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Columns::September 3, 2002

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Three are named GUC undergraduate program directors

Directors have been named for the three new undergraduate degree programs being offered by the University of Georgia at the Gwinnett University Center starting this fall. The programs represent an expansion of UGA’s offerings in Gwinnett, which have previously included graduate degree programs and continuing education classes and certificate programs.

The Burden of Care: Study shows mothers’ depression affects children’s well-being

Children with chronically painful illnesses are frequently depressed, as anyone might expect. The problems for young people facing such diseases as cancer or rheumatoid arthritis are complex, but how their mothers feel about themselves may play an important role in their children’s well-being.
That’s one finding in a study of 59 chronically ill children, led by psychologist Gail Williamson and published this past summer in the journal Health Psychology.

New NSF pilot project will produce ‘gene encyclopedias’

The National Science Foundation Partnerships for Innovation program has awarded a grant to UGA for a new initiative that will unite genetic research with economic growth. Aptly named Genes for Georgia, this effort will allow UGA scientists to map out genes of plants and animals important to Georgia agriculture and make this information accessible to regional agricultural and biotechnology industries. The total award is $600,000 for two years.
“This award will enable our scientists to explore genomes of high economic value,” says provost Karen Holbrook, who is the lead investigator on the award. Participation of a senior institutional administrator is an unusual requirement for this particular NSF program.

Chick-fil-A Express holds grand opening at Tate Student Center: The grand opening of the Chick-fil-A Express, operated by UGA food service, at the Bulldog Cafe was held Aug. 26 in the Tate Student Center. Company president Dan Cathy (right) joined the Chick-fil-A Cow, Hairy Dawg, UGA food service director Mike Floyd (center) and Chick-fil-A Beechwood franchise operator Shane Todd (left) for a ribbon-cutting and first-bite ceremony. The company sponsors the Chick-fil-A Leadership Scholarship Program for current and former employees who are attending college. To date, the program has awarded $332,500 to UGA students alone. The Beechwood Chick-fil-A has had 14 scholarship recipients from UGA, and the Georgia Square Mall location has had 33. (Photo by Kim Cretors)

‘Bridges to the Doctorate’ NIH grant will support graduate education of minority students at UGA

The College of Pharmacy has received $595,000 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health to support graduate education of minority students. The “Bridges to the Doctorate” grant will fund an interdisciplinary, inter-institutional program designed to increase the number of minority graduates in the biomedical sciences, with the ultimate goal of making UGA a regional center for the training of minority, or underrepresented, students.
“Our efforts are in support of the university’s strategic goal to increase minority student education on campus,” says Doug Boudinot, associate dean of the Graduate School.

Life’s an open book

The Art of the Book. 20 Years of Art and Design from the

University of Georgia Press, a collection of some of the award-winning book designs of the UGA Press, will be on view at the Georgia Museum of Art through Sept. 30. At the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library on the third floor of the main library is an exhibition called Bound Round: Metal, Plastic, Leather, Fabric, Wood and Other Non-Traditional Bookbindings, and the Lamar Dodd School of Art will open an exhibition called Of Age: 21 Years of Books at the Green Street Press on Sept. 6.

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