Previous Events

Join the Russell Library on Thursday, October 10th, from 5:30pm-7:00pm, for the fifth annual Food, Power and Politics Lecture with Dr. Daniel N. Warshawsky from Wright State University. He will deliver a talk on food banks, their origin, and what factors go into the pressing, and increasing, global need for them. Dr. Leah Carmichael will moderate.  

Join Jason Hasty, UGA Athletics History Specialis, for a closer look at the new exhibit "Bulldog Olympians: A Celebration of UGA's Olympic History" at 3PM on Fridays before each home football game. Tours are free and open to the public, no reservation is required. Parking is available in the Hull Street Deck.

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Join us for the 2024 Lillian Smith Book Awards Ceremony, which will be held on October 3rd, 2024, at 7 p.m. ET in the Decatur Library Auditorium. This free event includes remarks from both recipients and a Q&A followed by a book signing. The Lillian Smith Book Awards are sponsored by the Southern Regional Council, University of Georgia Libraries, DeKalb County Public Library/The Georgia Center for the Book, and Piedmont College. This event is free and open to the public, but registration is requested.

"Home Grown, World Class: Georgia's Contributions to the Movement"

Join the Hargrett Library on Friday, September 20 at 3:00 p.m. for a talk with photographer Jason Thrasher, curator of the new exhibition Athens Potluck. His presentation will detail the story behind his 2017 book which inspired the exhibition, and his continued work with musicians in Athens, Georgia. This event is free and open to the public; a light reception will follow. Parking is available in the Hull Street Deck.

Join the Research and Computational Data Management department and UGA Carpentries for an R workshop on Data Wrangling with R, in person in the McBay Science Library, Room 217. This workshop will be led by Keiko Bridwell on September 18th at 4pm. 

Join The Georgia Review and UGA Press, in partnership with The Georgia Museum of Art, to celebrate recent books in our Georgia Review Books imprint.

This workshop provides an overview of python libraries and commands for text analytics. No prior experience necessary.