News Stories - Page 649

News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Language barrier
To help landscape and turf managers break down language barriers between them and their Latino workers, the Hall County Extension Service and the North Georgia Landscape and Turf Association are hosting a course, "Introductory Spanish for the Green Industry."
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Equestrian Samaritan
It's not time to vote for a new U.S. president, but it is time to vote for Rebecca Miolen. A 4-H'er from Newnan, Ga., Miolen needs your vote to win the IVERCARE Because You Care Award, which is presented annually to one American who cares the most for horses.
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Feast and goal
Georgia's football season draws fans and foods to the stadium on game day. But without proper concern for safety, the food can leave fans sick.
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Good yields, prices
Georgia cotton farmers might have something they haven't had in years: a lot of cotton to sell for relatively good prices.
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$6.7 million grant
The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a five-year grant of $6.7 million to a team headed by scientists at the University of Georgia for research that could eventually help in the treatment of certain kinds of cancer and Parkinson's Disease.
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Become a Master Gardener
For people who love gardening and enjoy helping others, the chance to glean from the best gardening minds' knowledge should be intensely appealing.
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Biosensing research
UGA research team will use $1 million National Science Foundation grant to study and develop three-dimensional nanoscale structures (measured in billionths of a meter) to address problems in biosensing.
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Better fuel
Former U.S. president encourages the processing and distribution of biodiesel in Georgia.
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Advancing by degrees
Minority students who want to pursue graduate work with a cutting-edge researcher will want to take a good look at Mary Alice Smith, a University of Georgia environmental health science professor.
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Food science party
The University of Georgia Department of Food Science and Technology will mark the completion of a $4.2 million building addition and the $2.4 million renovation of its previous facilities with an open house and ribbon cutting in Athens Sept. 5.