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| Columns::October 20, 2003 Russell Symposium examines homeland security issues A legendary event: Homecoming celebration scheduled for Oct. 19-25 Great idea pays off: Accounts payable wins ‘best practices’ award Benefits enrollment period under way for UGA employees, retirees Four faculty members receive D.W. Brooks Awards Coffee perks: Researchers find that caffeine lessens muscle pain during vigorous workout New dual degree offered for UGA undergraduates Campus Closeup Update: Private Giving Making waves: Grady dean discusses media ownership requirements A record of time Campus News Newsmakers Maternal role conflict USA Today reported on research co-authored by UGA psychologist W. Keith Campbell regarding the strains on marriage of childbearing, especially for women. “We speculate that there is some role conflict going on,” he said, since women “are used to a professional life, a fun, active, entertaining life,” with which children interfere. The forgotten war The Miami Herald quoted William Stueck, UGA Research Professor of History, in a story on veterans’ observances of the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War. Because the Korean War was followed so soon by the similar conflict in Vietnam, he said, “the public angst tended to make Americans forget the Korean War even more.” Beyond the notorious The New Georgia Encyclopedia, a virtual encyclopedia being produced at UGA and expected online this fall, was featured in the New York Times. Rising demand, rising supply UGA livestock economists Curt Lacy and John McKissick were interviewed for an Associated Press story on rising prices for finer cuts of U.S. beef. The story ran in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Detroit News and elsewhere. “It appears that a good steak is very tasty to a lot of consumers,” McKissick said. “And apparently consumers are still smiling while they’re paying because beef demand continues to go up.” Cleaning up Danbury Science News reported on the phytoremediation project being carried out in Danbury, Conn., by UGA geneticist Richard Meagher and his team. They have planted transgenic trees to help clean up a toxic waste site. “We hope to see a significant difference in the levels of mercury in the soil within 18 months, perhaps as much as a two-fold reduction,” Meagher said. Older orphans Leonard W. Poon, director of UGA’s Gerontology Center, was quoted in a Sacramento Bee story on problems faced by “elderly orphans,” people who have outlived all their family. “We haven’t really thought about older orphans,” Poon said. “In our society, everyone takes care of themselves, and if your family is gone, what do you do?” The story was also carried in the Chicago Tribune and the Seattle Times. 15 minutes of fame? USA Today quoted UGA political scientist Charles Bullock on current attempts to rename Atlanta’s airport, named for Mayor William B. Hartsfield, after the recently deceased Mayor Maynard Jackson. “It says something about the temporal nature of fame,” Bullock said. “Thirty or 35 years after you’re gone, people forget who you are. There aren’t a whole lot of people around who remember you firsthand.” CNN also interviewed Bullock on the issue. |
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