A fitting memorial
U.S. Senators Zell Miller, D-Ga., and Phil Gramm, R-Texas, came to UGA Jan. 12 to announce plans to memorialize the late Sen. Paul Coverdell with a $40 million science center at the university that will help scientists from different fields collaborate on improving the food supply, cleaning up the environment and finding cures for disease.
$2.45 million NSF grant
will strengthen math grad programs
The National Science Foundation has awarded a five-year, $2.45 million grant to UGA’s department of mathematics as part of a national program to strengthen university math departments. Officials in the math department call the grant the single most significant event there in the past two decades.
Competitive edge
Many universities get 500 applicants--or more--for a single tenure-track assistant professor position, and the competition can be savage. So would-be professors are always asking themselves this: What is my edge? How can I compete?
One way is a new program sponsored by the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and the Institute of Higher Education, a program that hires beginning scholars for one to three years to help them hone their teaching skills. Now in its second year, the Postdoctoral Teaching Fellows Program was the first of its kind in the country.
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Former U.S. senator will share
his political experiences
at Charter Lecture
 From his election as Tennessee’s first Republican senator in 1966 through his tenure as President Ronald Reagan’s chief of staff 20 years later, Howard H. Baker Jr. had a role in many of America’s critical policy decisions in the latter part of the 20th century.
Budget proposal includes
4.5 percent pool for raises
A 4.5 percent salary increase pool headlines University of Georgia initiatives contained within Gov. Roy Barnes’s state budget proposal for fiscal year 2002, announced in his address to the General Assembly Jan. 11. The salary proposal is half-again larger than last year’s 3 percent pool.
A Renaissance in Public Affairs
The proposal for a new School of Public and International Affairs has attracted considerable attention among those on campus and beyond who seek to improve the state of governance and civic education in the United States. The rising complexity of public affairs, the decline of citizenship (reflected in lower voting rates and rising distrust of government), and the need to foster a global outlook provide the university with an important educational opportunity. The school will offer new degrees in international affairs and public policy, along with a more extensive interdisciplinary curriculum.
Tokyo String Quartet
to give free concert
The Tokyo String Quartet, one of the most highly regarded chamber ensembles in the world, will perform Jan. 26 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Hall in the Performing Arts Center. The concert is part of the Franklin College Chamber Music series and thus there is no admission charge.
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