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"Dooley calls off the Dawgs," headlines the Athens Banner-Herald. Monday statement from Athletics Director Vince Dooley, and responses from President Michael F. Adams and Chancellor Thomas Meredith, call on UGA supporters to quell the recent controversy and come together to move UGA forward.
Sunday's Atlanta Journal-Constitution profiles President Adams as "weary but confident,'" saying he plans to stay at UGA's helm at least until 2007. In another article, the AJC examines "two kinds of UGA fans" revealed by the current controversy: the alumni and the non-alumni. Trustee Otis Brumby tells the Chattanooga Times-Free Press that "Adams has been unfairly criticized, to the point of abuse." An Athens Banner-Herald editorial calls for a third-party investigation into financial management of the UGA Foundation Board of Trustees.
USA Today reports on research co-authored by UGA's W. Keith Campbell regarding the strains of children on a marriage. When children arrive, wealthier couples experience a drop in marital happiness three times that of middle-class parents, the research finds.
The Maize Mapping Project, a collaboration involving UGA and the universities of Missouri and Arizona, has reached a milestone in mapping the corn genome.
Leonard Poon, director of UGA's Gerontology Center, is quoted in a Reuters story about the outer limits of life -- whether quality of life may someday be maintained beyond age 120.
UGA student Harin J. Contractor, an Indian-American, is quoted in a Washington Post story on the growing lobbying alliance of Indians and Israelis.
A Dallas Morning News story on persons in the field of religion whose names match their profession cites UGA's religion professors Alan Godlas and Will Power. (registration required)
UGA research into the potential spread of West Nile Virus through reptiles is being reported nationwide, including in the Denver Post and Orange County Register.
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Vaccine development specialist is named GRA Eminent Scholar
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 Sapelo's Golden Celebration
UGA's Marine Institute turns 50
Also: Nature's biographer John Avise
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UGA's research magazine
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The Atlanta Regional Consortium for Higher Education has issued an extensive summary of biotechnical and biomedical initiatives at Atlanta-area institutions of higher education. UGA has many programs which are prominently featured. The full report is available at the ARCHE Web site.
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University of Georgia's Physical Master Plan -- Guiding principles for campus growth.
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UGA supporters give a record $72.05 million in fiscal year 2003
University of Georgia supporters gave the school a record $72.05 million in private gifts and pledges in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, a 15 percent increase over last year. It is the first time in UGA history that single-year private giving has exceeded $70 million.
This year’s total is some $9.4 million more than the $62.7 million given in fiscal year 2002, which was also a record and the first time private giving topped $60 million. The total includes 14 gifts of $1 million or more from individuals.
UGA to hire 50 faculty and expand enrollment in high-demand majors
UGA will be able to hire 50 faculty and expand enrollment in some high-demand areas as a result of a 15-percent tuition increase approved by the Board of Regents for the 2003-04 academic year. Deans can begin hiring faculty immediately, although the hirings are likely to be spread throughout the academic year. There are currently 200 faculty vacancies at UGA.
The tuition increase resulted in additional net revenue of $6 million for the upcoming academic year. UGA President Michael F. Adams has allotted approximately $4 million to the office of the provost for hiring faculty, and approximately $1 million each to the offices of the senior vice presidents for external affairs and finance and administration.
UGA education researchers bring virtual gorilla program to Barrow County teachers, youngsters
They’ll be knuckle-walking and twirling and foraging for food. It’s a jungle out there – at least, it will be for a group of Barrow County youngsters participating in the Virtual Gorilla (VGOR) Summer Camp July 21-25.
More than a dozen middle school-aged children from the Winder Boys & Girls Club and Winder-Barrow Middle School will get a rare opportunity to experience first-hand what it is like to design a "gorilla" through a virtual reality program run by University of Georgia education researchers at the camp to be held at the middle school.
"The Virtual Gorilla Modeling program will allow the 5th-7th grade campers to construct models of a gorilla troop," said Ken Hay, director of the project and a research scientist in the Learning and Performance Support Lab of UGA’s College of Education.
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UGA scientists test less lethal means to determine contaminant uptake
When scientists need to determine how much of a contaminant in an environment actually remains in the animals that live there, traditionally they have had to sacrifice test animals to collect tissue for contaminant level testing. According to a paper just published in Environmental Science & Technology, scientists at the University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL) have used a technique called laser ablation-ICP-MS to sample minute sections of an animal’s tail without sacrificing the animal.
