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President of Spelman College to speak at UGA on minority inclusiveness today at 2 p.m.
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.
 Graduate School
Arthur Miller to deliver UGA's Sibley Lecture on internet law today at 3:30 p.m.
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.
School of Law
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 College of Education, Gwinnett Schools collaborate on program to develop school administrators
With projections of more than 125 assistant principal positions to fill over the next few years, you can’t blame Gwinnett County Public School leaders for worrying where they will find enough qualified candidates.
However, they are not worrying quite as much since entering a new collaborative partnership with the University of Georgia College of Education to develop school-based leaders through a leadership program for certification.
A team of instructors from both institutes have planned a program of study for three semesters that will culminate in an L-5 add-on certificate in educational leadership. The program is being directed by Bill Swan, professor of educational leadership at UGA, and Gale Hey, director of staff development for Gwinnett Schools.
College of Education
Legge named associate dean of the School of Public and International Affairs
Jerome S. Legge Jr. a member of the University of Georgia political science faculty since 1980 and a professor in the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, has been named associate dean of the School of Public and International Affairs, according to an announcement by Dean Thomas P. Lauth. The appointment is effective immediately, subject to approval by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
"I expect that Dr. Legge’s experience in directing a graduate program, his teaching and research interests that span the fields of the school’s three departments of political science, public administration and policy, and international affairs, and his broad support among faculty colleagues will contribute to his being a very effective member of our management team," Lauth said.
School of Public and International Affairs
UGA education researchers bring virtual solar system program to Boys and Girls Clubs of Athens through November 21
Space. 2002. Or is it?
Some lucky Athens youngsters will find themselves zooming through outer space, but they’ll never actually leave the ground. The solar system has been squeezed into a new computer program for a group of students attending a special after-school program through Nov. 21 on the University of Georgia campus.
Twenty youngsters attending a program sponsored by the Boys and Girls Clubs of Athens will get a rare opportunity to experience first-hand the creation of a virtual solar system through a computer program run by UGA education researchers.
The Virtual Solar System (VSS) software will allow the fifth-, sixth- and seventh-grade students to create and explore their own solar system as they learn about planetary motion and light, said Kenneth Hay, director of the project and a research scientist in the Learning and Performance Support Lab (LPSL) at UGA’s College of Education.
The VSS allows learners to collect information, create dynamic 3-D models of the solar system on the computer, and then explore other areas, such as the phases of the moon, eclipses and seasons. This inquiry-based approach helps learners develop a deeper understanding of astronomy — one that goes far beyond a traditional descriptive or observational level.
Learning and Performance Support Lab
College of Education
UGA professor's journalism textbook translated by Chinese national news agency
A book by Conrad Fink, professor of journalism at the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, has been published in Chinese. Writing Opinion for Impact is a celebration of investigative journalism, inquiring into government and other institutions of society.
China’s national news agency, Xinhua Publishing House, translated the work. "Translation by this official government arm signals a real loosening of government control over the media in China," said Fink.
Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
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."
Criminal Justice Studies Program
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
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OTHER UNIVERSITY NEWS
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UGA food scientists to introduce bean-based hush puppies to consumers
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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UGA first-year student Mark Babcock, a life-long stutterer, has overcome that disability with the aid of a unique device, now being used by fewer than 150 people worldwide. Babcock, who is from Marietta, will tell his story on ABC's "Good Morning America," when the program originiates from Atlanta on Thursday, Nov. 14. (7-9 a.m. on WSB-TV, Channel 2).
The device was developed by researchers at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C.
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ON CAMPUS
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Thursday, November 14, 2002
Presentation: Information Systems Conceptual Foundations: Looking Backward and Forward. Sponsored by the MIS Department, Terry College of Business. Speaker: Gordon B. Davis, one of the principal founders and intellectual architects of the academic field of information systems. He is currently publisher of the MIS Quarterly. 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM. Room 202, Caldwell Hall. Contact: 542-3902.
