Vet medicine offers annual open house
The College of Veterinary Medicine will hold its annual open house April 17 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Open free to the public, the open house features programs and exhibits for all ages.

Throughout the day, visitors will see demonstrations of veterinary CPR, dog obedience, equine endoscopy, sheep shearing, horse shoeing, cow milking, surgery and wildlife. Exhibits will feature animal behavior, animal welfare, career opportunities, exotic pets, feline leukemia, heartworm disease, in-vitro fertilization in cattle, pet nutrition and radiology.

During the popular teddy-bear surgery, veterinary students will examine and operate on teddy bears and other stuffed animals in need of repair. There will also be a petting zoo for children.

The annual dog show will be held during the afternoon. Dogs and their owners will compete for prizes in several categories.

The seventh annual Doggie Dash Run/Walk will be held April 18 at 9 a.m. at Lake Herrick. Proceeds from the one-mile event will benefit the Sundown Surgery fund, which covers the cost of surgery for pets whose owners are unable to afford treatment. Pre-registration fee is $10 before April 17 and $12 the day of the race. Entry forms are available at the Ramsey Center and the Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

For more information, call 542-5384.

Georgia Review in the running: The American Society of Magazine Editors has announced that the Georgia Review is one of five finalists for the 1998 National Magazine Award in Fiction, along with the Atlantic Monthly, DoubleTake, Harper's and the New Yorker. The Review won the NMA fiction award in 1986; the 1998 nomination marks the eighth time in 14 years that the journal has been a fiction finalist. The Review has also been a finalist twice for the essays and criticism award and once in the single-topic issue category.

Each fiction entry consists of three short stories published during 1997, with judging based on the overall quality of the entry. The Review'sentry consisted of "The Ninth, in E Minor" by Frederick Busch, "Among the Azores" by David W. Lavender and "The Letters of Heaven" by Barry Lopez.

The winner of the fiction award and the 14 other NMA awards will be announced at the 32nd annual NMA ceremonies in New York April 29.

Blum speaks at pharmacy conference: UGA alumna and Pulitzer Prize winner Deborah Blum, author of The Monkey Wars and Sex on the Brain: The Biological Difference Between Men and Women, will be the featured luncheon speaker at a conference on Research Outcomes in Women's Health sponsored by the College of Pharmacy. The conference is scheduled for April 16­18 in the Georgia Center for Continuing Education and includes numerous workshops and presentations dealing with research in women's health topics. Blum's speech is at noon on April 16. For registration information, call the Georgia Center at 542-2134.

Science and engineering fair returns: The Georgia Science and Engineering Fair will celebrate its 50th anniversary at Stegeman Coliseum April 1618. Projects and experiments in 13 categories will be exhibited by 750 junior and senior high school students from throughout the state. Exhibitors are divided into a senior division (grades 9­12) and a junior division (grades 6­8).

In addition to the grand award prizes, GSEF entrants will compete for more than $45,000 in prizes and awards honoring best achievements in specific scientific areas. The exhibits will be judged on creativity, scientific thought and engineering goals, thoroughness and clarity.

The public is invited to view the exhibits on April 17, 9 a.m.­7 p.m. The winners will be announced during the award ceremony at the coliseum April 18 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Grand award winners will be announced at the end of the program.

UGA prepares for Athens rock concert: At press time, planning continued for the Athens band Widespread Panic to give a free concert April 18 on Washington Street downtown, sponsored by the Athens Downtown Development Authority. With the potential crowd estimated at 25,000 or more, university officials are working with the local government to manage impact on campus facilities and competing events. City buses will operate shuttles to downtown from campus parking lots on Hull Street and east of the River Road loop. Recreational vehicles will be limited to those lots. Residence-hall parking and lots serving scheduled events at the Performing Arts Center, the law school, Stegeman Coliseum and Foley Field will be protected. Other campus lots will be open on a first-come first-served basis after 5 p.m. Friday. Existing policies regarding visitation in residence halls and prohibiting solicitation and vending, littering and camping on campus will be enforced.