Law Library
The official name of this building is the Alexander Campbell King Law Library. However, the commonly recognized name for the building is the Law Library.
Law Library is acceptable on first reference.
Category: Capitalization
lectures
Put the full titles of lectures in quotation marks: The subject of his lecture is “The World of Ambrose Bierce.” Topics need no quotation marks: She will speak about the fiction of Ambrose Bierce. Capitalize lecture titles and lecture series titles, but not any preceding modifiers: She delivered the fourth annual Holmes-Hunter Lecture.
libraries
The university library program includes several separate libraries. The three major units (Main, Science and Law) are housed in three separate buildings. Refer to the system and the administrative unit as the University Libraries or UGA Libraries; UGA Libraries takes as singular verb (ex. “UGA Libraries is hiring a new director”.)
institutes
Capitalize on first and formal references.
On first reference in written publications for an external audience, preface the name of the institute or center with “the University of Georgia” unless the full university name has been used earlier.
Be wary of acronyms, initialisms or abbreviations that are regularly used within a given unit but are unfamiliar to wider audiences.
Visit the “More information” link below for a current list of UGA institutes.
On Second Reference
The name of the institute alone is acceptable but do not place the name before UGA in a sentence.
internet
Follow AP style, which lower cases the internet.
Institute for Women’s Studies
Capitalize the full, formal name of the institute, which is part of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. Use lower case for the subject area: The university offers a certificate in women’s studies.
On Second Reference
Use either the institute or women’s studies.
Fellow
For clarity, capitalize this honorary designation denoting outstanding achievement or service: He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.
fellowship
Use upper case for a named fellowship and lower case for generic use: She received a fellowship from the institution. He was awarded the Founders Fellowship in 1999.
endowed chair
dean’s list
Do not capitalize. A student who earns a 4.0 grade point average receives the designation Presidential Scholar for the semester; Presidential Scholars are not officially on the dean’s list of their school or college, although the two lists are distributed together.