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Paul Bertsch |
Paul Bertsch, director of UGA’s
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, has been appointed to two National
Academy of Sciences Committees: the U.S. National Committee for Soil
Science and the Committee on Earth Resources.
The U.S. National Committee for Soil Science represents the U.S. scientific
community in the International Union of Soil Sciences. The USNC/SS
promotes the enhancement of the soil sciences by strengthening the
United States’s contribution to the international scientific
community and informing the U.S. scientific community of soil science
activities carried out throughout the world.
The Committee on Earth Resources committee reviews development of
new activities relevant to mineral and energy resource affairs for
the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources. The committee is responsible
for providing analysis and recommendations relevant to the supply,
delivery, and associated impacts of and issues related to energy,
metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources. Bertsch will serve on
the NRC for a term of three years.
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Nash Boney |
F. Nash Boney, professor emeritus
of history, was awarded the Hugh McCall Award from the Georgia Association
of Historians.
The McCall Award recognizes lifetime achievement of scholarly attainment,
excellence in teaching and mentorship and other efforts in encouraging
the study of history.
A member of UGA’s history department from l963 until his retirement
in l998, Boney was recognized for “his 10 books and nearly 100
articles, many of them on Georgia—from slavery and the Civil
War to his pictorial histories of UGA; for his reputation as a very
popular teacher to hundreds of undergraduates and inspiring mentor
to dozens of graduate students over his career.”
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James Price, professor of pharmaceutics,
received the Research Achievement Award in Pharmaceutical Science
from the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Pharmaceutical
Research and Science.
The award recognizes Price’s research efforts in micro-encapsulation
and controlled-release technology.
Mary Sue Walser, program coordinator
in the Office of Special Academic Programs, has been appointed to
the advisory council of the Intel International Science and Engineering
Fair, the world’s largest pre-college celebration of science.
This honor is bestowed on individuals who are “making a significant
contribution to the science education of our youth and science fairs.”
As a member of the multicultural committee, Walser will make recommendations
for the promotion of multicultural interaction and integration at
the ISEF.
Held annually in May, the Intel ISEF brings together more than 1,200
students from more than 40 countries to compete for scholarships,
tuition grants, internships, scientific field trips and the grand
prize of a $50,000 college scholarship and a high-performance computer.
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