Monday, November 15, 1999
Crying fowl
Noted writer named Franklin Professor
UGA entomologist, geneticist Lois Miller dies after long illness
When the teacher becomes the student. . .
Campus Closeup
Campus Pulse
Ballet: Not easy by any stretch
Kudos
Julie Greer Johnson, professor of Spanish, has received a senior fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities. During the 1999-2000 academic year, she will research the topic “Colonial Comedies of the New World Stage” for a book-length study to follow her previously published works on women, satire and printing in early Spanish America.

David Knauft, associate dean in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, has begun a year-long term as president of the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology.
CAST works to identify scientific issues relating to food, agriculture and natural resources and provides science-based information to national legislators, regulators and the media. CAST is made up of 38 professional societies, all represented on the board of directors.
As president, Knauft helps the executive vice president coordinate identifying issues, developing science-based responses and disseminating this information. CAST uses various forms to share its information, including task force reports, issue papers, senate briefings, conferences, media announcements and Web pages.

David Landau, professor of physics and director of the Center for Simulational Physics, has been named a Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. As a result, Landau will be spending 16 days in Japan as the guest of several universities. During this conference he will also present a plenary invited talk at the International Conference on Computational Physics. Landau is also an adjunct professor at the Helsinki University of Technology.

Rebecca Sharitz of the Savannah River Ecology Lab has been appointed by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences to its Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem.
The 16-member committee is composed of scientists representing a broad range of expertise including biology, ecology, toxicology, hydrology, agronomy, economics and other disciplinary backgrounds necessary to evaluate the full range of scientific issues associated with the restoration of the South Florida ecosystem. It will serve as an advisory panel to review and advise on scientific matters related to implementation of the Central and Southern Florida Comprehensive Review Study (Restudy) and the restoration of the South Florida ecosystem.

William B. Whitman, professor of microbiology, biochemistry and molecular biology, has been awarded the year 2000 Bergey Award for outstanding contributions to bacterial taxonomy. The award is given by the Bergey’s Manual Trust and co-sponsored by the Springer-Verlag Publishing Company. It consists of a certificate, a $2,000 honorarium, and expenses to receive the award at a scientific meeting of the honoree’s choice.

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