University of Georgia News

With less than a month before a draft of the downtown master plan is scheduled to make its way through local governing boards, its chief continued making rounds this week to community groups.

Every so often Cracker -- the California troupe best known for '90s alt-rock hits "Low" and "Euro-Trash Girl" -- gets something of a renaissance.

Last week, the National Science Foundation named its first Innovation in Graduate Education Challenge awardees.

The realm of the fad is essentially unknowable. History is littered with random enthusiasms that sweep the culture, flare for a few months or years, then recede into the Ocean of Weird and Terrible Ideas.

A St. George Island resident has recounted the story of one of Franklin County's most colorful citizens, the legendary "The Oyster King" in a newly published work of prose, poetry, and pictures.

Nearly six years after a near-fatal knife attack, Gale was sworn in again this week as an officer with the Athens-Clarke County Police Department.

Athens resident Chad Rhym, a junior at Clarke Central High School, was chosen by his teacher and fellow students as the "victor" of the 2013 Georgia Journalism Academy, which was held June 9-15 by the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

The University of Georgia will dedicate the new Rutherford Hall June 27 at 9:30 a.m. on the north side of Myers quadrangle in front of the new residence hall.

The Share America Foundation, Inc. presented Hunter Moreland with the Pearl and Floyd Franks Scholarship at the Ringgold Depot for $1,000.

The second of four candidates for vice provost for diversity and equity will visit the University of Kansas and host a public forum Thursday, June 20. Robert Pratt, professor of history at the University of Georgia, will make a presentation and take questions from the KU community.

The Athens Downtown Development Authority board's proposed purchase of parking meters that reset themselves after the vehicle pulls out has to be a new low point for the board in adding more cost to the shopper who frequents downtown merchants.

One of these people is Jeffrey Dorfman, who is an economics professor at the University of Georgia and the author of the e-book, "Ending the Era of the Free Lunch."

For more than 100 years, the John H. Lounsbury College of Education at Georgia College has produced educators who make a difference in their field.

Elisabeth Stonebreaker McCoy , instructor Laura Olsen, instructor Taylor Slager, Kelly Hill and Donna Gould Jessen received flowers on stage at the Hemmens Sunday after it was announced that Gould Jessen was stepping down from the Gould Academy of Dance in Elgin that she has operated for 30 years.

L. Mark Risse, the Georgia Power Professor of Water Resource Policy in the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, has been named director of UGA Marine Outreach Programs.

Graduation for the Easton Area High School Class of 2013 was held tonight at Lehigh University 's Stabler Arena in Bethlehem.

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne S. Moore, of Hull, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth Ashley Moore, to Jonathan Howard Arnold, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Arnold, of Hull.

Mr. and Mrs. James Randall Copeland Jr., of Statham, announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth Suzanne, to Sean Patrick O'Neill, son of Mr. and Mrs. John James O'Neill, of Naperville, Ill.

By MARTIN RAND III The Brunswick News Karen Keen Braswell, fine arts graduate from the University of Georgia, has found a way to generate income from her paintings and artistry.

A Brooks County man wants to clear his name. He's accused of using his job to steal thousands of dollars from the University of Georgia.