The institute, formerly known as the Institute for Behavioral Research, was renamed in 2011 for the late Bill Owens, its founding director, and his wife, Barbara.
the Owens Institute or the institute.
Acceptable on first reference for the Carl Vinson Institute of Government.
Institute of Government or Vinson Institute.
Second reference for the William A. and Barbara R. Owens Institute for Behavioral Research.
Historic complex of buildings on Milledge Avenue, originally a girls’ school; houses the Vinson Institute of Government.
Research unit on Sapelo Island, a unit of the School of Marine Programs.
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Do not use. The institute has been renamed the James M. Cox Jr. Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management and Leadership.
Fanning Institute.
The full, formal name for the training, research and outreach unit in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
The institute has extended its mission to focus on innovation, management and leadership as digital technologies transform the organization, practices and management of journalistic enterprises.
the Cox Institute or the institute.
Capitalize on first and/or 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.
Note that some institutes are, in fact, academic departments within a school or college, while most are multidisciplinary or independent of departmental affiliation. Second reference terminology is suggested here only when it differs from “the institute.” Be wary of acronyms, initialisms or abbreviations that are regularly used within a given unit but are unfamiliar to wider audiences.
Institutes must be approved by the board of regents and University Council.
Institutes and centers differ in focus. A center provides an organizational base for research and a structure for extramural funding; a center is not an autonomous structure and is not involved in independently offering credit courses or degree programs. An institute shares a center’s focus but has a more formalized structure, may be an autonomous unit and offers credit courses and possibly degree programs.
The name of the institute alone is acceptable but do not place the name before UGA in a sentence.