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
UGA College of Veterinary Medicine admits more students to its class of 2007
On August 18, 96 students in the College of Veterinary Medicine will begin their four-year pursuit of a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. The class of 2007 consists of 10 more students than have traditionally been admitted.
"The increase in enrollment is a result of strong market demand for our graduates," says Keith W. Prasse, dean, College of Veterinary Medicine. "Georgia's population grew 20 percent over the past decade and we have increased enrollment to meet this demographic change. Laboratories and classrooms are being renovated to accommodate the increase in class size."
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UGA self study concludes with praise from accrediting agency
The University of Georgia’s 2001 self study has officially come to a close with the university’s chief accrediting agency issuing its stamp of approval and a note of praise for the quality of UGA’s work.
In a statement, James T. Rogers, executive director of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Commission on Colleges, was "impressed with the quality, frankness and organization" of UGA’s self-study. Rogers reiterated that the commission believes "the administration of the University can be very proud of the team that was responsible for developing the self study."
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Coverage in the Athens Banner-Herald
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OTHER UNIVERSITY NEWS
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"Father of Creativity" E. Paul Torrance, UGA professor emeritus of educational psychology, dead at 87
Keith Parker chosen for institutional diversity post at UGA
UGA scientists upgrading Army's scrambled-egg MREs
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NEWS FROM UGA'S SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
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Sanford Stadium construction progress
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ON CAMPUS
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Tuesday, July 22, 2003
UGA Athletic Events
Business & Community Programs: Piano for Older Beginners, Level 2. Sponsored by the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Learn more complicated basic chords, rhythms, and harmonization. Prerequisite: Piano for Older Beginners or permission of the instructor. Through August 14. 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM. Room 504, Music Building. Contact: 542-3537 or www.gactr.uga.edu/bcp.
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
UGA Athletic Events
Erosion and Sediment Control course. Sponsored by Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission. To train individuals involved in land-disturbing activities in Georgia's erosion control laws and inspection and enforcement procedures. Through Friday, July 25, 2003. Georgia Center. Contact: 542-2134.
Thursday, July 24, 2003
UGA Athletic Events
Musical Theatre: Weird Romance. Sponsored by the Thalian-Blackfriars Theatre Company. UGA's student-run theatre company will present two one-act musicals of speculative fiction in its first endeavor into musical theatre. Admission: $5. Evening performances: July 24 - 26, 8:00 PM; matinee: July 27, 2:00 PM. Through Sunday, July 27, 2003. Cellar Theatre, Fine Arts Building. Contact: 552-0603.
Friday, July 25, 2003
UGA Athletic Events
Friday Tours. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Natural History. This one hour tour introduces visitors to the Museum and several of its well-known collections, such as mammals, birds, fish and insects. Adults and children 5+. Free. Please call ahead for groups of 8 or more. 4:00 PM. Natural History Building. Contact: 542-1663, musinfo@uga.edu.
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ADVISORIES
UPDATED 07/22/03
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Rutherford St. and access to S14 parking zone. From Thursday through Sunday, July 24-27, a portion of Rutherford Street and the driveway to the S14 parking zone (between the Student Athlete Academic Center and the baseball stadium) will be closed for utility construction and road repairs. The S14 lot will be open and accessible via the driveway between the tennis stadium and the Carlton St. parking deck. Access to the Student Athlete Academic Center parking lot from Rutherford St. will not be affected. Through Sunday, July 27, 2003.
UGA license plate renewal for the 2004 cycle. All state of Georgia vehicle license plates, including the commemorative UGA series, will be reissued upon renewal on the vehicle owner's birthday during calendar 2004. Persons desiring the UGA special plate should apply between Jan. 1 and July 31, 2003 at your local county tag office. Those already having UGA tags in the current series should return to your county tag office the renewal letter received from the state Department of Motor Vehicle Safety. Those who do not now have the tag may apply using form MV-9C which is available on the web at www.dmvs.ga.gov/forms/pdf/motor/mv-9c.pdf. A $25 manufacturing fee should accompany the application. Through Thursday, July 31, 2003.
Coverdell Center infrastructure. Due to utility infrastructure construction for the Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, that portion of D. W. Brooks Dr. between Carlton St. and McWhorter Hall will be closed to through traffic from May 12 until approximately Sept. 5. Through Friday, September 5, 2003.
Preparedness Information. For the latest official security and preparedness information affecting campus operations, please visit UGA's Office of Security Preparedness Web site.
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