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November is National Native American Heritage Month

Posted: November 18, 2015

November is National Native American Heritage Month, "a time to celebrate rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories and to acknowledge the important contributions of Native people," according to the National Congress of American Indians.…

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Celebrate University Press Week

Posted: November 10, 2015

Bill Moyers thinks highly of university presses: "My work as a journalist has been richly and continuously informed by the world of ideas offered by university presses over the years. I can't imagine the life of the mind in America today without…

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Happy Birthday, GALILEO!

Posted: September 21, 2015

The year is 1995. The World Wide Web is 5 years old. 18 million American homes are now online, but only 3% of online users have ever signed on to the Web, according to the Pew Research Center.* The first planet outside our solar system is found…

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Happy Birthday, Deion Sanders!

Posted: August 09, 2015

On August 9, 1967, one of the most gifted athletes in Georgia sports history, Deion Sanders, was born in Fort Myers, Florida. If you grew up near Atlanta during the early 90s, you most likely have heard the nicknames “Primetime” and “Neon…

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Happy Birthday, George Heery!

Posted: June 18, 2015

On this day in 1927, one of the pioneers of modern architecture in post-war Georgia, George Heery, was born in Athens, Georgia. If you have ever been to downtown Atlanta, you no doubt have seen Heery’s work. Heery would design, build and…