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THE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES coordinates interdisciplinary research, curriculum offerings, and public programs which deal with Latin America and the Caribbean. Through colloquia, conferences, and an undergraduate certificate program, the center brings together faculty from all colleges and schools in the University currently engaged in work related to this region of the world.

THE CENTER FOR MARKETING STUDIES supports the Marketing Department within the Terry College of Business in its mission to develop leading-edge educational and research programs concerning marketing research, market intelligence, customer analysis, and the application of organizational knowledge to the development of innovative marketing and sales strategies and programs. The Master of Marketing program, a nationally recognized graduate program, is administered by the center. The center also works to maintain and strengthen relations within the business community.

THE CENTER FOR METALLOENZYME STUDIES encourages cooperative research to determine how vital metalloenzymes function and how they are synthesized and regulated by cells. Through collaborative research, discussions, and seminars, enhanced knowledge is generated about enzymes that catalyze life-supporting reactions such as nitrogen fixation, sulfur interconversions, and hydrogen production. Use of the latest technologies and analytical equipment enables center faculty and its postdoctorate and graduate students to perform critical experiments and to organize state-of-the-art courses in bioinorganic chemistry, biochemistry, enzymology, fermentation technology, and anaerobic techniques as applied to metalloenzyme production, structure, and function. The center was awarded a 10-year, $2.5 million NSF Research Training Group grant in October 1990.

THE CENTER FOR PLANT CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY fosters and supports interactions between those members of the University of Georgia research community who share a common interest in molecular aspects of plant growth and development. While members of the center carry out individual research programs, the center provides a base for joint and cooperative projects. It also provides a cohesive, broadly based training program for those interested in the molecular aspects of plant science. The center sponsors a monthly seminar series, organizes annual scientific retreats, assists in graduate student recruitment, and sponsors technical workshops.

THE CENTER FOR REMOTE SENSING AND MAPPING SCIENCE (CRMS) undertakes interdisciplinary research projects requiring the development of image and map data processing technologies for applications in the physical, biological, and mapping sciences. Typical projects include: evaluations of the cartographic potential of Shuttle Imaging Radar and proposed imaging systems data; photogrammetric assessments of erosion from United States cropland; and automated feature extraction for digital map revision from satellite images and geographical information system (GIS) studies of agricultural land, wetlands, and tropical forests to assess man's impact on the environment. CRMS undertakes service projects requiring the transfer of mapping technologies and provides technical assistance to universities and local, state, and federal agencies.

THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON DEVIANCE AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, affiliated with the Institute for Behavioral Research, supports interdisciplinary research activities on deviance, health, and the management of productivity problems in the workplace. Its faculty, predoctoral fellows, staff, and graduate students from a variety of departments assist investigators who are conducting research or seeking research funds from federal agencies and private foundations. Primary research topics include alcoholism, psychiatric illness, drug abuse, the management of pain, health communications, human resources management, service delivery to the elderly, children with psychiatric disorders, interpersonal violence, workplace management of alcohol and drug abuse problems, and systems for health care delivery. The center houses a predoctoral research training program supported by the National Institutes of Health.

THE CENTER FOR SIMULATIONAL PHYSICS functions as a center for research and training in simulational physics, with emphasis on the use of supercomputers and parallel processing on coupled workstations. Topical areas range from fundamental statistical mechanics to strongly correlated electron systems to materials science. New algorithm development is encouraged. Because of this work, close interaction with the University Computing and Networking Services is maintained, and collaborative research programs with major institutions in the United States and Europe are developed. The center hosts an annual international workshop. The center's staff consists of research and adjunct professors, visiting research scientists, and postdoctoral associates.

THE CENTER FOR SOYBEAN IMPROVEMENT (CSI) promotes interdisciplinary and inter-university collaboration among scientists and support staff interested in soybean research and education. The CSI facilitates research that will result in the development of superior yielding, drought tolerant, and multiple pest resistant soybean cultivars and improved management systems. Research is also addressing the development of cultivars with unique combinations of value-added traits and new technologies to improve the efficiency of cultivar development. The CSI hosts an annual workshop to encourage the development of interdisciplinary and inter-university programs and enhance skills of center members. A newsletter informs center members, support groups, and clientele of center activities and accomplishments.

THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBAL ISSUES (GLOBIS) coordinates and promotes international and interdisciplinary research, service, and instruction in global studies. The center focuses on issues which are distinctly international, comparative, or transnational in character, such as the unfinished task of organizing a durable peace in a nuclear world, growing pressures of expanding populations on limited resources, and continuing threats to elemental human rights. Center programs are located at the University and abroad at regional offices in Verona, Italy, and Kyoto, Japan. The branch offices coordinate the conduct of programs conducted in Asia and Europe.

THE COCA-COLA CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS supports Terry College of Business global programs. Activities include managing exchange programs with international academic institutions, hosting international visitors, and sponsoring international executive education programs. The center arranges internships in the global economy for Terry College students, develops new global partners for the College, and provides grants to students and faculty who participate in the College's international programs.

