2003 Releases


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August 2003
UGA Grady College Dean Soloski named president of ASJMC
8/1/03
UGA law school associate dean appointed to council charged with reworking the state's indigent defense system
8/1/03
UGA survey shows journalism grads face challenging job market
8/1/03
UGA Main Library employees to report to work Monday, Aug. 4
8/1/03
July 2003
Congressmen Max Burns and Buck McKeon to hold press conference at UGA's Administration Building Wednesday
7/29/03
UGA ecology professor Pejman Rohani wins award to pursue work in global and infectious disease
7/29/03
UGA's Fanning Institute to offer "Teaching Through Activities" workshop
7/28/03
Minority undergraduates present posters tomorrow as part of UGA summer research program
7/28/03
UGA's Jekyll Island 4-H Center to be rededicated August 7
7/28/03
UGA summer enrollment totals record 15, 655
7/25/03
UGA Police Department releases descriptions of possible witnesses
7/25/03
Information for UGA faculty, staff and students regarding fire at the Main Library
7/25/03
Statement by President Michael F. Adams regarding the fire at the Main Library
7/24/03
UGA's Fanning Institute offers new Latino Youth Leadership Program
7/24/03
UGA researcher develops virtual reality environment to help treat smokers trying to quit
7/24/03
UGA's Ferrara named NATA's most distinguished athletic trainer
7/23/03
UGA scientists determine how amphibians' life stages influence contaminant transfer
7/23/03
UGA supporters give a record $72.05 million in fiscal year 2003
7/22/03
UGA to hire 50 faculty and expand enrollment in high-demand majors
7/21/03
UGA scientists test less lethal means to determine contaminant uptake
7/21/03
UGA education researchers bring virtual gorilla program to Barrow County teachers, youngsters
7/17/03
UGA College of Veterinary Medicine admits more students to its class of 2007
7/17/03
"Father of Creativity" E. Paul Torrance, UGA professor emeritus of educational psychology, dead at 87
7/14/03
UGA self study concludes with praise from accrediting agency
7/11/03
UGA education researchers bring virtual solar system program to Gwinnett teachers, middle school students July 14-18
7/11/03
UGA education researchers bring virtual solar system program to Gwinnett teachers, middle school students July 14-18
7/11/03
UGA program urges Hispanic students to stay in school
7/11/03
UGA Campus Transit operators win team trophy in state competition
7/10/03
Four UGA graduate students in athletic training receive national scholarships
7/10/03
UGA scientists upgrading Army's scrambled-egg MREs
7/9/03
UGA's summer research fellows announced
7/7/03
June 2003
Walter Broadnax to speak at UGA summer commencement
6/30/03
UGA Human Resources to offer free counseling services through new Employee Assistance Program beginning July 1
6/27/03
Keith Parker chosen for institutional diversity post at UGA
6/27/03
Richard Zimdars named recipient of first Despy Karlas Professorship in Piano at UGA
6/26/03
UGA Office of Machine Maintenance merges with TEC Services
6/26/03
UGA to announce new associate provost for institutional diversity on Friday, June 27
6/25/03
UGA researcher says trees tell tales of contaminant history
6/25/03
Statement by President Michael F. Adams regarding the Supreme Court ruling in the Michigan affirmative action cases
6/23/03
UGA’s Wrigley Named 2004 Chair of Georgia Humanities Council
6/23/03
Nackerud named interim dean of UGA School of Social Work
6/23/03
Kwastel honored at UGA School of Law graduation
6/19/03
Fisher honored at UGA School of Law graduation
6/19/03
UGA law school association bestows its highest honor on McDonnell and Mobley
6/19/03
"Cypress" features work of Joseph Strother, alumnus and former UGA art professor, at Broad Street Gallery
6/19/03
UGA Scientists discover gene that maintains genome integrity by limiting DNA replication
6/18/03
Georgians see economy as most important problem facing the state according to UGA's Peach State Poll
6/18/03
UGA researcher receives patent for remediation technologies
6/16/03
UGA researcher studies bacteria's role in low birth weights
6/13/03
6/13/03
UGA's Environmental Safety Division receives water resource award
6/10/03
Peabody/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award winner now available
6/10/03
UGA social work dean Bonnie Yegidis named associate VP for academic affairs and associate provost
6/6/03
UGA hosts maritime specialists for international management conference
6/6/03
Search committee named for UGA athletic director
6/5/03
UGA Grady College reaches out to young journalists June 8-14
6/4/03
UGA receives $1 million from Jack, Jane Head for student leadership programs
6/3/03
UGA to create bridges to engineering education
6/2/03
Shipley stepping down as UGA law dean; Rebecca White named interim dean
6/2/03
UGA College of Pharmacy develops first WMD pharmacy practice rotation in United States
6/2/03
Combined meeting of Mineralogical Society of America, Clay Minerals Society to he hosted by UGA in June
6/2/03
May 2003
Sixth Southern Conference on Women's History to be held at UGA June 5-7
5/22/03
MEDIA ADVISORY: 62nd Annual Peabody Awards to air nationally on A&E Sunday, May 25
5/22/03
UGA professor receives $796,000 grant to recruit, prepare bilingual paraprofessionals to become certified teachers
5/20/03
UGA research leads to faster, more realistic animation
5/20/03
UGA Gerontology Center to sponsor colloquium "On Assays and Essays: Toward an Interdisciplinary Gerontology"
5/20/03
Clarke elementary students to learn from UGA students' study abroad experience in Cuba
5/19/03
UGA doctoral student wins Woodrow Wilson Senior Scholar Fellowship for summer work in Washington, D.C.
