2002 Releases


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December 2002
20th C Patrick Allen named UGA Director of Community Relations
12/27/02
20th annual Economic Outlook for Georgia and the nation delivered today
12/18/02
Glisson appointed associate dean at UGA vet school
12/16/02
UGA's Center for Humanities and Arts to host international symposium focusing on central Asia
12/16/02
UGA ranked nation's 2nd most prolific university in education research
12/12/02
UGA mathematics professor Jeremy Kilpatrick named associate by National Academies
12/11/02
20th annual Economic Outlook Luncheon comes to World Congress Center December 18
12/11/02
UGA student Adam Cureton named Rhodes Scholar; fourth such honor for UGA since 1996
12/10/02
UGA Honors student Josh Woodruff named one of 40 Marshall Scholars
12/9/02
Cut cable disrupts telephones at UGA Police Department, Bookstore and Tate Student Center
12/9/02
UGA launches new study abroad program in Cannes
12/9/02
UGA receives grant for $6.7 million to study land-use change in Southern Appalachians
12/5/02
UGA graduate students in educational leadership receive scholarship awards
12/4/02
UGA Grady College student receives national scholarship
12/4/02
UGA Grady College students selected by Lockheed Martin
12/4/02
UGA religion professor to be coauthor of African-American commentary on the Bible
12/4/02
Lynne Sallot of UGA inducted into Order of the Phoenix
12/4/02
New UGA study demonstrates for the first time that bacterial pathogens use hydrogen as an energy source in animals
12/2/02
November 2002
UGA School of Law student advocates face Irish barristers in moot court competition
11/27/02
Two UGA education students receive Keith Osborn scholarships
11/27/02
Spelman president, UGA professor to speak at UGA fall commencement ceremonies
11/26/02
Georgia Museum of Art receives gift estimated at $6.3 million; more than $500,000 raised during biennial Elegant Salute
11/26/02
UGA students teach geography, current events in local public schools
11/25/02
UGA Disability Services receives $45,000 grant to fund technology access training workshops
11/21/02
UGA's African American Cultural Center to host Kwanzaa celebration featuring Kwanzaa creator Maulana Karenga
11/20/02
American literature scholar to speak at UGA November 21
11/19/02
UGA assistant vice president for research to retire
11/19/02
Kaplan guide rates UGA's career services and academic facilities among best in nation
11/19/02
University of Monterrey president to speak at UGA
11/18/02
UGA School of Law wins regional moot court competition for third straight year
11/18/02
Brooks named continuing education director at UGA's College of Pharmacy
11/18/02
J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership appoints associate director
11/18/02
UGA Gerontology Center to host program for older adults in the Athens area
11/18/02
UGA Center for International Trade and Security receives more than $3 million for weapons of mass destruction research
11/18/02
UGA biomedical doctoral students selected as ARCS Scholars
11/18/02
Annual Talmadge Moot Court competitors from UGA argue sentencing
11/18/02
UGA professor Judith Ortiz Cofer to deliver keynote address at National Council of Teachers of English meeting
11/14/02
Legge named associate dean of the School of Public and International Affairs
11/13/02
UGA College of Education, Gwinnett Schools collaborate on program to develop school administrators
11/13/02
UGA education researchers bring virtual solar system program to Boys and Girls Clubs of Athens through November 21
11/12/02
UGA professor's journalism textbook translated by Chinese national news agency
11/12/02
UGA researcher patents new "lab fish" for assessing harmful chemicals, mutagens in the environment
11/12/02
President of Spelman College to speak at UGA on minority inclusiveness
11/11/02
MRI now available at UGA's College of Veterinary Medicine
11/11/02
UGA Criminal Justice Studies Program celebrates 25th anniversary with series of events
11/11/02
Internationally renowned poet Paul Muldoon to give reading at UGA November 14
11/11/02
Gordon Davis, one of the founders of management information systems research, to speak at UGA's Terry College of Business
11/11/02
UGA Senior V.P. Hank Huckaby named to governor-elect's transition team; interim leadership appointed for UGA Finance and Administration
