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	november 20, 2006
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	Former VP will take part in upcoming Carter conference
	'Economic driver': University submits proposal to local redevelopment authority to turn Navy School property into a Health Sciences Center
	Former World Bank Group director will discuss shaping global markets
	Annual health, insurance enrollment period opens for eligible faculty, staff, retirees
	Mercury rising
	University employees volunteer to record textbooks for blind, dyslexic
	Study: Social exclusion changes brain function, can lead to poor decision-making
	Spam over snail: UGA study reveals e-mail advertising more annoying than direct mail
	Employees can collaborate to reduce spam on UGA campus
	Nine doctoral students receive ARCS Foundation scholarships
	The best-laid plans: Institute of Higher Education director to end 36-year career at UGA
	'If you want to see change, be change': McGill lecturer issues call for political action
	Poverty, economy research grants recipients announced
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Mercury rising

UGA astronomers were busy earlier this month setting up telescopes on Myers Quad for viewing the planet Mercury in a moderately rare transit directly between the Earth and the sun. The telescopes were equipped with special solar filters for spectators.
Above: From left, Nicole Haysler, a senior art and advertising major, and Preeti Vallabh, a second-year pharmacy student, talk with Scott Shaw of the physics and astronomy department about the view of Mercury. (Paul Efland)

Above: UGA alumnus Seth Bruce, who lives in Athens, takes a look through the telescope at Mercury during its transit. The next such transit by Mercury is not scheduled to occur until May 2016. (Photo by Paul Efland)

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