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Five UGA faculty members accept 2004 Brooks Awards Posted on 10/18/04 by J. Faith Peppers

Five University of Georgia faculty members received the prestigious D.W. Brooks Awards for Excellence Oct. 18 in Athens, Ga. The $5,000 awards recognize UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences educators and researchers who excel in teaching, research, extension, public service extension programs and international agriculture.

Volunteers help county Extension offices operate Posted on 10/14/04 by Sharon Omahen

As state agencies struggle to operate under budget cuts and hiring freezes, volunteers can make a big difference in keeping their programs effective. At the University of Georgia, Master Gardeners do just that.

Don't let weeds spoil beauty of pansy beds Posted on 10/14/04 by Mark Czarnota

Pansies are easy to grow, they come in a myriad of color combinations and they can take cool weather when few other plants can. No wonder they're one of the Southeast's premier bedding plants. But even pansies can be troubled by weeds.

Tropical storms left apple crop largely unharmed Posted on 10/14/04 by Chowning Johnson

Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne caused major damage to many crops in the Southeast. But they didn't take a big bite out of north Georgia apples.

Students help chickens avoid surgical pain Posted on 10/12/04 by Chowning Johnson, Sharon Omahen

If you go to a hospital to have surgery, you want the anesthesia to work. Two Georgia high school students in a University of Georgia internship program have made sure it works for chickens, too.

UGA specialists train safer Hispanic workers Posted on 10/07/04 by Sharon Omahen

A $105,000 Occupational Safety and Health Administration grant will help University of Georgia faculty members accomplish what they've been trying to do on a shoestring budget: train the state's Hispanic landscape workers.

Jeanne landed final blow for Georgia's vegetable crops Posted on 10/07/04 by Brad Haire

After repeated hits by tropical storms this fall, Hurricane Jeanne hit Georgia on Sept. 27 and gave what amounted to a final blow to the state's vegetable crop.

Steven Knapp joins UGA as new GRA eminent scholar Posted on 10/07/04 by Carrie England, Dan Rahn

Steven Knapp has joined the Center for Applied Genetic Technologies at the University of Georgia as a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in crop genomics.

Drabenstott to deliver 2004 D.W. Brooks Lecture Posted on 10/07/04 by J. Faith Peppers

Mark Drabenstott, vice president and director of the Center for the Study of Rural America at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, will deliver the 2004 D.W. Brooks Lecture, Oct. 18 in Athens.

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