language and Literature Forum
The University of Georgia's comparative literature department in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences will host the fifth annual Southeast African Language and Literature Forum Oct. 10-12 in Room...
View ArticleCafé Soul headlines week of events for Black Affairs Council
The University of Georgia's Black Affairs Council will host Café Soul: Rhythm in the Classic City on Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. in the Tate Student Center Grand Hall.
View ArticleThomas appointed UGA Franklin College associate dean for leadership...
University of Georgia professor Kecia Thomas has been appointed associate dean for faculty leadership development and diversity in the University of Georgia Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.
View ArticleAmbassador Andrew Young to speak at MLK Freedom Breakfast Jan. 23
Ambassador Andrew Young, the former mayor of Atlanta, will be the keynote speaker for the 12th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Breakfast Jan. 23 at 7:30 a.m. in the Grand Hall of the Tate...
View ArticleUGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences honors 12 at D.W....
The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences recognized 12 of its finest this week at the D.W. Brooks Awards for Excellence and the CAES Faculty and Staff Awards.
View ArticleUGA to host African Studies Association Presidential Fellow
The University of Georgia Franklin College of Arts and Sciences African Studies Institute will host American Council of Learned Societies and African Studies Association Presidential Fellow Grace...
View ArticleNew student organization at UGA aims to promote equality in the sciences
Concerned about retaining and advancing women in science and technology careers, a group of University of Georgia students formed an organization to promote equality.
View ArticleUGA team wins best delegation award at Southeast Model African Union
A delegation of seven undergraduate students representing the University of Georgia at the 18th Annual Southeast Model African Union simulation at Clayton State University won the best delegation...
View ArticlePoet Claudia Rankine to speak at Ciné
Claudia Rankine, a noted author, National Book Award finalist and former University of Georgia faculty member, will read from her work Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. at Ciné, 234 W. Hancock Ave. The event,...
View ArticleFormer judge Glenda Hatchett to deliver 2015 Holmes-Hunter Lecture at UGA
Glenda Hatchett, best-known for her nationally syndicated show "Judge Hatchett" and now a senior attorney with the Hatchett Firm, will deliver the 2015 Holmes-Hunter Lecture Feb. 6 at 2 p.m. in the...
View ArticleUGA’s Howe to receive MLA’s inaugural prize in Native American literatures
The Modern Language Association of America will award its first MLA Prize for Studies in Native American Literatures, Cultures and Languages to University of Georgia professor LeAnne Howe. Howe will...
View ArticleUGA professor of veterinary pathology to receive 2015 Iverson Bell Award
Dr. K. Paige Carmichael, a professor of veterinary pathology and the former associate dean for academic affairs in the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, has been chosen as the...
View ArticleGeorgia Museum of Art to hold Black History Month dinner
The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will host its annual Black History Month Dinner, organized by the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art, Feb. 17 at 6 p.m. This year's theme is...
View ArticleUGA to celebrate African-American life, history and culture during Black...
The University of Georgia will celebrate Black History Month 2015, "A Century of Black Life, History and Culture," this February with a variety of programs and activities across campus, including a...
View ArticleUGA conference on Holocaust theatre to feature work of George Tabori
The University of Georgia departments of Germanic and Slavic studies and theatre and film studies will host an international conference on "George Tabori and the Theatre of the Holocaust" Feb. 26-28....
View ArticleUGA’s 2015 Darl Snyder Lecture to feature African novelist Amadou Kone
The University of Georgia African Studies Institute will present the 2015 Darl Snyder Lecture March 3 at 10 a.m. in Masters Hall of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Amadou Koné, a renowned...
View ArticleNobel Peace Prize nominee, activist Andrea Smith to visit UGA during Women’s...
In recognition of the 2015 national Women's History Month theme "Weaving the Stories of Women's Lives," the University of Georgia's Institute for Women's Studies is sponsoring events throughout the...
View ArticleMichael Thurmond to deliver Mary Frances Early Lecture April 1
Michael L. Thurmond, the superintendent of the DeKalb County School District, will deliver the 15th annual Mary Frances Early Lecture April 1 at 3 p.m. in the Tate Theater on the University of Georgia...
View ArticlePresident and Provost launch Women’s Leadership Initiative
In the latest in a series of efforts to foster gender equity at the University of Georgia, President Jere W. Morehead and Provost Pamela Whitten have launched an initiative to enhance the...
View ArticleJuana María Rodríguez to deliver 21st annual Coley Lecture at UGA
Juana María Rodríguez, professor of gender and women's studies at the University of California, Berkeley, will deliver the 21st annual Andrea Carson Coley Lecture at the University of Georgia on April...
View ArticleDramatic story of an escape from slavery to be subject of a May 18 talk
Barbara McCaskill, an associate professor of English at the University of Georgia, will speak on "The Rise and Fall of William and Ellen Craft, Fugitives from Slavery in Georgia" May 18 at 3 p.m. in...
View ArticleUGA alumna, civil rights attorney to present lecture ‘I Am Trayvon Martin’
The University of Georgia Institute for African American Studies will present "I Am Trayvon Martin: Hoodies Up-How One Case Changed a Nation and Ignited the World." The lecture by UGA alumna and civil...
View ArticleUniversity of Georgia receives national diversity award for second...
The University of Georgia has received national recognition for its efforts to foster an inclusive, diverse campus for the second year in a row as a 2015 recipient of the INSIGHT Into Diversity Higher...
View ArticleTickets for Alice Walker’s Oct. 15 talk at Morton Theatre available Sept. 28
Tickets for "A Conversation with Alice Walker" on Thursday, Oct. 15, at 6:30 p.m. in the Morton Theatre will be available beginning at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 28, through the theatre's box office, 195...
