‘Georgia Review’ named 2008 National Magazine Award finalist
The Georgia Review, the quarterly journal founded and published continuously at UGA since 1947, is a finalist for a 2008 National Magazine Award in the General Excellence category.

The National Magazine Awards, now in their 42nd year, are given by the American
Society of Magazine Editors and administered by the Columbia University School of Journalism. The 2008 competition drew a record 1,964 entries from 333 print and online
magazines. The Georgia Review has been a finalist 18 times in various categories since first entering the NMA competition in 1985, and no other university-supported journal has come close to matching this consistent success.

Animal research program accredited
UGA’s Research Animal Resources Program received full accreditation from the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, International.

University officials were notified on March 20 of the accreditation in a letter from the AAALAC that commends UGA for “a knowledgeable and dedicated animal care staff, an excellent level of documentation, a high level of sanitation, excellent veterinary care program, a fully implemented environmental enrichment program and improvements at the farms.”

Accreditation by AAALAC, a voluntary program, ensures the highest quality of animal care and use in research. Accredited institutions must meet rigorous standards to ensure the high-quality care and welfare of research animals.

Regents approve new in-state tuition
Freshmen entering UGA this fall will be under the board of regents’ guaranteed tuition plan, which fixes tuition at the same rate for four years. At its meeting earlier this month, the regents approved new guaranteed tuition rates for these students.

Tuition rates for incoming freshmen will be $2,428 per semester at the four research universities, which include UGA, Georgia Tech, Georgia State University and the Medical College of Georgia. This is an increase of $180, or 8 percent, from fall 2007.

In addition to setting new four-year tuition rates for fall 2008, the regents’ action means that students who first enrolled under the guaranteed tuition plan in both fall 2006 and fall 2007 will again see no change in tuition rates. Students who enrolled prior to fall 2006 as well as those enrolling this fall will see an increase necessary for the system to meet its 25 percent share of the cost of teaching in-state students. The state meets the remaining 75 percent of instructional costs.

Linguistic Atlas Project gets NEH grant
The Linguistic Atlas Project, a compilation of studies on words and the pronunciation of everyday American English dating back to the 1930s and located at UGA, has been awarded a $349,600 grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

With required matching support from the university, the total funding initiated by the grant comes to $593,356—a significant amount for a research project in the humanities,
according to William Kretzschmar, LAP editor- in-chief and Harry and Jane Willson Professor in Humanities.

Kretzschmar brought the LAP program and its massive documentation with him when he came to UGA. The current project is a continuation of the long-term effort to digitize hundreds of reels of audio tape.

The Linguistic Atlas Project can be found online at www.lap.uga.edu.