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UGA researchers receive NSF funding to conduct math and malware research

As the world's data usage increases, so do problems of how to manage large quantities of data quickly and efficiently. University of Georgia researchers Daniel Krashen and Roberto Perdisci recently...

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UGA researchers looking to exploit bacterial immune system for medicine and...

Athens, Ga. - Bacteria and archaea are among the smallest forms of life on the planet, but don't let their size fool you. These simple creatures have persevered for billions of years, thanks in part...

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UGA Traffic Injury Prevention Institute awarded grant to continue its...

The University of Georgia Traffic Injury Prevention Institute was awarded a $650,000 grant from the Georgia Governor's Office of Highway Safety to continue its statewide education programs in the...

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People with natural immunity to HIV may serve as basis for new vaccine

Despite urgent need and tremendous scientific effort, researchers have yet to discover a vaccine for HIV that adequately protects humans from infection. But some people don't need one. For reasons not...

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UGA partners with Emory, Georgia Tech and CDC Foundation on malaria research...

The University of Georgia, an internationally recognized leader in tropical and emerging global diseases and bioinformatics, will partner with other Georgia institutions to establish a comprehensive...

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UGA research and innovation to be highlighted at USG economic development forum

University of Georgia researchers, new technologies and programs that impact Georgia's rural economy and create new industries will be featured Dec. 3 at the Chancellor's Economic Development Forum: A...

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UGA grad program preparing teachers to work with children with autism

An innovative University of Georgia graduate program in special education, that has prepared dozens of area elementary school teachers to work with children with autism over the past several years,...

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NIH awards $1.5 million to UGA researchers studying Legionnaires’ disease

It begins with flu-like symptoms, but within days a victim of Legionnaires' disease may experience severe chest pain, bloody coughing and even death. The illness, a severe type of pneumonia, affects...

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Georgia Museum of Art expands outreach programming with Adopt-a-Bus

The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia has recently developed and implemented Adopt-a-Bus, a program that allows students attending schools within driving distance to visit the...

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UGA researchers receive $3 million NIH grant to assess alcohol education

The benefits of two rounds of family-centered prevention programs designed to deter alcohol use among rural African-American youths will be the focus of a five-year, $3 million project conducted by...

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New UGA Faculty Research Clusters to focus on humanities, arts

The University of Georgia's Jane and Harry Willson Center for Humanities and Arts launched its new Faculty Research Clusters initiative at a public reception Aug. 29 in the Richard B. Russell Building...

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UGA education researchers receive $2.65 million to test new science teaching...

A University of Georgia College of Education research team has received a $2.65 million grant from the National Science Foundation to test a new teaching model that improves science learning for...

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UGA receives $7 million NIH grant to study building blocks of life

A team of senior researchers at the University of Georgia have received a five-year $7.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to help better understand one of the most fundamental...

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UGA researchers receive $1.3 million to genetically ‘fingerprint’ endangered...

University of Georgia researchers have been awarded a $1.3 million grant to continue genetically "fingerprinting" the threatened loggerhead sea turtles in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina....

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UGA College of Veterinary Medicine receives full accreditation

The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine once again received full accreditation from the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education.

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The University of Georgia receives Phase II Grand Challenges Explorations...

The University of Georgia announced today that it will receive Phase II funding through Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that enables...

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UGA engineer receives $1 million to develop milk cooler

Keeping milk safe and healthy to drink is a challenge in areas without electricity. A University of Georgia engineer received $1 million to continue working on a milk cooler designed to help dairy...

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NSF grant allows UGA researchers to monitor deep-sea plumes

Deep-sea hydrothermal plumes—waters nearly two miles down in the ocean—are home to processes that effect life across the planet. However, high pressure and water temperatures that exceed 300 degrees...

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Emory and UGA receive $3.6 million NIH influenza contract

A partnership between Emory University and the University of Georgia that plays a key role in the nation's influenza research and surveillance programs has received a $3.6 million contract, with...

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UGA license plates raise over $300,000 for need-based scholarships

University of Georgia license plates have raised $314,030 for student scholarships in a little over six months.

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UGA awarded $3.15 million to improve chronic disease management in the workplace

Researchers in the University of Georgia College of Public Health received a five-year, $3.15 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health aimed...

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Georgia Peanut Commission funding drives UGA Extension, research efforts

University of Georgia peanut researchers have been granted $256,280 from the Georgia Peanut Commission to fund various peanut-related research projects in 2015.

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NSF program to give undergrads a taste of life as a scientist

Ten undergraduate students from across the U.S. will come to the University of Georgia this summer for an intensive, nine-week program where they will conduct hands-on scientific research in the...

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Licensing agreement speeds access to UGA research tools, benefits life...

In the course of their research, investigators at the University of Georgia frequently develop rare and unique materials, reagents, and tools for very specific purposes related to their own research....

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New seed funding program to strengthen GRU-UGA research ties

Georgia Regents University and the University of Georgia will expand their research collaborations through a new program designed to help inter-institutional teams of faculty successfully compete for...

