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UGA Opera Theatre: Così fan Tutte

The UGA Opera Theatre’s spring production presents a world-famous opera at, perhaps, the most appropriate time of year: Mozart’s classic love story, “Così fan Tutte.” The opera will be performed in the UGA Fine Arts Theatre on February 12 and 13 at 8 p.m. and February 14 at 3 p.m. “This is the perfect Valentine’s Day treat,” said Frederick Burchinal, director of the UGA Opera Theatre. “This opera—also called The School of Lovers—is…


Second City

Also to be performed Jan. 26 at 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. The Second City is heading back to UGA.When The Second City opened its doors on a snowy Chicago night in December of 1959, no one could have guessed that this small cabaret theatre would become the most influential and prolific comedy theatre in the world. The list of Second City’s illustrious alumni includes Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Mike Myers, John Belushi, Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, Jason…


Ballroom Magic 2016

Jan. 21-23 at 8 p.m. and Jan. 23 at 2 p.m. Ballroom Magic 2015, the annual showcase performance by the UGA Ballroom Performance Group, will celebrate its 25th anniversary this month. A crew of student dancers, along with some returning alumni, will perform a range of traditional dance styles such foxtrot, waltz, quickstep, Viennese waltz, cha cha, rumba and swing, but will also feature other styles such as salsa, Argentine tango and theatre arts…


State Ballet Theatre of Russia: "Tchaikovsky Spectacular"

Known internationally as one of Russia's leading companies, The State Ballet Theatre of Russia has thrilled Athens audiences in past visits with performances ranging from "Swan Lake" to "Romeo and Juliet" to "Cinderella." Its dancers include the prize winners of numerous Russian and international competitions. Now the acclaimed company brings its Tchaikovsky Spectacular to the Fine Arts Theatre stage in a glittering production filled with…

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Understanding the global ocean microbiome

The community of microorganisms in the world's oceans turn out to be the most important control mechanisms of how the Earth functions. Understanding their function and behavior will leverage our grasp on how the Earth will adjust to broad environmental changes, says Mary Ann Moran in a review article in the journal Science: The ocean microbiome covers the majority of the Earth's surface, extending an average of more than 2 miles deep to the sea…


Russian State Ballet performs "The Nutcracker"

The Nutcracker is the perennial favorite of generations of children and “children at heart.” The treasured holiday adventure follows a little girl’s journey through a fantasy world of fairies, princes, toy soldiers, and an army of mice. Thrill to the same authentic Russian choreography that is performed in Moscow by the famous Bolshoi Ballet. Set to Tchaikovsky’s beloved music, including “Waltz of the Flowers," "Dance of the Sugar Plum…


Department of Dance Performance Sampler

UGA dance students will perform a variety of dance styles in classical and contemporary ballet, contemporary modern, and aerial dance with mixed media featuring faculty created choreographic works by UGA Ballet Ensemble, CORE Concert Contemporary and Aerial Dance Company and Spring Dance Concert.  This will showcase a sample of works to be presented in the Spring 2016 Department of Dance concert productions.  


Young Choreographers Series

Choreography and production by graduating senior dance major and B.F.A. candidate Alexis Birts combined with the Emerging Choreographers showcasing choreography by second and third year dance majors, performed by dancers selected by audition.  A reception will follow the Friday evening performance.  


Hodgson Wind Ensemble Performance

An epic evening of music with the Hodgson Wind Ensemble and director Cynthia Johnston Turner features Audivi Media Nocte by Oliver Waespi and David Maslanka’s imposing Symphony No. 8.


Opera performance of Lehár: The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow (German: Die lustige Witwe) is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt to keep her money in the principality by finding her the right husband – on an 1861 comedy play, L'attaché d'ambassade (The Embassy Attaché) by Henri Meilhac.  The operetta has enjoyed extraordinary international success…


Danza Universiteria Cost Rica: Inercia

Come view some very special dance pieces from Danza Universitaria, the most famous, inventive and progressive professional contemporary dance company in Costa Rica. The company is renowned and has won national awards.

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Earth Week 2015

What can I do? It's always the question, arriving custom built with the pre-supposition that our individual efforts won't go very far to change anything, to make a difference. Especially where protecting the Earth is involved. It's so big and complex, and after all, you're just one person. One person who shops, who buys, who moves about your day, who is observed by others, who take their cues from you and from whom you accept affirmation of the…


Treating worms, teaching screenwriting

To prove we're not [always] Franklin College centric, here is some other cool news from around UGA: Treating animals for worms can be good, but also help spread infectious disease: Parasitic worms, which infect millions of people and animals around the world, have been shown to influence how the immune system responds to diseases like HIV and tuberculosis. In a new study of African buffalo, University of Georgia ecologist Vanessa Ezenwa found…


Eco-initiatives and individual motivation

A new UGA study in the American Review of Public Administration, from faculty in the School of Public and International Affairs, presents findings on individual behaviors by public employees that is all well and good: Authored by Justin M. Stritch, a former doctoral student in public administration and policy, and Christensen, who also is the school's Ph.D. director in the department of public administration and policy, the research found that…


Anthropocene lecture: repairing the world

The final event in this fall's very successful Anthropocene Lecture Series takes place tonight at 7 p.m in the Chapel. No scientific investigation can be complete without the inclusion of a moral perspective and tonight's lecture looks at the ways theology and science can work together: The physical sciences tell us the what and the how regarding the condition of the earth, but the why question -- why should we engage in helping to repair our…


Georgia Sea Grant planning for port expansion

UGA faculty members and Georgia Sea Grant are doing important work along the Georgia coast, helping communities plan for a major expansion of the Savannah Harbor: "Most of the regional attention to the Savannah Harbor deepening has focused on the ecological effects to the river and adjacent wetland ecosystems," said Charles Hopkinson, Georgia Sea Grant director. "We want to shift the focus to local communities so that they are prepared to handle…


The Marine Institute at Sapelo Island

The appointment of Alber reflects a renewed focus on the pristine marine laboratory as a field station that supports world-class research and education in coastal ecosystems. UGAMI's international reputation, dating back to the 1950s, is based on groundbreaking ecological research by scientists from UGA and beyond.  An undeveloped barrier island on Georgia's coast, Sapelo is a national treasure as well as a unique living laboratory for…


3000 years of human occupation

The department of anthropology will host a very interesting public lecture on January 18, one that brings guest lecturer Scott Fitzpatrick from the University of Oregon to campus to discuss human activity and biological diversity on the Western Caroline Islands of Micronesia: The Palauan archipelago--considered to be on of the most ecologically diverse regions of the world-- is located in the northwest tropical Pacific and consists of hundreds…


Ecology and the Learning Environment

The slowest-moving indicators can often be the most difficult to study, requiring patience and a general knowledge of many overlapping correlations. It's axiomatic that the seeming constants in life become the benchmarks and things we depend on, even though there are no true constants - with the exception of change itself. Learning from these changes also takes a great deal of patience, honed skills of observation and a diversity of knowledge…

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Deepwater Horizon, two years later

   
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