University of Georgia

Wayne Parrott

Posted on Apr 2, 2018 in Distinguished Research Professor
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Dorothea E. Link

Posted on Apr 2, 2018 in Distinguished Research Professor
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Brett Clementz

Posted on Apr 2, 2018 in Distinguished Research Professor
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Jody Clay-Warner

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 in William A. Owens Award
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William A. Owens Creative Research Award 2017 Jody Clay-Warner, Meigs Professor of Sociology, investigates injustice from both basic and applied vantage points, addressing critical problems in our society: injustice, violence, victimization, and the laws and policies designed to control these problems. Her research broadens the understanding...

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Elizabeth Wright

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 in Albert Christ-Janer Award, Creative Research Medal
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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Distinguished Research Professor 2020 [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="25px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/3" css=".vc_custom_1586808593083{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="17837" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Elizabeth Wright, professor of Spanish, is an internationally recognized scholar of Spanish “Golden Age” literature and culture. With more...

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Deepak Mishra

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 in Creative Research Medal
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Creative Research Medal 2017 Deepak Mishra, associate professor of geography and leading international scholar in the use of satellite remote sensing techniques, co-created the Small Satellite Research Laboratory (SSRL) in January 2016, starting the space research program at UGA. The goal of this program, made possible by...

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George Foreman

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 in Creative Research Medal
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Creative Research Medal 2017 George Foreman, director of UGA’s Performing Arts Center and associate professor of music, guided the production of “Music for the Tsars: Works from the Russian Institute for the History of the Arts,” a CD that significantly advances music education and performance in...

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Katrien Devos

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 in Creative Research Medal, Distinguished Research Professor
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Xiangyu Deng

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 in Creative Research Medal
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Creative Research Medal 2017 Xiangyu Deng, assistant professor of food microbiology, is recognized for creating a bioinformatics tool that is helping transform global laboratory surveillance of salmonella, the most prevalent bacterial foodborne pathogen in the U.S. and worldwide. His creation, SeqSero, is a powerful web-based tool...

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Sun Joo “Grace” Ahn

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 in Charles B. Knapp Early-Career Scholar Award
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Charles B. Knapp Early Career Scholar Award 2017 Sun Joo “Grace” Ahn, assistant professor in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, studies how user experiences in virtual worlds shape and transform individual attitudes and behaviors in the physical world. Ahn was among the first...

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