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october 20, 2008

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Dean selected for medical partnership campus in Athens

Barbara Schuster

Dr. Barbara L. Schuster, an internist and seasoned medical educator who chaired the department of internal medicine at Wright State University’s Boonshoft School of Medicine in Ohio for a dozen years, has been named dean of the Medical College of Georgia/University of Georgia Medical Partnership Campus in Athens.

$8.3 million NIH grant will help study glycans’ role in stem, cancer cells
The National Institutes of Health has awarded UGA a five-year, $8.3 million grant to further its research into the role cell-surface sugars known as glycans play in the development of stem cells and cancer cells. The grant allows the university to continue its role as a National Center for Research Resources Center for Biomedical Glycomics

Large-animal medicine prof appointed to Callaway Chair
Michelle Henry Barton, a College of Veterinary Medicine professor known as an inspiring teacher, mentor and accomplished researcher, has been appointed to a Fuller E. Callaway Professorial Chair

Dedicated to service
October 10 ribbon-cutting ceremony for Joe Frank Harris Commons

Eco-focus, Eco-friendly: Ecology school to present environmental film festival
The Odum School of Ecology will present an environmental film festival Oct. 23–26 at Ciné (234 W. Hancock Ave.) in downtown Athens. Open to the public, EcoFocus will feature world-class environmental films as well as children’s programming, Q&A sessions with film directors and more. The full schedule of events is available online (www.ecofocusfilmfest.org).

Six faculty receive Brooks Awards for work in agriculture promotion
Six trail-blazing faculty members were honored Oct. 7 at the annual D.W. Brooks Lecture and Faculty Awards for Excellence ceremony.

Redesigned Bulletin hits its target
For a Web site about course listings, the new Bulletin site (bulletin.uga.edu) generates a lot of reaction.

Peabody-Smithgall lecture to examine media, democracy
The Peabody Awards will present its second annual Peabody-Smithgall Lecture at 4 p.m. Oct. 23 in the Chapel. Georgia native and UGA alumna Pat Mitchell, a former president of PBS and current president/CEO of the Paley Center for Media in New York and Los Angeles, will discuss “Media as Public Square.” The lecture is open free to the public.

Study: Even occasional smoking can impair arteries
Even occasional cigarette smoking can impair the functioning of your arteries, according to a new UGA study that used ultrasound to measure how the arteries of young, healthy adults respond to changes in blood flow.


	Around Academe • Pollock painting may stay at Iowa • Report outlines steps for managing disputes in higher education
	Research News Face time: User profiles on social networking Web sites can be used to detect narcissism
	Digest • Grant to improve biologists’ computing • Delta Prize winner gets Nobel Peace Prize • Engineering project wins Global Development Marketplace competition
	UGA Guide • Renowned Vienna Boys’ Choir will sing Oct. 21 in Hodgson Concert Hall
	Campus Closeup Alice Sanderson, Office of Communication Sciences and Special Education
	Campaign talk Political science professor discusses importance of presidential debates

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