Practice makes fluent
An education professor at UGA is leading a collaborative project that has received a $5 million federal grant to find a way to improve reading fluency in young children.
Fluency in reading is one of the subtle steps in a child’s development that is crucial to learning science and social studies in later grades, says Steven Stahl, a professor of reading education. Stahl has spent much of the past several years studying how early elementary school students develop fluency in reading. The new study will be a five-year project involving more than 400 students in 27 different classrooms at schools in Atlanta and Athens and in Brunswick, N.J.
Clearing
another path
UGA chemists have developed a new method of synthesizing the principal constituent units of heparin, a widely used anti-coagulant that is thought to be involved in numerous biological processes with proteins.
Since heparin (or its components) is involved with coagulation, growth factor activation and cell adhesion, the research could lead to novel ways to fight disease or improve human health.
UGA’s ‘Mr. Climate’
 David Stooksbury joined the department of biological and agricultural engineering in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences last year as an assistant professor and climatologist for the state of Georgia. With two bachelor’s degrees and a master’s from UGA (and a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia), he says he’s come home. He recently talked with Columns about his responsibilities and interests.
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Anthony Brantley appointed associate VP for human resources, to begin in January
 Anthony G. Brantley, who has held the top human resources position at two North Carolina colleges in the past 10 years, has been chosen to be the new associate vice president for human resources at the University of Georgia.
Brantley, currently the assistant vice president for business administration and director of human resources at Davidson College, in Davidson, N.C., will succeed Loretta Harper, who left UGA this fall to become vice president for human resources at the University of Utah.
Senior Judge Horace Ward to recall UGA desegregation battle in Sibley Lecture
 Horace Ward wanted the University of Georgia, but the University of Georgia didn’t want him. Ward, who 50 years ago became the first African American to seek admission to the state-supported institution, will recall the battle to desegregate UGA in the School of Law’s 92nd Sibley Lecture on Oct. 31 at 4 p.m. in the Chapel. The lecture and reception which follows are open to the public without an admission charge.
Vet prof demonstrates value of support organizations to those with disabilities
As the kickoff speaker at UGA’s Campaign for Charities opening breakfast, Linda Medleau, a faculty member in the College of Veterinary Medicine, left hungry listeners with more on their plate than just biscuits and gravy. Linda Medleau’s life story was not just inspiring--it inspired action.
'Ancient music'
Andrew Manze (above) will direct the Academy of Ancient Music, as well as performing the violin solos, when the Academy performs Nov. 3 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Hall.s before concerts).
On F.I.R.E.
Bonnie Rideout returns Nov. 4 to the Performing Arts Center following her sold-out performance with the Celtic group Hesperus in 1999. She is one of the most fiery Scottish fiddlers of our time.
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