| | News | | University projects receive $4.72 million in federal funding
 | UGA scientists are developing a biorefinery that will be an environmentally sound alternative to crude oil refineries. | Despite a tight year for discretionary funding in the federal budget, the university did very well in direct congressional appropriations for fiscal year 2005, according to J. Griffin Doyle, director of federal relations at UGA.
“Direct earmarks to UGA of some $4.72 million reflect the hard work of the Georgia delegation on our behalf as well as the high quality of UGA’s research and outreach activities,” Doyle says.
In addition, Congress included report language in the bill—so called “soft” earmarks—that endorse and recommend specific projects, for which university researchers must now submit proposals to the respective federal agency. The agencies will make the final decision as to the level of funding each project warrants. |  | | | Vet med dean will retire next February
Keith W. Prasse, who has been dean of UGA’s College of Veterinary Medicine for eight years, has announced that he will retire from the university early next year.
| | Boynton retiring after 34 years in public safety
When Asa Boynton began law enforcement work at the University of Georgia in 1969, his big problems were panty raids, streaking and student demonstrations. Today he’s devising ways to protect the university against terrorism. | Portrait of late law school professor unveiled
The family of the late Larry Blount were on hand for the unveiling of his portrait late last month in the School of Law. | Lineup announced for UGA’s first Osborne classic film festival
The films have been selected and the special guests have been invited to the first Robert Osborne’s Classic Film Festival slated for Jan. 27–30 at the Classic Center in downtown Athens. | Deadly soybean disease confirmed in state of Georgia
A soybean disease that has caused major problems for farmers worldwide is now in Georgia. And it’s probably here to stay. Georgia farmers will have to learn to deal with it, says a UGA expert. | Grant funds project using DNA to detect pathogens on seeds
Using DNA technology, UGA scientists are working to develop a quicker, easier way to detect pathogens on plant seeds. | Civic duty: Education professor coordinates state program to teach young people to be responsible citizens
Teaching today’s young people to be responsible and aware citizens is a critical part of their education, says education professor John Hoge, who is the new state coordinator for “We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution,” a nationally acclaimed program that seeks to do just that. | Researchers offer explanation for decline in state’s blue crab population
Two researchers at the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography in Savannah have offered an explanation for the recent decline in Georgia’s blue crab population that has devastated one of the state’s most important coastal fisheries. | The big 4-0
Institute of Higher Education observes four decades of study. | Petals to the medal
The Botanical Garden’s first 5K race, held Nov. 20, was created and organized as a class project by four students in the Institute for Leadership Advancement. | | |  | | Around Academe
• ‘420 Rally’ students paid $15,000
• Create Act law encourages collaborative research | | Worth repeating
• Justine Tally, University of La Laguna, Canary Islands, | | Outreach News
Civic duty: Education professor coordinates state program to teach young people to be responsible citizens | | Digest
• Rhetoric program named tops in nation
•Grad School receives $200,000 grant
• Botanical Garden wants cells phones | | UGA Guide
• Schneider, AAC&U president, will deliver annual McBee Lecture Dec. 8 | | Faculty Profile
• Alexandra Brewis-Slade, anthropology | | The big 4-0
Institute of Higher Education observes four decades of study | |
