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SEPTEMBER 7, 2004

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Update: Private Giving

Administrative changes

News

UGA joins effort to enhance engineering education nationally

The University of Georgia will join in a $10 million multi-institution grant from the National Science Foundation to start an NSF center that focuses on engineering and technology education.

The center will develop a community of university and K–12 educators who can engage significant numbers of students effectively in learning engineering and technology concepts.

$3.9 million NSF grant will fund study of plant cell walls
A four-year, $3.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation will allow UGA scientists to develop new tools to study the genes and enzymes that make plant cell wall materials and to investigate cell wall structure.

Twenty-nine undergraduates spend summer break on research projects
Twenty-nine UGA students were awarded summer fellowships through the Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities this year. They worked on research projects in disciplines ranging from literature to genetics.

Open-door policy: Volunteer UGA cuts ribbon on new space
Pat Daugherty, assistant vice president for student affairs, Joslyn DiRamio, coordinator of Volunteer UGA, and Willie Banks, interim director of student activities, cut the ribbon to officially open Volunteer UGA in the Tate Student Center.

The road less traveled: Construction causes traffic congestion, delays on Lumpkin Street
By next summer, it’ll be much safer and easier to drive, walk and bike on South Lumpkin Street. But until then, be prepared for traffic delays and congestion as work continues on the busy thoroughfare.

Cultural experience: Educators, extension agents tour Costa Rica to better understand Georgia’s growing Latino population
From June 8 through 23 this summer, 14 Georgia teachers and principals and five agricultural extension agents traveled through Costa Rica for a two-week seminar called “Culture and Content in Costa Rica.”

Good works
By Bellsouth, the Rev. Joseph Lowery and UGA employees.


	Around Academe • MIT hires its first female president • MPAA seeks to curb film piracy

	Worth Repeating • The Rev. Joseph Lowery, co-founder and president emeritus, Southern Christian Leadership Conference

	Research News Cultural experience: Educators, extension agents tour Costa Rica to better understand Georgia’s growing Latino population

	Digest • Disability Services gets $30,000 grant • Graduate school’s initiatives pay off •Poll: Georgians’ views of economy differ

	UGA Guide • Center for Humanities and Arts observes Day for the Humanities

	Faculty Profile • Bob Teskey, forest resources

	Questions&Answers Up and running:Institute for Native American Studies offers undergraduate, graduate certificate programs

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