11/7/02
UGA food scientists to introduce bean-based hush puppies to consumers
11/7/02
Georgia defeats Florida in annual Hulsey-Kimbrell Moot Court Competition
11/7/02
Wrigley named senior V.P. for external affairs at UGA
11/6/02
Arthur Miller to deliver UGA's Sibley Lecture on internet law
11/6/02
Acclaimed poet Kim Addonizio to read at UGA on November 14
11/6/02
Inaugural UGA fall diversity lecture on November 7 features University of Michigan scholars
11/6/02
Two independent documentaries by UGA Grady College professors to be screened November 13
11/4/02
President of Kellogg College at University of Oxford to deliver 2002 Louise McBee Lecture at UGA
11/4/02
UGA receives $894,000 grant to partner with Gwinnett School System in preparing more educators to teach children with autism
11/4/02
Ecology lab director at UGA's Savannah River Lab appointed to national advisory board
11/4/02
UGA Blue Key to honor Norman Fletcher, Mary Virginia and Herman Terry, and Gordhan Patel
11/4/02
October 2002
Author and screenwriter Christopher Keane to visit UGA to present program "How to Write a Hollywood Screenplay"
UGA student questions why snakes cross roadways
10/29/02
CENTAUR Lab opens at UGA October 30; Collaboration with Spirent Communications to help shape next-generation Internet
10/28/02
UGA's Grady College appoints Diane Murray public service and outreach director
10/28/02
UGA Grady College professor named to panel of curators for the Film Movement
10/24/02
UGA College of Education student receives national scholarship
10/24/02
Georgians still on guard one year later, according to UGA's Peach State Poll
10/24/02
UGA fall enrollment totals record 32,941
10/24/02
UGA to award honorary degree to civil rights lawyer Donald Hollowell
10/24/02
Four UGA faculty awarded fellowship into American Academy for the Advancement of Science
10/23/02
Leadership change announced at Georgia Center for Continuing Education
10/23/02
WUGA-FM and local organizations sponsor public forum for general election candidates
10/23/02
University of Georgia announces property transactions
10/23/02
Frasier to be honored as founding director of UGA's Torrance Center for Creative Studies at annual lecture October 25
10/22/02
Poet and environmental activist to give Lanier Series reading October 23 at UGA
10/22/02
UGA professor inducted into Illinois State University College of Education's Hall of Fame
10/22/02
UGA math tournament for high school students set for October 26 on campus
10/22/02
UGA Debate Team continues winning streak with victory at University of Alabama
10/22/02
Two students in UGA's School of Public and International Affairs receive awards from nonprofit association
10/22/02
Member of European Parliament to deliver final 25th anniversary Rusk Center Lecture at UGA
10/22/02
Geneva Overholser to deliver Grady College's 24th Annual Ralph McGill Lecture November 6 at the UGA Chapel
10/21/02
UGA Gerontology Center to host program for older adults in the Athens area
10/21/02
Student organization to hold National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week at UGA
10/21/02
Creativity experts Morris Stein and Kathy Goff to Speak at UGA's 2002 Torrance Lecture on October 25
10/18/02
62nd Annual Peabody Awards Call for Entries in the mail; new online application submission now available
10/18/02
UGA Minority Services and Programs to hold first in series of alumni speaker events October 24
10/18/02
120 of state's top business leaders, educators and legislators to visit Clarke-UGA partnership school
10/18/02
U.S. News ranks UGA's online master's degree program in adult education among best in nation
10/18/02
UGA professor Judy Meyer named national Clean Water Act hero
10/18/02
AGL resources CEO says America's rush to deregulate industries has unleashed destructive volatility
10/17/02
UGA Food Science Department's Powers Activity Room to be dedicated November 8
10/17/02
UGA education faculty awarded $10.3 million NSF grant to create center to improve, research mathematics teaching
10/16/02
UGA, Georgia Perimeter College cosponsor open house October 29 at Gwinnett University Center
10/16/02
UGA School of Law introduces continuing legal education program for lawyers at Oxford University
10/15/02
