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UGA researcher patents new "lab fish" for assessing harmful chemicals, mutagens in the environment
A University of Georgia researcher has patented a new genetically engineered fish that will allow scientists to examine genetic damage caused by exposure to chemicals and other mutagens in the environment. This is the second such patent for Richard Winn, an aquatic toxicologist in UGA’s Warnell School of Forest Resources. Last year Winn was granted a patent on another fish, a guppie-sized transgenic Japanese medaka, also used for screening the effects of chemical contaminants on the body.
 "We sought to improve the lab methods now being used to assess genetic damage," said Winn. "To that end, we generated genetically modified fish that carry genes that can detect this damage very efficiently."
After exposing the fish to a chemical, researchers look for changes in the target gene’s DNA. The research, supported by the National Institutes of Health, shows remarkably similar responses in fish compared to studies in mice and rats.
 Warnell School of Forest Resources
UGA Criminal Justice Studies Program celebrates 25th anniversary with series of events
During the agonizing events surrounding the recent sniper murders, law enforcement officials from all over the country converged on a growing horror. From local sheriffs to forensic experts and state police, men and women worked tirelessly to arrest suspects in the case.
When arrests were announced, a rising chorus of praise honored those involved who were often before the cameras and those whose work took place behind the scenes. The success is part of a new era of professional training, one exemplified by the Criminal Justice Studies Program on the University of Georgia campus, which is now celebrating its 25th anniversary.
"This program was a gateway for me to a career in the study of criminal justice," said Jennifer Graff, now a senior security specialist contracted to the U.S. Department of State. "With the utilization of the education, tools and encouragement offered to me through the staff of the CJSP, I was able to find my place within my field and was fueled with the motivation to get there. Without the direction of staff and peers within the program, it is possible that my career and my future may have taken a different path."
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President of Spelman College to speak at UGA on minority inclusiveness
Beverly Tatum, president of Spelman College in Atlanta, will conduct a workshop sponsored by the University of Georgia Graduate School on the subject of minority inclusiveness in graduate classrooms. The workshop will be held on Thursday, Nov. 14, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the university Chapel on North Campus.
 Tatum is an expert on race relations, including race in the classroom. She has led workshops on racial identity development and its impact in the classroom. The workshop is the third in a series sponsored by the UGA Graduate School as part of an effort to increase the number of minority recipients of graduate degrees. "An important part of increasing enrollment of under-represented populations is to promote faculty’s involvement in creating a climate of inclusiveness at the university," said Maureen Grasso, dean of the graduate school.
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MRI now available at UGA's College of Veterinary Medicine
Magnetic resonance imaging, the gold standard for medical imaging of human patients, is now available to animals at the University of Georgia’s College of Veterinary Medicine.
Imaging is done presently in the hospital with radiography, ultrasonography, nuclear scintigraphy and a state-of-the-art CT scanner, "but MRI takes imaging of dogs and cats one step further," says Dr. Douglas Allen, hospital director.
"We can do a better job of evaluating neurological problems using MRI as opposed to other imaging modalities," Allen added. "It will dramatically improve our ability to diagnose and treat brain lesions and spine lesions, as well as some orthopedic injuries."
MRI usually shows more detail than other methods of imaging. "With MRI we will be able to see subtle distinctions and be able to identify tumors that may not show up on CT images," said neurologist Dr. Marc Kent.
College of Veterinary Medicine
Internationally renowned poet Paul Muldoon to give reading at UGA November 14
Internationally renowned Irish poet Paul Muldoon will read from his work on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 4:30 p.m. in room 265 of Park Hall at the University of Georgia. The event is part of the UGA English department’s Lanier Speaker Series and is free and open to the public.
Born in Northern Ireland, Muldoon is the author of several books of poetry, including Moy Sand and Gravel (2002); Poems 1968–1998  (2001); Hay (1998); New Selected Poems 1968–1994 (1997, Irish Times Poetry Prize); The Annals of Chile (1994, T.S. Eliot Prize); Madoc: A Mystery (1990, Sir Geoffrey Faber Memorial Award); Meeting the British (1987); Quoof (1993); Why Brownlee Left (1980, Geoffrey Faber Memorial Award); Mules (1977); and New Weather (1973).
He is the Howard G.B. Clark Professor of the Humanities and Creative Writing at Princeton University where, since 1990, he has been director of the creative writing program.
Gordon Davis, one of the founders of management information systems research, to speak at UGA's Terry College of Business
Gordon B. Davis, one of the principal founders and intellectual architects of the academic field of management information systems, will speak on the history and future of the field at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14, in 205 Caldwell Hall at the University of Georgia.
Davis’s lecture, titled "Information Systems Conceptual Foundations: Looking Backward and Forward," is sponsored by the Management Information Systems Department in the Terry College of Business and is open to the public.
Davis is the Honeywell Professor of Management Information Systems at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management and current publisher of MIS Quarterly — the premier journal in MIS research.
"We are delighted to have Gordon speak to our MIS research seminar. His insightfulness makes every conversation with him very worthwhile," said Richard Watson, who holds the J. Rex Fuqua Distinguished Chair for Internet Strategy at the Terry College.
Terry College of Business
UGA food scientists to introduce bean-based hush puppies to consumers
University of Georgia food scientists are working to introduce akara, a popular West African food, to U.S. consumers through the frozen food and fast food markets.
Similar to hush puppies, akara is made from deep-fried cowpea (black-eyed pea) paste. "Most Southerners are accustomed to eating black-eyed peas, which are a member of the cowpea family," said Kay McWatters, a food scientist with the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. "The varieties we grow in the Southeast are typically used as a fresh or frozen vegetables for boiling," she said. "So eating black-eyed peas in the form of a fried food would be a new experience."
