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september 25, 2006

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Small conservation efforts pay off in big energy savings
As the cost of electricity, heating fuel and other energy sources continues to climb, the university is putting increased emphasis on reducing energy usage and lowering energy expenses.

In the last fiscal year UGA spent more than $28 million for energy and related utilities, and costs aren’t likely to go down, said Ken Crowe, assistant director for utilities in the physical plant division.

Lecturer will share ideas for helping African countries
Instead of pouring emergency relief money into Africa, Pedro A. Sanchez says that America needs to be teaching Africans to be self-sustainable.

Sanchez will share his ideas at this year’s D.W. Brooks Lecture at UGA as he speaks on “The African Green Revolution and the Millennium Villages Project.” The annual lecture and awards ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. Oct. 3 in Masters Hall of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel.

State representative: Community obligated to support scholarships
State Rep. Tyrone Brooks urged the community to provide more financial support for needy students earlier this month at the Black Faculty and Staff Organization’s fourth annual Founders Award Scholarship Luncheon.

Peach State Poll respondents: Immigration is good for country
Fifty-three percent of the state’s adult population believes that immigration is generally a good thing for the country today; 70 percent says that immigration has been a good thing for the U.S. in the past, according to the most recent Peach State Poll, a quarterly survey of public opinion conducted by UGA’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government.

Open house
Members of the UGA community helped kick off Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15 at an open house for the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute.

Lunch and learn: Financial education seminars offered for employees
Faculty and staff members seeking financial advice are in luck: The College of Family and Consumer Sciences and the Georgia Federal Credit Union are teaming up to present eight free seminars about money management.

Each session is geared specifically for university employees. They last about 40 minutes a piece and take place at noon on Wednesdays from Sept. 27 to Nov. 15 in the Tate Student Center.

Digital library makes fire insurance maps available online
Historical fire insurance maps for more than 100 Georgia towns and cities are now accessible online via the Digital Library of Georgia (dlg.galileo.usg.edu/sanborn).

The collection consists of 4,445 maps by the Sanborn Map Co. depicting commercial, industrial and residential areas for 133 municipalities.

'Welcome' attention
The Institute for Women’s Studies hosted a welcome reception for new women faculty members earlier this month.

Migraine study may improve care in and outside of emergency rooms
Migraines sufferers want relief fast.

The debilitating effects of a migraine can seriously impair quality of life, disrupting work and family time. If patients have been properly diagnosed by their primary care physicians, they probably have appropriate medication on hand. If not, they may head to the nearest hospital emergency room and that could become a problem.

Athens tree canopy study paves the way for Southeastern project
With startling growth rates in the 16-county metro Atlanta area, there is a loss of 54 acres of trees and a gain of 28 acres of hard surface daily.

Exchange partners: 4-H program allows families to share, exchange culture
The Stubbs family spent their summer vacation the typical way: trips to Six Flags Over Georgia, Zoo Atlanta, Stone Mountain and a Braves’ game. Having Japanese student Chinami Irikura along, though, sometimes made it feel like their first trip.

Campus scenes


	Around Academe • Harvard, Princeton universities will drop early acceptance programs • University of Illinois goes online
	Research News 'Footloose wanderers': New understanding of parasite cell structures may provide potential treatments for serious tropical diseases in humans
	Digest • 'Forgotten Patriot' exhibition on display • Visiting artists from India to speak on business of art, discuss GMOA exhibition • UGA football player to be a part of the 2006 national Good Works Team
	UGA Guide • Documentary about slain journalist will debut at Peabody Conversation
	Faculty Profile Schnavia Smith Hatcher, School of Social Work

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