UGA professor awarded grant to establish partnership with the University System of Tunisia
10/15/02
UGA Alumni Association to present alumni, faculty awards
10/15/02
UGA's Carl Vinson Institute to host "Reel to Reel" film series focusing on political and civic issues
10/15/02
UGA Center for Applied Genetic Technologies to be dedicated October 24
10/14/02
Rebecca White joins UGA provost's office
10/14/02
Eric Dahl named associate vice president for research at UGA
10/14/02
UGA professor emeritus Abraham Tesser wins award from International Society for Self and Identity
10/11/02
"Inside Stories" video series highlights humanities and arts research process at UGA
10/11/02
UGA celebrates homecoming October 13-19
10/10/02
UGA undergraduates chosen as CURO research apprentices
10/10/02
Paula Rosput, AGL resources chairman, president and CEO, to speak at Terry Third Thursday in Atlanta on October 17
10/10/02
Bennett succeeds Castenell as interim associate provost for institutional diversity at UGA; search committee named for permanent successor
10/9/02
UGA's Savannah River Ecology Laboratory names Mosser new environmental health and safety manager
10/9/02
Former director of UGA Law Library publishes book on history of Georgia Courts
10/8/02
UGA's College of Environment and Design presents "Exploration and Discovery: Field Studies 2002"
10/8/02
University of Hong Kong consultant to give lecture at UGA recognizing five years since change in rule
10/8/02
Researchers, led by UGA scientists, create new strategy for removing arsenic from soil
10/7/02
Search committee named to identify candidates for UGA provost
10/3/02
"Subterrain" exhibit at UGA's Lamar Dodd School of Art Main Gallery
10/3/02
Fanning Building dedication set for October 10 at UGA
10/3/02
25th anniversary UGA Rusk Center Lecture to focus on United Nations and international relations
10/3/02
Eugene P. Odum memorial celebration scheduled for October 16 at UGA's Hodgson Hall
10/2/02
UGA researchers discover genes that control regulatory functions in malaria mosquitoes; could lead to new control methods
10/2/02
Former faculty member leaves UGA $1.7 million
10/1/02
Tricia Kalivoda appointed associate vice president for public service and outreach at UGA
10/1/02
September 2002
Fulbright Scholarships awarded to five UGA students
9/30/02
Lawrence Goldman of Oxford University to kick off study-trip to Oxford with talk at Georgia Museum
9/30/02
UGA art professor to work with Gaines elementary students in Clarke school partnership program
9/30/02
International human rights expert to deliver 25th anniversary UGA Rusk Center Lecture at on October 2
9/27/02
UGA Observatory sets schedule for viewing the planets and stars in coming months
9/27/02
Counterproliferation researcher to deliver UGA's 2002 D.W. Brooks Lecture on October 1
9/27/02
UGA professor awarded theoretical chemistry prize
9/27/02
Gallery in UGA building named for alumnus Gordon Jones
9/27/02
UGA Lamar Dodd School of Art director Carmon Colangelo featured in Liverpool Biennial Exhibition
9/26/02
UGA study finds single moms in poor, rural areas aren't ruled by setting
9/26/02
"Terry Tunes" lunchtime concert series set to begin Sept. 27 at UGA's Herty Field
9/25/02
Glass named director of UGA College of Eductions Office of Instructional Technology
9/25/02
Musician Vic Chesnutt and poet Forrest Gander to give performance and reading at UGA on October 4
9/23/02
Current international agreements insufficient to contain weapons of mass destruction, says UGA report
9/23/02
Georgians' attitudes reflect the uncertain times, finds UGA's Peach State Poll
9/20/02
UGA, other Southeastern institutions dedicate research x-ray beamline at Argonne National Laboratory
9/20/02
Dean Rusk Center kicks off 25th anniversary lecture series with presentation on the nature of states in the 21st century
9/20/02
UGA Grady College student wins national journalism award
9/20/02
Hispanic Heritage Month to held in October at UGA
9/19/02
Synovus CEO says crooked executives treated companies like "private little playpens"
9/19/02
UGA College of Education doctoral student receives scholarship from international honor society
9/19/02
UGA Grady College professor Louise Benjamin receives 2002 Haiman Award for book on First Amendment rights and broadcasting
9/19/02
Director of Student Affairs for UGA at Gwinnett named
