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march 23, 2009

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Faculty member in CAES named Regents Professor

Monique Leclerc

Monique Y. Leclerc, a professor of crop and soil science in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, has been named a Regents Professor for her internationally recognized studies on atmospheric biogeosciences and climate change.

The appointment was approved at the February meeting of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents. Regents Professors are recognized for scholarship or creative activity that is innovative and pacesetting.

International Public Service and Outreach hosts conference on future of Georgia, India
The Office of International Public Service and Outreach will host the conference “Interconnected Future: India and Georgia” April 2–3 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel. The fee to attend the entire conference is $35; students can attend for $20.

Italian accent: Cortona Program celebrates its 40th anniversary
Forty-one years ago, UGA art faculty member John Kehoe traveled to Italy looking for a place to locate a new kind of international program. He could have chosen such storied centers of painting and sculpture as Florence, Rome or Venice. Instead, he chose Cortona, and now, more than 8,000 student-participants later, it has become a place of intense, often life-changing education.

Brisk trot
More than 400 runners braved wet and chilly weather March 14 to take part in the second annual Dawg Trot 5K Run/Walk

Stanford University legal scholar will give Sibley Lecture this year
A legal and human welfare scholar from Stanford University will deliver the UGA School of Law’s 104th Sibley Lecture March 25 at 3:30 p.m. in the Hatton Lovejoy Courtroom. Mark G. Kelman, vice dean of the Stanford Law School and Gaither Professor, will give a talk entitled “Saving Lives, Saving from Death, Saving from Dying.”

Women’s Voices Lecture to feature Atlanta journalists
The Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication will welcome two journalists to campus on April 1 as part of its annual Women’s Voices Lecture series.

What lies beneath: Study suggests surface water contaminated with Salmonella more common than thought
A new UGA study suggests that health agencies investigating Salmonella illnesses should consider untreated surface water as a possible source of contamination.

Study will put a price tag on elections
The Carl Vinson Institute of Government in collaboration with the National Association of Counties and with funding from The Pew Charitable Trusts is conducting a nationwide study to find out what it costs local governments to hold elections in the U.S.

Wendy Dustman, Rebecca Baggett will receive this year’s Outstanding Academic Advising Awards
This year’s winners of the university’s Outstanding Undergraduate Academic Advising Award are Wendy Dustman, a faculty member in the microbiology department, and Rebecca Baggett, an academic adviser in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences

New recruits: USDA grants fund minority student recruitment efforts
When Ron Walcott talked to high school students at a recent Georgia Daze breakfast, he had five new ways to entice them to come to the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences—five full scholarships for minority students.

Jaw-dropping find: Researchers discover extinct whale bone that dates back 36,000 years
Part of a five-foot-long jawbone of an extinct whale was recently discovered by UGA researchers diving about 20 miles off Georgia’s coast.


	Around Academe • New Hampshire program asks employers to help with student debt • Mexico offers aid to higher education students during global financial crisis
	Digest • Alumna to give poetry reading • UGA Libraries will screen premiere of civil rights documentary on March 30 • Three UGA teams will compete at National Debate Tournament in Texas
	UGA Guide • University Theatre takes audience inside ‘The House of Bernarda Alba’
	Campus Closeup Ralph Johnson, Associate Vice President for the Physical Plant

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