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$7 million in grant funding helps support research on health of Georgia youth

A team of scientists in the University of Georgia's Center for Family Research has received two grants from the National Institutes of Health providing more than $7 million to lay the foundation for...

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UGA Skidaway Institute to study offshore sand resources to increase coastal...

Severe beach erosion can be a significant problem for coastal communities affected by hurricanes and tropical storms like Hurricane Sandy. To assist Georgia communities in future recovery efforts, the...

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UGA researchers to use $1.1 million NIH grant to study drug therapies for...

Researchers from the University of Georgia have been awarded a three-year, $1.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to determine how two commonly administered drug combinations work...

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UGA to study endangered Atlantic sturgeon in three Georgia rivers

University of Georgia researcher Doug Peterson will use a nearly $500,000 grant from the National Marine Fisheries Service in partnership with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to determine...

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UGA team receives $1.37 million grant to train behavioral health care counselors

University of Georgia College of Education faculty members Bernadette Heckman and Jolie Daigle have received a three-year, $1.37 million federal grant to recruit and train more than 100 UGA master's...

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UGA researcher studies obesity’s role in breast, ovarian cancers

Mandi Murph in the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy is focusing her research efforts on the role of obesity in the promotion and development of women's cancer, both breast cancer and ovarian...

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UGA College of Veterinary Medicine receives Gates Foundation grant to study...

The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Ralph A....

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UGA receives $18.8 million to continue Gulf of Mexico oil spill research

A group of scientists led by the University of Georgia's Samantha Joye has received a new grant to continue its studies of natural oil seeps and to track the impacts of the BP/Deepwater Horizon oil...

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Skidaway Institute scientist shares Gulf oil spill research grant

University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Catherine Edwards is part of a research team that has received an $18.8 million grant to continue studies of natural oil seeps and...

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Gates grant supports UGA’s continued fight against infectious disease

The University of Georgia Research Foundation has received an additional $710,000 from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to expand its research into the elimination of schistosomiasis, a neglected...

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Georgia Museum of Art gala raises $168,000

The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia raised $168,000 on Jan. 31 as part of its biennial gala, "An Elegant Salute to Georgia." It was the 14th edition of the event, organized by the...

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UGA names new Washington, D.C., facility Delta Hall

The University of Georgia has received a commitment for a $5 million grant from the Delta Air Lines Foundation to support UGA in Washington. In recognition of the gift, UGA will name the university's...

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UGA’s Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute receives $1.9 million grant

The University of Georgia's Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute recently received a $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, positioning it as a National Resource Center...

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Anti-malware program developed at UGA used to keep campus secure

An anti-malware program developed by researchers at the University of Georgia is helping to keep campus computers safe, and it may also prove useful for other institutions that want to protect...

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UGA Foundation allocates funding from budget surplus to enhance academics

The University of Georgia Foundation today announced that it is projecting a budget surplus of approximately $3.3 million for the 2015 fiscal year, which concludes June 30.

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Record-breaking year: UGA fundraising hits ‘unprecedented level’

A record-breaking number of contributors—63,784 at final count—led the University of Georgia to its best fundraising year in history.

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UGA Athletic Association helps ‘recruit and retain the very best faculty’

The University of Georgia Athletic Association is playing a leading role in the university's effort to increase the number of endowed faculty positions.

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UGA receives $8.2 million grant to support families in Georgia child welfare...

A team of University of Georgia faculty members, led by a researcher in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, has received an $8.2 million grant from the Administration for Children and...

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UGA scientists using $5 million grant to combat invasive weed Johnsongrass

A team of researchers led by faculty at the University of Georgia have received a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to find new ways of combating Johnsongrass, one of the most...

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UGA team selected by NASA, Air Force to build and launch two cube satellites

A University of Georgia project led by a team of undergraduate students and including faculty from the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Engineering was recently selected for...

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UGA geneticist studying neural tube defects for clues to common birth defects

An assistant professor of genetics at the University of Georgia was recently awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health to study neural tube defects in mice. The goal of Jian-Fu Chen's...

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NSF linguistics grant to support study of Southern language variation

With the aid of a grant from the National Science Foundation, University of Georgia linguistic researchers will be isolating and identifying the specific variations in speech that make Southerners...

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UGA announces $1.2 billion fundraising campaign

The University of Georgia announced an ambitious goal of $1.2 billion for the Commit to Georgia Campaign as well as a lead gift from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation on Nov. 17 at a kickoff event at...

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Researchers receive $2.78 million to explore and exploit bacterial immune...

Researchers at the University of Georgia have received a $2.78 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study CRISPR-Cas, a powerful gene editing tool derived from a defense mechanism...

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Winners announced for President’s Interdisciplinary Seed Grant Program

Twelve faculty teams at the University of Georgia have been selected to receive research awards through the institution's Presidential Interdisciplinary Seed Grant Program. More than 150 faculty teams...

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