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Columns::May 20, 2002

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Expanding horizons

The university plans to significantly expand study-abroad opportunities for its students with the purchase of residential facilities in Italy and Costa Rica through two of its affiliated foundations. Leases from those foundations received regents’ approval earlier this month.
In 1999, UGA became the first public university in the United States to own a residential facility in Oxford, England. The purchases of the Casa di Reposo in Cortona, Italy, and the Ecolodge San Luis and Research Station in Costa Rica will similarly provide permanent residential and academic facilities, allowing both programs to expand.

Institute’s first Spring Symposium will deal with cancer, research

The university’s Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute will host its first Spring Symposium, titled “Cancer Research in Georgia,” on June 3 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
“The purpose of the symposium is to foster communication and collaboration between cancer-related research and treatment programs in Georgia,” says Michael Pierce, a UGA biochemistry professor and one of the chief organizers of the event. “If we can find out what other institutions are doing for cancer research, we can better mobilize our efforts.”

Museum presents retrospective of major Georgia painter

The work of the well-traveled and well-educated Lucy May

Lucy May Stanton, Aunt Lou, 1931. Watercolor on ivory. Collection of artist's family.

Stanton returns home to Athens and the Georgia Museum of Art for a stunning retrospective of this Georgian’s career when The Art of Lucy May Stanton opens May 25.
A native of Atlanta, Stanton (1876-1931), remembered in local circles for her broadly painted miniature watercolor portraits on ivory, was a proficient painter of large-scale figurative works, still lifes, and landscapes. Few Georgia artists rival the national stature she achieved. Her works are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the National Portrait Gallery and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

NASULGC examines challenges of ag education, research

UGA will host the fourth in a series of listening sessions for the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges’ Food and Society Project and National Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research June 3 at the Tate Student Center. This session will bring together leaders in land-grant institutions throughout the South to talk about the challenges that face the agricultural education and research system.

Closed since May 13, Baldwin Street will open in mid-June but will close again for three weeks starting July 15 for a complete resurfacing.

Safety improvements begin on Baldwin Street, Sanford Drive

Most of Baldwin Street and a portion of Sanford Drive closed to vehicle traffic May 13 for work that will significantly improve safety for both pedestrians and motorists.
The section of Baldwin between Jackson and Lumpkin streets will be closed for four weeks while sidewalks are moved back from the street, a raised pedestrian crossing is installed at the intersection of Baldwin and Sanford, and a “gathering space” is created for pedestrians waiting to cross Baldwin.
The street will open in mid-June, but will close again for three weeks starting July 15 for a complete resurfacing.

Three changes to retirement system become law on July 1

Three bills regarding the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia passed the 2002 General Assembly and are expected to be signed into law by Gov. Roy E. Barnes to become effective July 1.
The first, HB210s, applies to K-12 public school retirees who retired prior to Jan. 1, 2002, at age 60 or greater, with 30 or more years’ service. They will be allowed, under certain specific conditions, to return to full-time teaching without penalizing their TRS benefits.

University Council adopts calendar for 2003-04 school year

In its final meeting of the academic year, the University Council approved creation of three new centers for specialized study, adopted a calendar for the 2003-04 academic year, and rejected an attempt to delay implementation of the university’s new parking plan until it receives council approval.

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