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Columns::February 24, 2003

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Charlayne Hunter-Gault to deliver Darl Snyder Lecture

Hunter-Gault

Charlayne Hunter-Gault will deliver the 11th annual Darl Snyder Lecture on Feb. 28 at 2 p.m. in Mahler Auditorium at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. The lecture is sponsored by UGA’s African Studies Institute and is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the lecture.
In 1961, Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes became the first African-American students admitted to UGA. During the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of desegregation at UGA two years ago, the Academic Building where she and Holmes registered for classes was renamed the Holmes-Hunter Academic Building.

Former Met stage director will direct ‘Butterfly’ in Athens

The Athena Grand Opera Company will present two performances of one of Puccini’s best-known operas, Madama Butterfly, Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. and March 2 at 3 p.m. Performances are at the Classic Center Theatre in downtown Athens. Tickets are $15-$45 and are available by phone by calling the Classic Center box office at 357-4444.
Several “Conversations about Opera” are scheduled in advance of the opening, to help the audience enjoy the production.

Fisheries biologist Douglas Peterson will be working to reintroduce lake sturgeon to Georgia rivers. Because of overfishing, pollution and the sturgeon’s slow maturity and reproductive rates, the fish hasn’t been seen in some rivers for nearly 20 years.

Sturgeon resurgence: Fisheries researchers receive five-year grant to help reintroduce the ancient, native fish to state’s rivers

UGA fisheries researchers have received a five-year $299,912 grant from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to help in the agency’s efforts to restore an ancient native fish to Georgia rivers.
Lake sturgeon, the largest freshwater fish in North America, once swam U.S. waters from the Great Lakes south to the Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee rivers. They extended as far south as the Coosa River drainage in north Georgia, including such major tributaries as the Etowah and Oostnaula rivers. The large, slow-moving fish feed off the bottom, sifting through mud and silt in search of worms and insects. They haven’t been seen in the Coosa River for nearly 20 years--mostly, experts say, because of overfishing, pollution and the sturgeon’s slow maturity and reproductive rates.

Center for Reproductive Law, Policy director will give Edith House Lecture

On the heels of the 30th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s controversial Roe v. Wade decision, Kathy Hall-Martinez, director of the international program of the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy in New York City, will deliver the 21st annual Edith House Lecture entitled “Using Legal Strategies to Promote Women’s Reproductive Rights: Achievements and Challenges.” The lecture will be given on March 3 at 4 p.m. in the newly renovated classroom A at the School of Law. It is free and open to the public.

Georgett Anderson studies in the large common room lounge of the light-filled building at the Gwinnett Center.

UGA degree programs expand this fall at Gwinnett University Center

The university will expand its offerings at the Gwinnett University Center in Lawrenceville with the addition of three new bachelor’s degree programs in fall 2003. The programs include an interdisciplinary studies degree with an emphasis in social sciences offered through UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, and teacher certification programs in science education and special education offered through UGA’s College of Education.
In fall 2002, UGA initiated bachelor’s degree programs in business, science and education at the Gwinnett University Center, in addition to the master’s degree programs and continuing education courses the university has been offering in Gwinnett since the mid-1980s.

Asia conference opens March 1

The seventh annual Asian Urbanization Conference will take place at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education March 1-3, according to Associate Dean Clifton Pannell of UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, one of the event’s organizers.
The conference brings together specialists from around the world who seek a greater understanding of urbanization processes and forms in Asia. It also serves as this year’s miniconference for UGA’s department of geography.

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