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JANUARY 24, 2005

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Update: Private Giving

Administrative changes

News

Alumni Association lecture marks Founders’ Day ceremony

Ron Carlson

The UGA Alumni Association will mark UGA’s 220th anniversary Jan. 27 with the annual Founders’ Day Lecture at 3 p.m. in the Chapel.

Ronald L. Carlson, emeritus professor in the School of Law, will present the lecture, titled “Dramatic Moments in the Pursuit of Justice.” Carlson, who held the Fuller E. Callaway Chair in the law school, is an authority on evidence, trial practice and criminal procedure and is often contacted by state and national news media for expert commentary on high-profile court cases.

Study: UGA has $2 billion impact on Athens economy
A recently released study says the University System of Georgia has a $9.7 billion annual economic impact on the state, a $1.7 billion increase since a similar study was conducted in 2002. Of the system’s 34 member institutions, the University of Georgia has the single greatest economic impact on its host community.

University’s original charter on display following restoration, conservation work
The original charter of the first state university will be displayed Jan. 27 following restoration and conservation work.

Family portrait
KC, the cow cloned by UGA scientists from a kidney cell collected from a dead cow, gave birth to a normal calf, Sunshine, on Dec. 26.

Education task force schedules two discussion forums
The Task Force for General Education and Student Learning has scheduled two forums to allow faculty and students to provide ideas and suggestions for the group’s work.

Applying themselves
With just a week until the Feb. 1 deadline to apply for the freshman class that will enter in 2005, the Undergraduate Admissions office is in high gear.

Process of elimination: Researchers identify lipid that could improve safety of stem cell transplants
A lipid that helps destroy potentially harmful cells during brain development shows promise for improving the safety and efficacy of stem cell transplants, say researchers at the Medical College of Georgia and University of Georgia.

Meeting of the minds
This year’s PSO conference focuses on academic service learning.

Service with a smile
Making the Martin Luther King holiday “A Day On, Not a Day Off,” volunteers worked to clean up Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery in Athens.


	Around Academe •BC prof accused of plagiarism • Study: Law students not prepared for job search after graduation • Group against affirmative action moves for ban in college admissions • Government Accountability Office sued over cuts in men’s sports

	Research News Process of elimination: Researchers identify lipid that could improve safety of stem cell transplants

	Digest • UGA, Spelman extend agreement • Georgia Farm Bureau endows lectures • Screening raises more than $6,600

	UGA Guide • Pianist Martin Kasik performs with Prague Symphony Orchestra

	Campus Closeup Bryan Ruff, food services

	Meeting of the minds This year’s PSO conference focuses on academic service learning

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