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APRIL 11, 2005

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Update: Private Giving

Administrative changes

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Grateful remembrance: Dedication set for Memorial Garden
A new memorial garden to remember students, faculty, staff and alumni who died in service to their country and democracy will be dedicated on April 13 at 11 a.m. The garden and a Book of Remembrance, which were funded by private donations, are located near the corner of Baldwin Street and Sanford Drive.

Show and tell: Annual undergraduate research symposium opens April 11
More than 150 undergraduate research presentations will be made by students from UGA and other Georgia universities at the Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities Symposium on April 11–12 at the Tate Student Center. Poster sessions and a student exhibition of performing and visual arts also will be featured during the two-day event, which is free and open to the public.

New NIH grant aims to fight obesity epidemic in workplace
Burgeoning American waistlines pose health risks to individuals and also reduce productivity and raise healthcare costs for businesses. A new study in the College of Public Health aims to create workplace environments that help fight the obesity epidemic.

UGA graduate programs remain strong in annual magazine ranking
UGA’s graduate programs remain strong, according to the latest issue of “America’s Best Graduate Schools” published by U.S. News and World Report.

Theory into practice: Education professor teaches students how to meld service learning with experience
Education professor Richard Kiely is teaching his students how to join the theory behind service learning with experience—how to combine thought with action.

Identity crisis: Researchers use PEET grants to raise profile of taxonomy in scientific community
Partnerships in Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy, or PEET, is a special National Science Foundation program intended to raise the profile of taxonomy in the scientific community. Three UGA researchers who have PEET grants talked with Columns about what the grants mean for their research.

Coming to Africa
More than 300 people attended this year’s African Nite, where they were treated to a show of traditional African fashions, foods and performances.


	Around Academe • TV host gives $1M to Northwestern • Berkeley warns of possible data theft

	Instructional News Theory into practice: Education professor teaches students how to meld service learning with experience

	Digest • Marine sciences prof wins NSF award • Rec, leisure studies graduates post pass rate of 100% on certification exam • Housing debuts online roommate search

	UGA Guide • Banshee’s Wail of Celtic music will fill Hodgson Hall on April 15

	Campus Closeup Suzi Wong, English

	Identity crisis Researchers use PEET grants to raise profile of taxonomy in scientific community

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