UGA Today

New numbers on college crime published by the U.S. Department of Education show criminal violations dropped at the University of Georgia from 1998 to 2000.

The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports on early cancer detection research being conducted by a team of UGA professors, including David Puett and Michael Pierce.

UGA reference librarian Eric Griffith has created a web site containing a plethora of information on Athens and Clarke County. The site covers everything from the arts to zoos. (Athens Banner-Herald)

"Protect state's coastal islands," says the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Eugene Odum, UGA professor emeritus, is quoted in the editorial.

"Extraordinary Teachers: The Essence of Excellent Teaching" by UGA marketing professor Fred Stepehenson is highlighted in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

NIH releases list of stem-cell colonies approved for federal research. One lab and its eight colonies are added to the original list of labs, which included BresaGen at UGA. (subscription service)

Vernon Jordan's memoir is reviewed in the Washington Post. It discusses his role in representing Charlayne Hunter-Gault in the desegregation of UGA in 1961.

The University of Michigan's affirmative action case is to go before a full nine-judge panel of the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Dec. 6. Black Issues in Higher Education reviews the case and the way in which it is viewed by Michigan's new interim president. (subscription service)

Griffin Daily News devotes its A-1 headline story Monday to UGA's plans to open an admissions recruitment office in that area of the state.

UGA alumnus Lester Crawford is mentioned in a U.S. News & World Report article. Crawford is said to be Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson's top pick for head of the Food and Drug Administration.

The new chancellor of the University System of Georgia is profiled by the Associated Press.

Bill Shipp reviews the departing remarks of current system chancellor Stephen Portch.

In a Sunday editorial, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Cynthia Tucker says UGA should drop legacy admissions.

"Dawgs After Dark," alcohol-free activities on the UGA campus, is featured in an AJC article. Students view it as a "fun option."

A new UGA outreach program puts college interns in Clarke County classrooms to share specialized knowledge, such as international affairs and history.

The Ralph McGill Lecture, sponsored by UGA's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, is covered in the Athens Banner-Herald. Cynthia Tucker, editorial page editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, delivered the lecture. The McGill Issues Forum followed later in the day; coverage appears in the Banner-Herald and the AJC. (lecture in ABH, forum in ABH, forum in AJC)
Remarks by Cynthia Tucker

The State Board of Regents is seeking to increase minority recruitment system-wide. Morris News Service reports that the board is asking the state legislature for $7.6 million to do so. The story is also reported in the AJC.

The Old Athens Cemetery Foundation has turned over stewardship of the Jackson Street cemetery to UGA saying the site "perfectly fits this new vision of campus."

Josiah Meigs, UGA's first president, is the subject of a musical theater production by Athens singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt that's currently playing in New York.

Coleman Barks, retired UGA English professor and translator of the works of Rumi, discusses the 13th-century sufi poet on NPR's "Morning Edition." Today Rumi is Afghanistan's most popular poet.

Ohio seeks to emulate Georgia in stimulating university-based research, reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer.