Victor K. Wilson Named Vice President for Student Affairs at UGA
Posted On Monday, July 8, 2013 By USA Education News. Under GEORGIA Tags: Academic Affairs, Jere W. Morehead, Provost Libby V. Morris, University of Georgia, Victor K. Wilson
Athens, Ga. – Victor K. Wilson, executive vice president for student affairs at the College of Charleston, has been named vice president for student affairs at the University of Georgia, effective Aug. 1.
“The vice president for student affairs plays an integral role in creating a campus environment that enables our ...
Studies Find Strong Links Between Food Insecurity, Health Care Among Elderly
Posted On Wednesday, March 6, 2013 By USA Education News. Under GEORGIA Tags: Geriatrics, Gerontology, Health-care, Jung Sun Lee, University of Georgia
Athens, Ga. - A fear of going hungry may be leading many older Georgians to skip medications and cancel doctors' appointments as they juggle limited incomes with prescription costs and out-of-pocket copayments required by Medicare, according to two new studies by University of Georgia researchers.
The first study, available online and ...
Open House Scheduled For New Pharmaceutical Sciences Program
Posted On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 By USA Education News. Under GEORGIA Tags: College of Pharmacy, degree program, pharmaceutical sciences, University of Georgia
Athens, Ga. - The University of Georgia College of Pharmacy is hosting an open house for all students interested in its new degree program, the bachelor of science in the pharmaceutical sciences. The event will take place on Feb. 22 at 3 p.m. in room 101 of the Pharmacy South ...
Newly Discovered Plant Structure May Lead To Improved Biofuel Processing
Posted On Thursday, February 7, 2013 By USA Education News. Under GEORGIA Tags: BioEnergy Science Center, Debra Mohnen, Energy-funded research centers, University of Georgia
Athens, Ga. - When Li Tan approached his colleagues at the University of Georgia with some unusual data he had collected, they initially seemed convinced that his experiment had become contaminated; what he was seeing simply didn't make any sense.
Tan was examining some of the sugars, proteins and polymers that ...
MSU Researcher’s Cotton Genome Work Published In Nature
Posted On Friday, January 25, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MISSISSIPPI Tags: genome sequence for cotton, gold-standard, Mississippi State University, Regents Professor Andrew Paterson, University of Georgia
STARKVILLE, Miss.-- A Mississippi State University researcher is part of an international team that has described the first "gold-standard" genome sequence for cotton.
Published in the Dec. 20 issue of Nature -- one of the world's most prestigious scientific journals -- the research is the culmination of a 20-plus year effort ...
New Year will Bring Change in Ag Dean
Posted On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 By USA Education News. Under IDAHO Tags: Ag Dean, Agricultural and Life Sciences, entomological sciences, New Year, University of Georgia
MOSCOW, Idaho – John Hammel will close out his time as the dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences this month after nine years in the position to pursue full-time teaching and research opportunities.
“I have greatly appreciated the time that I have served as dean – in spite ...
UGA Performing Arts Center presents the Capitol Steps
Posted On Friday, October 19, 2012 By USA Education News. Under GEORGIA Tags: Hodgson Concert Hall, presidential election, University of Georgia
Athens, Ga. - The University of Georgia Performing Arts Center will present a return engagement of America's equal opportunity offenders, the Capitol Steps Oct. 30 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. Back by popular demand from last season's sold-out performance, the political satire troupe makes a perfectly timed appearance ...