9/19/02
UGA Minority Services Office to hold first in series of Cultural Cafe events September 27
9/18/02
Historian Linda Gordon to present UGA's Fall Charter Lecture
9/18/02
UGA College of Education doctoral student one of four worldwide named Bamford-Lahey Scholars
9/17/02
Author Tayari Jones to give reading at UGA
9/17/02
Georgia Future Problem Solving Program training workshop to be held October 24-25 at UGA
9/16/02
Training workshop on the Torrance Test for Creative Thinking to be held October 23-25 at UGA
9/16/02
"The Peabody Conversation" series to feature television writer/producer William Link on September 24
9/16/02
New process created by UGA researcher makes honey safe for infants
9/13/02
UGA's Savannah River Ecology Lab expands outreach program
9/13/02
Winstead named coordinator of UGA College of Education's Torrance Center for Creativity
9/13/02
UGA Vet Med professor emeritus George Rowland passes away at 64
9/13/02
UGA again named one of America's top 20 universities
9/13/02
UGA faculty and administrators to discuss women in higher education administration
9/12/02
UGA's Savannah River Ecology Lab and Forest Service team to provide herp conservation tools
9/10/02
"PERILOUSLY CLOSE" exhibit at UGA's Lamar Dodd School of Art main gallery
9/6/02
UGA and U.S. Forest Service study to benchmark wilderness values
9/6/02
UGA community remembers Sept. 11; events scheduled across campus before, during and after the anniversary
9/4/02
Documentary on the life and work of late UGA ecologist Eugene P. Odum to be rebroadcast on Georgia Public Television Sept. 8
9/3/02
August 2002
UGA Undergraduate Admissions Office extends reach in south Georgia
 8/30/02
Fitness level may predict women's hypertension risk, according to UGA study
 8/30/02
Academic affairs coordinator named for UGA at Gwinnett
 8/29/02
WUGA-FM and Federation of Neighborhoods sponsor local forum for primary runoff candidates
 8/29/02
UGA's Susette Talarico named Saye Professor of American Government and Constitutional Law
 8/29/02
UGA to participate in United Way's Day of Caring on September 4
 8/28/02
Diverse range of visions featured in 2002-2003 Visiting Artist/Scholars Lecture Series at UGA's Lamar Dodd School of Art
 8/27/02
UGA's Savannah River Lab and others to study potential role of pigment in environmental cleanup
 8/23/02
"Of Age: Twenty-One Years of Books at the Green Street Press" exhibit at the UGA Lamar Dodd School of Art
 8/23/02
Scholarship fund established to honor late young teacher, recent graduate of UGA's College of Education
 8/23/02
State of UGA's new College of Environment and Design address scheduled for August 28
 8/22/02
UGA Honors Program welcomes first-year students to campus
 8/22/02
Directors named for UGA at Gwinnett undergraduate programs
 8/21/02
Georgians rate ethical standards of elected officials low, according to UGA's Peach State Poll
 8/21/02
UGA research lab to conduct holistic study of at-risk species on government lands
 8/21/02
Genetic diversity necessary for optimal ecosystem functioning, according to UGA research
 8/20/02
"Bridges to the Doctorate" proposal funded for minority student education at UGA
 8/20/02
"IMPERFECT" exhibit at the UGA Lamar Dodd School of Art Main Gallery
 8/20/02
UGA School of Law enrolls a superior class
 8/19/02
UGA's first-year class sets record for SAT, GPA scores
 8/16/02
UGA School of Law welcomes new chair of international law and other faculty
 8/16/02
Australian researcher to study technology in learning under Fulbright appointment to UGA's College of Education
 8/15/02
UGA's Women's Studies Program celebrates 25 years on campus; sets goals for new students
 8/15/02
UGA's Herty Field goes wireless for computer users; first segment of new personal wireless/walkup system on campus
 8/14/02
New parking permits effective Aug. 16; information for those not yet having permit
8/14/02
UGA to begin new academic year with opening convocation
8/13/02
UGA diagnostic laboratories to receive $2 million to take part in homeland defense network
 8/12/02
Eugene Odum, "The Father of Modern Ecology" at UGA, dies at 88
 8/11/02
WUGA celebrates 15th anniversary with "Blue Moon" broadcast
8/9/02
Grasso appointed dean of UGA Graduate School
8/9/02
Total funding for research at UGA tops $200 million; another double-digit increase in external funding