View ArticleSixth Women and Girls in Georgia Conference at UGA to focus on sustainability
The Institute for Women's Studies at the University of Georgia is hosting its sixth conference on Women and Girls in Georgia Oct. 9-10 in the Zell B. Miller Learning Center.
View ArticleAsians, Hispanics driving U.S. economy forward, according to UGA study
Growth in the U.S. market is increasingly driven by Hispanic and Asian consumers, to the tune of nearly $2 trillion per year. That's one takeaway from the 2015 Multicultural Economy report from the...
View ArticleNominations sought for the Fulfilling the Dream Award
Nominations are being sought for the President's Fulfilling the Dream Award, which recognizes individuals in the University of Georgia and Athens-Clarke County community who have worked to make Martin...
View ArticleLettie Pate Whitehead Foundation provided scholarships to more than 100 UGA...
To honor the immense generosity of the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, a luncheon was held on the University of Georgia campus Sept. 28.
View ArticleUGA to host fourth annual conference on Africa, its diaspora
The African Studies Institute at the University of Georgia presents the Fourth Annual International Conference on Africa and Its Diaspora—AICAID 2015—from Wednesday, Nov. 11, to Friday, Nov. 13, at...
View ArticleUGA to launch inclusive, post-secondary education program in 2017
Students with intellectual or developmental disabilities will soon be able to enjoy the full University of Georgia experience with the launch of a new inclusive post-secondary education program,...
View ArticleHouse minority leader to speak at UGA Freedom Breakfast
Stacey Y. Abrams, House minority leader for the Georgia General Assembly and state representative for the 89th House District, will give the keynote address for the 13th annual Martin Luther King Jr....
View ArticleSanford Bishop to deliver 2016 Holmes-Hunter Lecture at UGA
U.S. Congressman Sanford D. Bishop Jr., who is serving his 12th term in the U.S. House of Representatives, will present the 2016 Holmes-Hunter Lecture Feb. 18 at 2 p.m. in the University of Georgia...
View ArticleUGA summit on women in agriculture pulls attendees from throughout Southeast
More than 150 agricultural leaders from across 13 Southern states and Washington, D.C., converged on the University of Georgia's campus in Athens on Feb. 8 to discuss leadership roles for women in...
View ArticleJohnnetta Cole to deliver 2016 Mary Frances Early Lecture at UGA
Johnnetta Cole, the president emerita of Spelman College and Bennett College for Women, will deliver the 16th annual Mary Frances Early Lecture March 29 at 3 p.m. in Mahler Hall in the Georgia Center...
View Article‘Civil Rights Queen’ is the subject of Donald L. Hollowell Lecture
Constance Baker Motley, a civil rights lawyer who won nine cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and was the first black woman appointed to a federal bench, will be the subject of the University of...
View ArticleUGA to train undergraduate researchers on obesity interventions
The University of Georgia has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative to train undergraduate researchers to design childhood obesity...
View ArticleCarolina Acosta-Alzuru named journalism and mass communication teacher of the...
A faculty member in the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication is the 2015 winner of the Charles E. Scripps Journalism and Mass Communication Teacher of the Year...
View ArticleDepression’s stigma can be a barrier to African-Americans seeking treatment,...
The stigma attached to mental illness creates a barrier for many seeking treatment, but it has a particularly negative impact on the help-seeking behaviors of black Americans, a small in-depth...
View ArticleSocial justice advocate to speak at BFSO luncheon
Shirley Sherrod, an advocate for social justice and former Georgia state director of rural development for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will deliver the keynote address at the University of...
View ArticleUGA’s incoming class sets records for academic qualifications, diversity
In addition to being the first class at the University of Georgia to benefit fully from the university's experiential learning initiative, the more than 5,400 students who will begin classes next week...
View Article$4 million NSF grant will continue broadening participation in STEM
Funding for a program that has helped triple minority enrollment in STEM fields at the University of Georgia has been renewed for the second time by the National Science Foundation.
View ArticleEbenezer Baptist pastor to give keynote at Freedom Breakfast
The Rev. Raphael Gamaliel Warnock, senior pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, will give the keynote address for the 14th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Breakfast Jan. 13 at 7:30...
View ArticleUGA School of Music hosts students from partner school in Kenya
Kenyan teenagers who received online music lessons from Hugh Hodgson School of Music graduate students are currently on a tour of the Classic City.
View ArticleStudy finds barriers limit black households’ access to financial services
Most black households don't pursue financial planning services due to barriers to entry including large gaps in income and net worth relative to other ethnic groups.
View ArticleUGA features celebration, activism and joy during Black History Month
The University of Georgia will celebrate Black History Month 2017- "Black Joy: Celebration as a form of activism, highlighting the existence, resilience and resistance of black culture"-with a wide...
View ArticleRoad Dawgs spread the benefits of a college education
Instead of using their spring break to take a hiatus from university life, over 40 UGA students met at the Arch at 6:30 a.m. to become Road Dawgs.
View ArticleUGA receives $1 million NSF grant to extend STEM minority program
The University of Georgia will launch a new program to increase underrepresented minority enrollment in graduate programs in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
View ArticleUGA receives national diversity award for fourth consecutive year
The University of Georgia's commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive campus environment has been recognized for the fourth consecutive year with the INSIGHT Into Diversity Higher Education...
View Article$1.16 million grant funds graduate school pathway for first-generation students
First-generation college students at the University of Georgia will receive expanded academic support to help them enter and excel in doctoral programs thanks to a $1.16 million grant from the U.S....
View ArticleCertificates, scholarships awarded at annual Embracing Diversity event
Diversity and university may seem like etymological opposites at first, but they're actually one and the same, according to Usha Rodrigues, associate dean of faculty development in UGA's School of Law...
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