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september 28, 2009

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NIH awards geneticist $2 million stimulus grant for research on thymus


Nancy Manley

The National Institutes of Health have awarded, as part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, a two-year, $2 million grant to a UGA genetics researcher and her colleagues for studies on the thymus, the organ in humans that produces disease-fighting T-cells.

Nancy Manley, a professor of genetics and chair of UGA’s Interdepartmental Biology Group, is the principal investigator on the grant, which will support studies on molecular mechanisms regulating thymic epithelial cells during aging. The new grant supports a collaborative program between UGA, the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Research Center in Science Park, Texas, and the Center for Stem Cell Research at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

First-year experience is focus of Quality Enhancement Plan
Starting in fall semester 2011, the first-year experience for new students at UGA will undergo a significant transformation. That’s when a new integrated program for the first-year experience will be launched.

Michigan president emeritus will give Distinguished Lecture in Engineering
James J. Duderstadt, one of the nation’s foremost proponents of American higher education and its evolving role in shaping society, will deliver UGA’s 2009 Distinguished Lecture in Engineering. Open free to the public, the lecture will be held Oct. 2 at 10 a.m. in the Chapel.

World Food Prize laureate to deliver 2009 Brooks Lecture
Philip Nelson, World Food Prize laureate and Scholle Chair professor at Purdue University, will deliver the 2009 D.W. Brooks Lecture. The annual lecture is Oct. 6 at 11 a.m. in Masters Hall of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel.

‘Evening’ stroll
UGA’s Trial Gardens gives "Evening in the Garden" tour.

Diversity Days encourage new dialogues among UGA community
The Office of Institutional Diversity kicked off its third annual Diversity Days celebration with speeches, awards and dance Sept. 14 in the Chapel.

UGA students awarded record number of Fulbright scholarships
A record number of UGA students—10—have been selected to receive scholarships from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program for research, study or teaching abroad during the 2009-2010 academic year.

Garden variety: Researchers find no overall loss of vegetable diversity occurred during 20th century
Two UGA scholars argue against the conventional wisdom that the 20th century was a disaster for vegetable crop diversity by showing that there was no overall loss of vegetable diversity in that era.

Dean inducted into Georgia Foresters Hall of Fame
Mike Clutter, dean of the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, has been inducted into the Georgia Foresters Hall of Fame by the Georgia Division of the Southeastern Society of American Foresters.

Civic contributions: Legislator, government administrator, former law dean
to receive service award from UGA chapter of honor society
The UGA chapter of the Blue Key National Honor Society will recognize three Georgians for their civic contributions at its annual awards banquet Oct. 2.

Seven faculty named Service-Learning Fellows
Seven faculty members have been named Service-Learning Fellows for the 2009-2010 academic year by the Office of Service-Learning.


	Around Academe • Legendary novelist Chinua Achebe joins faculty at Brown University • Arizona Board of Regents will study benefits of intercollegiate athletics
	Research News Lost in translation: Researchers propose model for understanding chromosome disorders
	Digest • Community Health Fair set for Oct. 5 • Arch Foundation elects new member • Residence halls compete to conserve
	UGA Guide • ‘Hot’ brass band to open Performing Arts Center’s 2009-2010 season
	Campus Closeup Bob Storey, College of Veterinary Medicine

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