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Columns::January 27, 2003

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BREAKING GROUND (from left): Hank Huckaby, Gordhan Patel, Harry Dailey, Steve Wrigley, Michael F. Adams, Phil Gramm, Nancy Coverdell, Sonny Perdue, Arnett Mace, Tom Meredith, Jack Rooker and Max Burns took part in the ceremony marking start of construction of the Coverdell Center.

A fitting memorial:: Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences

A groundbreaking ceremony for the Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences was held Jan. 22. The program began in Mahler Auditorium of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education, where several speakers recalled the life of service of the late U.S. senator after whom the new building will be named.

Honors student and Foundation Fellow wins fellowship

Robin McGill

Robin McGill, a senior classics major from Marietta, has been awarded the Lionel Pearson Fellowship by the American Philological Association.
The fellowship is awarded to a single student each year; both American and Canadian classics students are eligible. The fellowship supports study at universities in England and Scotland.
Each participating university nominated one student. The four finalists were invited to the APA national convention in New Orleans earlier this month.

Red Priest goes for Baroque

The baroque ensemble called Red Priest will perform in Hodgson Hall Jan. 31. Red Priest is one of the major success stories on the early music scene today. Named after Vivaldi, the flame-haired priest of baroque Venice, this British ensemble has redefined the art of period performance, combining extensive research with swashbuckling virtuosity and compelling stagecraft.

Biology symposium focuses on plant, animal interactions

Several noted scientists, including a winner of a MacArthur “genius grant,” will speak at UGA during February as part of the sixth annual Winter Evolutionary Biology Symposium, this year focusing on interactions among and within plants and animals.
Each speaker will deliver two lectures. The Sunday evening presentations are geared more toward specialists in the field and are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. The Monday lectures, all scheduled for 11:10 a.m., are aimed at a general audience. All presentations will be in room C127 of the life sciences building, and all are open free to the public.

Robert Maier injects hydrogen into a suspension of Helicobactor pylori bacteria. He measures the rate of hydrogen depletion as the bacteria metabolize the hydrogen.

Treasure hunt: Peabody Program begins annual review process

On Jan. 13 at the Tate Student Center, UGA alumna and newly appointed Peabody Board chairwoman Betty Hudson addressed members of the Peabody review committees during the kickoff luncheon for the 62nd Peabody Awards. More than a thousand entries are expected this year from producing organizations around the world that are hoping to win the most coveted and prestigious prize in electronic media.
“The entire industry takes pause and gives enormous notice to our winners,” Hudson reminded the more than 75 UGA faculty, staff and students whose recommendations she called “crucial to the work the Peabody Board does.” She counseled the committees to “focus on programs that are original and thought-provoking, non-derivative works.”

UGA delegation begins project planning with Tunisian leaders

Takoi Hamrita, associate professor of biological and agricultural engineering, and Ed Simpson, Distinguished Public Service Fellow in the Institute of Higher Education, traveled to Tunisia over the year-end break as part of the next stage in a grant awarded to Hamrita by the U.S. Department of State this past fall. The nearly $300,000 grant established a partnership between UGA and the University System of Tunisia.
With an ambitious international project, Hamrita and Simpson believed it was important to discuss the project agenda with their partners.

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