Diversity and Inclusiveness Workshop: Featuring Dr. Beverly Tatum, Spelman College President. Sponsored by the Graduate School. Part of a series to discuss issues of inclusiveness for diversity in the classroom. Speaker: Dr. Beverly Tatum, President of Spelman College, is an expert on race relations and race in the classroom. 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM. University Chapel, North Campus. Contact: 542-4790 or cdbyrd@uga.edu.
95th Annual Sibley Lecture: The Emerging Law of the Internet. Sponsored by the School of Law. Speaker: Arthur Miller, Bruce Bromley Professor of Law, Harvard University. 3:30 PM. Hatton Lovejoy Courtroom, School of Law. Contact: 542-5172 or hmurphy@uga.edu.
Meeting: Facilities Committee of University Council. 3:30 PM. Administration Building, Peabody board room.
Poetry Reading: Kim Addonizio. Sponsored by The Georgia Review, The Georgia Poetry Circuit, and the Georgia Council for the Arts. Acclaimed poet Kim Addonizio will read from her work, which includes the collections The Philosopher's Club, Jimmy & Rita, In the Box Called Pleasure, and Tell Me, which was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2000. 3:30 PM. Demosthenian Hall. Contact: 542-0397 or davidi@arches.uga.edu.
Graduate Council Meeting. Sponsored by the Graduate School. 3:30 PM. Room 103, Conner Hall. Contact: libjohn@uga.edu.
CANCELLED: Bioseparations Engineering Seminar. Speaker: Dr. Michael R. Ladisch, Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering, Purdue University. For more information, visit www.engineering.uga.edu. 3:40 PM - 4:40 PM. Driftmier Engineering Center Conference Room. Contact: 542-7825 or aflurry@uga.edu.
Poetry Reading: Paul Muldoon. Sponsored by Lanier Speakers Series, Department of English. The Irish poet Paul Muldoon, Professor, Princeton University, and recently Professor of Poetry, Oxford University, England, will read from his work. His many books include Poems 1968-1998 and Moy Sand and Gravel. 4:30 PM. Room 265, Park Hall. Contact: dpafunda@yahoo.com.
Meeting: Faculty Affairs Committee of University Council. 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM. Law School, room E, second floor.
Romance Languages Colloquia: The Author in Drag: Silvano Santiago's Fictional Performances. Sponsored by the Department of Romance Languages. Speaker: Susan Quinlan. 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM. Room 350K, Gilbert Hall. Contact: dbultman@uga.edu.
Indonesian-Cultural Dinner and Lecture: The Future of the Orangutan?. Sponsored by the Indonesian Student Organization. Come enjoy a traditional ethnic meal with the Indonesian Student Organization (ISO). Prior to dinner, a lecture will be given on the conservation of one of Indonesia’s most prized forms of wildlife, the orangutan, by Michael D. Gumert, M.S., of UGA’s Psychology Department. ISO will also present displays and videos depicting Indonesian culture and the future of the orangutan. 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Andrinka Hall, 4th floor, Memorial Hall. Contact: mtresna@yahoo.com.
Pre-Concert Lecture: Liszt The Musician of the Nineteenth-Century. Sponsored by the School of Music and the Center for Humanities and Arts. Speaker: Alan Walker. 7:15 PM. Hodgson Concert Hall. Contact: 542-3737.
Concert: Butterfly Effect. Sponsored by Solponticello and the Athens Creative Medium Experience. Designed to showcase Athens' finest music composers in a concert setting. Kyle Dawkins and Jason Solomon of the Georgia Guitar Quartet will each premiere pieces, as will Colin Bragg, Kevin Hoth, Julie Powell, and Erik Hinds. There will also be a series of seminars and masterclasses around the event to highlight the importance of new musical developments in Athens. 8:00 PM. Seney-Stovall Chapel, North Milledge Avenue. Contact: 369.7593 or info@solponticello.com.
2nd Thursday Concert Series: An Evening with Franz Liszt. Sponsored by the School of Music and the Center for Humanities and Arts. Liszt scholar Alan Walker adds his interesting narrative to an evening of music performed by members of the UGA voice and piano faculty. Tickets: $15. 8:00 PM. Hodgson Concert Hall. Contact: Box Office, 542-4400.
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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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