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october 13, 2008

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Research pays off: UGARF licensing revenues reach record levels
Licensing revenues for the University of Georgia Research Foundation increased to $23.75 million in fiscal year 2008, an increase of 47 percent from the last year. This is the seventh consecutive year that revenues have increased

Learning Center named for HOPE Scholarship creator
A ceremony will be held Oct. 17 to dedicate the Zell B. Miller Learning Center, the third of three buildings UGA is naming for former Georgia governors.

UGA’s water usage drops 28 percent from last year
UGA has decreased its water usage by 28 percent over the past year— saving the university more than $250,000 through conservation and cost-cutting measures and the enthusiastic cooperation of faculty, staff and students.

Women and Girls in Georgia Conference to open Oct. 24
The Institute for Women’s Studies is hosting the second annual Women and Girls in Georgia Conference from Oct. 24-25 at the Paul D. Coverdell Building.

Study-abroad fair offers overseas learning opportunities for students
It was the pictures that made him leave. The pictures and the stories, that is.

Brad Brizendine, a senior finance major from Atlanta, heard for months about the horizon-exploding experiences that his friends had participating in the study-abroad program, and he couldn’t take it anymore. He signed up for a UGA study-abroad program and spent last summer trekking across New Zealand and Fiji while fulfilling requirements to graduate.

Faculty and staff receive 2008–2009 Fulbright Scholar grants
Six UGA faculty and staff have received Fulbright Scholar grants for the 2008-2009 academic year.

Correspondent for Iraq War to give 30th McGill Lecture
A young woman who’s been dragged from her room by police and pinned down by gunfire in a shrine will present the 30th annual McGill Lecture.

Inaugural Kroger Professor in Community Pharmacy appointed
William “Bill” Wade has been named the first Kroger Professor in Community Pharmacy in the College of Pharmacy.

‘Creating young Latin Americanists’: Portuguese program adds new major in Ibero-American Comparative Studies
Some 240 million people worldwide speak it. First-rate and even Nobel Laureate writers have used it to pen poetry and fiction. And UGA is the only public university in the South where students can earn a doctoral degree in it.

Engaging displays: Ring exhibitions set stage for perfect proposals
Zoe Minor and Karen Larson will always remember the rings in the Georgia Museum of Art’s exhibition The Ring Shows.


	Around Academe • University of Memphis offers buyout plan to 115 of its employees • Educational association attacks no-politicking rules at U. of Illinois
	Research News 'Bumpy' forecast: New method of predicting clear air turbulence could make future airline flights smoother
	Digest • Campaign for Charities kicks off Oct. 16 • UGA Press to sell ‘Dirty Books’ • Cornell professor to discuss food crisis
	UGA Guide •‘Homecoming Week: A Lasting Legacy’ begins Oct. 13 at Tate Center
	Faculty Profile Julie Velàsquez Runk, Anthropology Department

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