8/9/02
Annual employment survey of journalism and mass communication released by UGA's Cox Center
8/8/02
UGA romance languages professor receives national award
8/8/02
Cooper named to Jowdy Professorship at UGA College of Pharmacy
8/8/02
Regents approve UGA program to expand access through four-year degree program in Tifton
8/7/02
UGA public radio station WUGA and Georgia Sea Grant Program win national award from Public Radio News Directors
8/6/02
UGA summer commencement set for August 10
8/5/02
UGA School of Law appoints two professors to endowed positions
8/2/02
UGA study of cell elements called retroviruses shows that human-specific variety developed when humans, chimps diverged
8/1/02
UGA summer enrollment totals record 15, 190
8/1/02
Steam outages set for UGA buildings
8/1/02
July 2002
Former Gov. Sanders' $1 million gift creates faculty chair in UGA Law School
7/31/02
Dean of the Warnell School of Forest Resources to serve as interim provost at UGA
7/31/02
UGA announces admissions plan for fall 2003
7/31/02
Two UGA counseling professors receive national honors
7/30/02
Thomas P. Lauth appointed dean of UGA School of Public and International Affairs
7/30/02
Award named in honor of UGA copyright law professor
7/30/02
UGA researchers link increased risk of illness to sewage sludge used as fertilizer
7/29/02
UGA hosting gifted education training for Korean educators
7/29/02
UGA sets private giving record with $62.7 million in gifts, pledges
7/29/02
UGA's Rural Development Center in Tifton breaks ground on expansion
7/26/02
Despite popular advice, narcissism can be as much a hindrance as a help to relationships, new UGA study reports
7/26/02
UGA Provost Karen Holbrook named president of Ohio State
7/25/02
UGA education professor named to NCTE committee on research
7/24/02
WUGA celebrates 15 years as Athens' public radio station
7/23/02
UGA art professor Stefanie Jackson receives $20,000 Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Award
7/23/02
Freedom Forum names UGA professor Conrad Fink Journalism Teacher of the Year
7/22/02
UGA Terry College of Business professor Dennis Beresford elected to Worldcom board of directors as part of Chapter 11 reorganizing
7/22/02
UGA Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication hosts conference for college newspaper editors
7/22/02
UGA education researchers bring Virtual Gorilla program to Zoo Atlanta day campers
7/22/02
UGA professor Joseph DiPiro named editor of pharmaceutical journal
7/19/02
UGA's Center for International Trade and Security receives Carnegie grant to support nonproliferation efforts in Russia
7/19/02
UGA Foundation Fellows Program appoints new faculty mentors
7/19/02
UGA professor patents method of converting solid pain-relief medications into form suitable for application to skin
7/18/02
UGA College of Veterinary Medicine's Animal Care and Use Program receives full accreditation from AAALAC
7/15/02
National Science Foundation awards grant to UGA's Genes for Georgia
7/12/02
UGA joins the Federal Demonstration Partnership
7/12/02
Gift creates new faculty position in UGA School of Social Work
7/11/02
UGA Department of Dance moves from College of Education to Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
7/11/02
Annual report on minority buying power from UGA's Selig Center shows dramatic increases in disposable income for all groups
7/11/02
UGA participates in statewide effort to meet health care needs
7/10/02
UGA Dean Nickols installed as president of American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
7/9/02
Annual report on minority buying power from UGA's Selig Center shows dramatic increases in disposable income for all groups
7/8/02
University of Akron President Proenza to speak at UGA summer commencement
7/8/02
Georgians believe hand-held phone use while driving compromises safety; findings by UGA's Peach State Poll
7/8/02
Morris named interim director of UGA's Instutute for Higher Education
7/8/02
UGA employees can ride Athens buses fare-free
7/3/02
UGA public radio station WUGA 91.7/97.9 FM wins award from the Georgia Association of Broadcasters
7/3/02
Statewide conference focusing on health needs of Latinos to be held at UGA July 29–31
7/1/02

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