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  • Better Than Some Birth Certificates: Online Y-DNA Databases

    Online databases for human Y chromosome STRs are useful for: Genealogists to find family connections Anthropologists to map historical migration patterns and ancient origins Forensic...
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    • Anthropology
    • Biology
    • Books
    • Databases
    • For Faculty
  • University Library Undergraduate Research Awards

    Usually it’s the students who pay the university, not the other way around! Now there are several opportunities for undergraduates to receive monetary rewards for...
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  • Call for Applications – 2011 Reed Fink Award in Southern Labor Studies

    One or more  awards of $250-$500 are given annually to individuals whose research in the Southern Labor Archives will lead to a book, article, dissertation,...
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    • Anthropology
    • Business
    • Economics
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    • For Graduate Students
  • Faculty Research on Social Control and Restorative Justice

    Dr. Barbara Warner of the Department of Criminal Justice recently collaborated with Dr. Elizabeth Beck and Dr. Mary Ohmer, two faculty members in the School...
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    • Criminal Justice
    • Faculty Publications and Research
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  • Gordon Pavy visit to Southern Labor Archives

    Gordon Pavy, director of Collective Bargaining for the AFL-CIO, visited the Special Collections and Archives department of Georgia State University Library on the morning of...
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    • Special Collections & Archives
  • New! Online Portal of Manuscripts Documenting African-American Slavery and Abolition

    The New-York Historical Society has recently launched a new online portal linking to almost 12,000 pages of source materials relating to the history of slavery...
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    • African American Studies
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    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
    • History
  • Truth to power

    Anne Melfi, an English Ph.D. student, has  published “A Vision of the Public Intellectual, Benjamin Franklin Style” in the Cambridge Scholars monograph, Truth to Power: Public...
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    • Books
    • English
    • For Graduate Students
    • Graduate Student Publications and Research
  • Photo of the Week: Unidentified Resort Hotel

    Can you name this unidentified resort hotel? It was taken about 1907 by C.J. French who was a surveyor in West Virginia and Virginia for...
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    • History
  • New Book from Moving Image Studies Faculty!

    Congratulations to Dr. Greg M. Smith, a faculty member in the Moving Image Studies program, for the publication of his new book What Media Classes…
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    • Books
    • Communication
    • Faculty Publications and Research
    • Film & Media
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  • Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference – Winners

    On Friday, October 22, the 10th annual Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference was held at the Rialto Center for the Arts.  On display were 45 impressive...
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    • Psychology