New lecture series will open with talk about health risks of international travel
The College of Public Health and the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute will address international travelers’ concerns with a public lecture at 7 p.m. on April 22 in Masters Hall of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel.

Entitled “How to Travel and Stay Healthy,” the lecture is part of a new series featuring Georgia experts. It is aimed at increasing community knowledge and awareness about public health issues in the media and at home.

Featured speakers will be Chris Whalen, professor of epidemiology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and Ron Forehand, medical director of the University Health Center at UGA.

The lecture is open to the public, and audience members are invited to bring concerns to the question-and-answer session.

Earth Day celebration planned
UGA’s Go Green Alliance and the Physical Plant Division will host an Earth Day Celebration and Captain Planet carnival April 22 at the Tate Student Center Plaza and Myers quadrangle from 10 a.m.–3 p.m.

Student organizations will host various booths and carnival games at the Myers quadrangle. At the Tate Student Center Plaza, there will be green-minded product giveaways such as grocery tote bags, water bottles and compact fluorescent light bulbs.

Mayor Heidi Davison is scheduled to speak about Athens-Clarke County’s efforts with UGA to support sustainability at noon at the Tate Student Center. Additional information is available online (www.gogreen.uga.edu or www.ugagogreen.blogspot.com).

State-of-the-art conference will look at future of academic profession
UGA will host a state-of-the-art conference on the future of the academic profession, entitled “Wither the American Academic Profession? Its Changing Forms and Functions” from 8:45 a.m.– 5 p.m. April 25–26 in Meigs Hall.

Organized by Joseph C. Hermanowicz, associate professor of sociology, the conference is co-sponsored by the department of sociology and the Institute of Higher Education at UGA.

Topics will include socialization, tenure, reward structures and ethics. The conference is free and open to all faculty, staff, students and the general public.

Two-day symposium will examine Brazilian immigration to Georgia, U.S.
UGA and Georgia State University will host a two-day symposium that examines the phenomenon of Brazilian immigration to the U.S. with special focus on this community’s presence in Georgia.

“Brazilian Americans in Georgia and Beyond: A Multi-Disciplinary Symposium” will be held April 25–26 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel. Registration is free, and the symposium is open to the general public, but spaces are limited. The deadline to register is April 21.

The purpose of the conference is to address immigration and serve as a springboard for further research and dialog among interested scholars, government officials and community and business leaders.

The symposium is made possible through the support of UGA’s Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute, with additional support from GSU’s Center for Latin American and Latino/a Studies.

More information about the symposium is available online (www.rom.uga.edu/news.html).