Making policy crystal clear
UGA has taken a step toward becoming a leader in the field with the recent establishment of the River Basin Science and Policy Center. The new center, which involves more than 50 faculty members from 16 academic areas at UGA, affiliated units and governmental agencies, was approved by the University Council on Sept. 28. Final approval by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents is expected soon.
Metamorphosis
How can a butterfly change the way a child views the importance of scientific investigation? The answer may be surprising. Through the collaborative efforts of the State Botanical Garden and UGA, 20 elementary and middle school teachers from northeast Georgia received the knowledge necessary to answer this question.
From welfare to work
Moving individuals from welfare to work has become a major policy activity for state officials since the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act overhauled the nation’s welfare system in 1996. The most recent paper in the Carl Vinson Institute’s Public Policy Research Series presents a descriptive profile of the remaining TANF recipients to help officials make more informed decisions in this complex policy arena.
Columns recently talked with Ed Risler and Larry Nackerud, two of the authors, about the relevance of their work to welfare policy.
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Health insurance enrollment begins; more info on the way
 During the week of Oct. 16, the Human Resources Division will begin mailing to all active and retired faculty and staff members documents that should provide all the information necessary to select a new health plan.
First international ethnobiology conference in U.S. convenes here
The first-ever meeting in the United States of the International Congress of Ethnobiology will be held at the University of Georgia Oct. 23-27, bringing together scientists and indigenous people from around the globe to discuss “Ethnobiology, Biocultural Diversity and Benefits Sharing.”
New book looks at business in Georgia
The most extensive book of business statistics published in Georgia is now available for 2000, accompanied for the first time by a special CD-ROM.
Published every two years by the Selig Center for Economic Growth in the Terry College of Business, the Georgia Statistical Abstract contains economic and demographic information ranging from consumer prices to crop yields.
University Theatre presents premiere
The next University Theatre production will be The Bridegroom of Blowing Rock by M.F.A. student playwright Catherine Trieschmann. The play will be performed in the Cellar Theatre of the Fine Arts Building at 8 p.m. Oct. 18-21 and 2:30 p.m. Oct. 21-22.
The Bridegroom of Blowing Rock is set in southern Appalachia and tells the darkly comic story of young people trying to shape their lives and loves in the aftershock of the Civil War.
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