Kowal selected NCAA Woman of the Year

Science library closes during renovation

Scholarship funds international travel

Out of bounds
At his regular media briefing on Oct. 12, President Michael F. Adams read a statement about fan misbehavior at the preceding Saturday’s football game against the University of Tennessee and reported on his meeting with the presidents of other Southeastern Conference colleges the following Monday.

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A Hire Calling
In one of the first research studies of its kind, UGA sociologists have now found that headhunters may be more vulnerable than previously thought to the ties that bind them to the corporate world.

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'Fresh look'

Henry M. Huckaby, who had most recently been directing UGA’s Institute of Government, succeeded Allan Barber as senior vice president for finance and administration at the beginning of this fiscal year. Earlier he had served many years in state government, including four years as director of the Office of Planning and Budget. He discussed with Columns the issues on which the Division of Finance and Administration is focusing this year.

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Series of events planned
to mark 40th anniversary
of desegregation
January of 2001 marks 40 years since the University of Georgia was desegregated following a protracted legal battle that ultimately resulted in the admission of two African-American students: Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes.
To mark the anniversary, a committee is planning a series of events on Tuesday, Jan. 9, the day after spring semester classes begin.

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Prof to lead $5.5 million federal project to improve reading by young children
A collaborative project led by a UGA education professor has been awarded a $5.5 million federal grant. The five-year project focuses on improving young children’s reading achievement.

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Grad school dean named interim research VP
Gordhan L. Patel, dean of UGA’s Graduate School, will serve as interim vice president for research while a search is under way to find someone to fill the post permanently.

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Charter Lecturer to look at nature-nurture debate
A Pulitzer Prize-winning author who argues that the key to human evolution is environmental factors, not biological differences, will present the fall Charter Lecture Oct. 24.
Jared Diamond, whose 1997 book Guns, Germs and Steel won worldwide acclaim as one of the most definitive studies on the development of human history, will speak at 4 p.m. in the Chapel. His talk, titled “Why Did Human History Unfold Differently on Different Continents for the Last 13,000 Years?” is open free to the public.

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