Although they will never be considered a low-fat food, akara pea pups are much better nutritionally their Southern hush puppy counterparts.
Recipe for Pea Pups
Department of Food Science
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
Arthur Miller to deliver UGA's Sibley Lecture on internet law
Arthur R. Miller, Bruce Bromley Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, will deliver the 95th Sibley Lecture titled "The Emerging Law of the Internet." Sponsored by the University of Georgia School of Law, the lecture will be held on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 3:30 p.m. in the law school's Hatton Lovejoy Courtroom. The seminar is free and open to the public.
Miller is a nationally acclaimed authority on the right of privacy, copyright and court procedure, a subject on which he has authored or coauthored more than 40 books. He has been a professor at Harvard Law School since 1971, where he has taught courses on civil procedure, copyright and complex litigation. He also operates an active law practice, with particular focus in the federal appellate courts.
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OTHER UNIVERSITY NEWS
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UGA student questions why snakes cross roadways
Wrigley named senior V.P. for external affairs at UGA
UGA Senior V.P. Hank Huckaby named to governor-elect's transition team; interim leadership appointed for UGA Finance and Administration
CENTAUR Lab opens at UGA October 30
UGA education faculty awarded $10.3 million NSF grant to create center to improve, research mathematics teaching
Former faculty member leaves UGA $1.7 million
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Tuesday, November 12, 2002
University System of Georgia Study Abroad Conference. Sponsored by the UGA Office of International Education. For new and experienced study abroad program directors and faculty, as well as other campus officials who work with study abroad. Sessions will cover such topics as developing study abroad and exchange programs; marketing study abroad programs; financial aid and scholarships for study abroad; conducting a pre-departure orientation session; System grants for internationalization; health, safety and liability; and best practices in study abroad. Free to System employees. See http://www.uga.edu/oie/conference/ for more information. 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM. Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Contact: 542-7903 or lparsons@uga.edu.
Vinson Research Speakers Series: Georgia's Welfare Reform. Sponsored by Research and Policy Analysis Division, Carl Vinson Institute of Government. Speakers: Drs. Larry Nackerud and Ed Risler. Everyone is invited to attend. 11:00 AM. The Green Room, Seney-Stoval Chapel, Carl Vinson Institue of Government, 201 N. Milledge. Contact: gibson@cviog.uga.edu.
Blood Drive. Sponsored by the Reed Community and the American Red Cross. Noon - 5:00 PM. Reed Hall. Contact: 546-0681, ext. 225.
CHA Visiting Artist Poetry Reading. Sponsored by the Center for Humanities and Arts. American poet Dana Gioia will deliver a public reading of his poetry. 4:00 PM. Room 265, Park Hall. Contact: 542-3966 or ctrha@uga.edu.
2002 Draper Lecture: American Fusion: Moral Experiments in the Landscape. Sponsored by the College of Environment and Design. Speaker: Carol Franklin, Founding Principal, Andropogon Associates. There will be a reception following the lecture. 5:00 PM. Institute of Ecology Auditorium. Contact: 542 8292 or rds@uga.edu.
Public Service: Reel-to-Reel: The Simpsons. Sponsored by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government and the Center for Humanities and Arts. Three episodes. Topic: Reflection of public service in the media. Part of a year-long celebration of 75 years of public service. A discussion led by a member of the Athens/UGA community will immediately follow. Free and open to the public. 7:00 PM. Seney-Stovall Chapel, Lucy Cobb complex, Milledge Avenue.
Concert: UGA Symphony Band. Sponsored by the School of Music. 8:00 PM. Hodgson Concert Hall. Contact: 542-3737.
Executive Leadership Series: Performance Leadership. Sponsored by Terry College Office of Executive Programs and the Institute for Leadership Advancement. Through Wednesday, November 13, 2002. UGA Alumni Club, Atlanta Financial Center, 3333 Peachtree Rd. NE. Contact: 542-1964.
Workshop: Fresh Produce GAPs Food Safety Program. Sponsored by the Food Science Extension Outreach Program. Tailored to the grower, packer, shipper and third-party auditor. Participants will learn how to recognize potential hazards in on-farm, packing and shipping operations, and to develop a Food Safety Plan for their specific operations. For further information about any of our workshops, please visit our website at http://fsext-outreach.ces.uga.edu. Through Thursday, November 14, 2002. Holiday Inn Airport North, Atlanta. Contact: William C. Hurst, bhurst@uga.edu.
Fresh Produce GAP's Food Safety Program. Sponsored by UGA Food Science Extension Outreach Program and the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association. Workshop covers the elements of putting together a comprehensive food safety program for an on-farm operation. Through Thursday, November 14, 2002. Atlanta. Contact: 542-0993 or bhurst@uga.edu.
ANSERS College-Readiness Course: Introduction to Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking for the Returning Learner. Non-credit course to help you learn how to use your critical thinking skills to your best advantage in college. Fee: $29 for the two-session course. To register, call 542-6400 (toll-free 866-430-0009) or visit www.gactr.uga.edu/ansers. 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Through Thursday, November 14, 2002. Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Contact: Jan Smith, 542-6400.
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CONSTRUCTION ADVISORIES
UPDATED 11/3/02
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Baldwin Street Pedestrian Improvements. Work continues on sidewalks, staircases and landscaping with scheduled completion approximately Nov. 30. Pedestrians are urged to exercise caution near the construction zone. Through Saturday, November 30, 2002.
Brooks Pedestrian Mall Phase II. Phase II of the conversion of D. W. Brooks Dr. to a pedestrian mall continues. The road is now permanently closed south of its intersection with W. Green St. Through Tuesday, December 31, 2002.
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