THE COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH CENTER (CCRC) includes a U.S. Department of Energy-funded Center for Plant and Microbial Complex Carbohydrates and a National Institutes of Health Resource Center for Biomedical Complex Carbohydrates. The CCRC studies the structures and functions of the complex carbohydrates of plants, microbes, and animals. CCRC scientists investigate the chemistry and the physiological, developmental, and molecular biology of complex carbohydrates having biological importance, using the most advanced analytical techniques, including mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, computer modeling, artificial neural networks, tissue culture, and recombinant genetics. CCRC faculty hold joint appointments in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Botany, and Plant Pathology. The CCRC provides analytical services to scientists, provides four annual hands-on laboratory training courses, and develops computer software to assist the study of complex carbohydrates. The Complex Carbohydrate Structural Database and its search program, CarbBank, were written and developed by CCRC scientists under the direction of an international executive board with input from curators in 30 countries. The database, associated text information, and updates are issued semi-annually to more than 1,000 subscribers through the National Center for Biotechnology Information, the Protein Information Resource, the Martinsreid Institute for Protein Sequencing, and the Japan International Protein Information Database.

THE COMPUTATIONAL CENTER FOR MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND DESIGN (CCMSD), with the advent of powerful computers and sophisticated graphics workstations, can more effectively pursue many of the most fundamental problems at the interface of chemistry, biology, and physics. The CCMSD, under the leadership of Professors Norman L. Allinger, Director, and J. Phillip Bowen, Co-Director, was formally dedicated in December 1992 by Governor Zell Miller. Center research focuses on understanding molecular structures and interactions and on developing new computational procedures, primarily in the area of molecular mechanics and molecular modeling methods. The center is equipped with well over a million dollars worth of state-of-the-art graphics workstations, computer hardware, and computational chemistry software donated by the private sector. A seminar series, Frontiers in Molecular Modeling, has been developed and is supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Foundation and Rhône-Poulenc. The center, in association with the American Chemical Society, sponsors short courses and workshops in computational chemistry and molecular modeling.

THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE is an educational service arm for the University providing information and training to Georgia citizens. Staff members, representing the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and county government, present educational programs in agriculture, the environment, family and consumer sciences, and 4-H and youth development. Research-based programs are developed at the local level by county extension agents in response to needs articulated by local citizens. The Rural Development Center located at Tifton is a facility of the Cooperative Extension Service. Center programs address agricultural and forest production efficiency, advanced marketing techniques and use of farm and forest commodities, and family and youth issues.

COSMIC is NASA's Computer Software Technology Transfer Center. Operated by the University of Georgia since its inception in 1966, COSMIC tests, catalogs, markets, and distributes NASA-developed computer software to the public. Many U.S. businesses, large and small, have benefited by using computer program "spinoffs" from U.S. government research. Each year COSMIC's customer service staff assists thousands of computer users in their search for cutting-edge scientific and engineering software. COSMIC's quarterly newsletter, Software Technology Transfer, has a subscription base of approximately 20,000.

THE COUNSELING AND TESTING CENTER provides individual and group counseling for personal and career concerns, groups related to major and career decisions, a variety of developmental groups, consultation services and outreach programs, and an extensive testing program. Services can be tailored to meet the needs of various underrepresented populations at the University. A Career Information Center contains information on numerous careers and two computerized career decision-making programs, SIGI-Plus and Discover. The center serves as a training site for graduate students in Counseling and Counseling Psychology and maintains a pre-doctoral internship program that is fully accredited by the American Psychological Association. Consultations and referrals are available on a limited basis to staff and faculty.

THE JAMES M. COX, JR. CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL MASS COMMUNICATION TRAINING AND RESEARCH facilitates international mass communication training and research programs in which scholars from the United States and foreign countries, students, and mass communication professionals can cooperate. The center helps to coordinate efforts to improve the state of knowledge in the field and to encourage practical training, education, and service projects.

THE JAMES M. COX, JR. INSTITUTE FOR NEWSPAPER MANAGEMENT STUDIES was created with funding from the James M. Cox, Jr. Foundation of Atlanta to assist undergraduate and graduate students studying the management skills and journalistic techniques necessary for efficient, profitable, and socially responsible operation of newspapers in today's complex society. The institute funds research projects dealing with managerial and operational problems confronting newspaper strategists and collaborates with other nationally recognized training institutes to conduct professional seminars for journalists.

THE CURRICULUM MATERIALS CENTER (CMC), administered by the University Libraries and housed in the College of Education, provides a balanced and up-to-date collection of print and nonprint educational materials produced for use with children from preschool through grade twelve. Adult education materials also are included. The collection supports the instructional program of the College of Education, methods and practicum courses in the education curriculum, and children's and young adult literature courses. CMC services include reference, circulation, and formal bibliographic instruction.

THE DIVISION OF DEVELOPMENT AND UNIVERSITY RELATIONS is responsible for the planning, coordination, and conduct of all programs involving fund raising, institutional public information, alumni activities and events, and government relations. The Division embraces six functional areas. The Development Office is concerned with all aspects of University fund raising and works closely with the schools, colleges, and other academic units, and their alumni constituents and friends. The Office of Alumni Relations works with the Alumni Society and school and college groups to conduct programs involving alumni and friends throughout the United States and in several foreign countries.

The Office of Special Events coordinates activities and donor recognition events in support of University institutional advancement goals. The Office of Information Management Services provides computer support to enhance division fund-raising and alumni relations programs, provides a centralized database for alumni biographical and donor information, and provides a centralized reporting source for all private donations to the University. The Office of Public Information is the University's news, publicity, and public relations unit and oversees the University's Visitors Center. The Office of Government Relations serves as the formal liaison between the University and local, state, and federal governments.