5/16/03
UGA study shows more Georgia children than previously thought are overweight
5/16/03
UGA student awarded Boren Fellowship
5/16/03
UGA's Creative Writing Program hosts second week of literary events
5/14/03
UGA Grady College student receives national scholarship for photojournalism
5/14/03
UGA's Henry F. Schaefer III named winner of chemistry's Remsen Award for 2003
5/14/03
UGA College of Education receives partnership commendation from Georgia School Boards Association
5/12/03
Animal vaccine scientist is named GRA Eminent Scholar at UGA
5/12/03
ADVISORY: UGA spring commencement traffic and weather information
5/8/03
Retired admiral to address MBA graduates on May 9
5/7/03
Francis A. Ruzicka, former chair of UGA art department, dies at 78
5/7/03
Children's weight results to be released at UGA symposium
5/7/03
UGA plant biologist Stephen Hubbell named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
5/6/03
UGA's Creative Writing Program to host a range of readings in May
5/6/03
UGA Gerontology Center sponsors "Death and Taxes: Toward an Interdisciplinary Gerontology"
5/6/03
UGA Grady College students produce video and Web site on media and war
5/6/03
Terry MBAs top world's best collegiate business plans to win $100,000 grand prize at Global Moot Corp Competition in Texas
5/5/03
UGA Grady College student selected for a competitive multicultural internship program
5/5/03
UGA study reveals property values rise near greenspaces
5/2/03
Two UGA graduates selected to the National Academy of Sciences
5/2/03
Character receives UGA College of Education's 2003 staff award for excellence
5/2/03
U.S. Supreme Court justice to speak at UGA School of Law graduation May 17
5/2/03
UGA's Terry College MBA students beat four in-state rivals to win NAIOP real estate competition in Atlanta
5/2/03
Two dozen students win state competition to represent Georgia in international future problem solving conference June 5-8
5/1/03
UGA public radio station WUGA wins 11 journalism awards
5/1/03
Poem in magazine edited on UGA campus named winner of coveted Pushcart Prize
5/1/03
Campus visits set for UGA institutional diversity finalists
5/1/03
April 2003
MEDIA ADVISORY: Cabinet meeting and media briefing May 1
4/29/03
More than 5,000 eligible for degrees at UGA commencement May 10
4/29/03
Terry MBAs tie for second place at Carrot Capital Competition; win means up to $500,000 in seed money for fledgling company
4/29/03
UGA, Georgia Perimeter College host April 30 open house at Gwinnett University Center
4/28/03
UGA students score scholarship "grand slam"
4/28/03
110 Georgia educators selected for yearlong professional development at UGA's new Center for Latino Achievement
4/28/03
UGA ranked as one of the leading study abroad institutions
4/28/03
Embedded journalist to visit UGA's Grady College May 1
4/28/03
UGA MBAs headed to New York for $3 million Carrot Capital Business Plan Competition
4/24/03
Georgians support increase in alcohol and tobacco taxes according to UGA's Peach State Poll
4/24/03
UGA scientists show ecological interaction between "competing" pathogens
4/23/03
ABC News' Charles Gibson to host 62nd Peabody Awards
4/23/03
UGA professor Art Rosenbaum to be honored at this year's Governor's Awards in the Humanities
4/23/03
MEDIA ADVISORY: "Open Mic with Mike" scheduled for April 24
4/22/03
UGA expands medical research with new building,facility; CCRC growth expected to boost local economy by $14.1 million
4/22/03
UGA Master of Internet Technology students partner with non-profits, businesses to provide Web sites that work
4/22/03
UGA Foundation Fellow receives Udall Scholarship
4/22/03
MEDIA ADVISORY: Ribbon-cutting at D.W. Brooks Mall April 24
4/22/03
UGA to recognize students, teachers at Honors Day April 23
4/21/03
UGA's Grady College to present 2003 alumni awards April 22
4/21/03
Finalists chosen for institutional diversity post at UGA
4/21/03
More than 300 students from across state to compete in Georgia Future Problem Solving Bowl April 25-26 at UGA
4/18/03
Excellence in Georgia public service to be honored in new awards program sposored by UGA
4/18/03
UGA School of Law wins national advocacy tournament
4/17/03
UGA's New Media Institute to host "Go Mobile or Go Home" April 26
4/17/03
UGA professor James Porter co-authors research on black water
4/17/03
UGA Institute of Ecology dedicates tree to the late Eugene P. Odum
4/17/03
UGA's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences to consolidate some research and extension facilities; action results from the college's 2000 strategic plan
4/16/03
UGA Department of Drama invited to exhibit scene designs at international meeting in Prague
4/16/03
Poet David Lehman to give reading at UGA
4/16/03
UGA to host program on "Crimes of War" April 18
4/16/03
UGA assistant professor Brian Henry to celebrate publication of new book with signing April 28
4/15/03
UGA School of Law wins best brief and finishes second in national competition
4/15/03
NeSmith to direct UGA Office of Research Services
4/15/03
UGA Artificial Intelligence Center to host workshop for business and industry April 25
4/11/03
First-year UGA law student wins second advocacy title
4/11/03
Norman Underwood to deliver Distinguished Practioner Lecture at UGA's Vinson Institute April 25
4/11/03
UGA education professor, doctoral student receive national award for article in English Education
4/11/03
UGA Gerontology Center and Athens Community Council on Aging co-host "Gardening for Life" for older adults in the Athens area
4/11/03
Patel elected to ORAU board of directors
4/10/03
UGA's Black Law Student Association team takes second at national mock trial competition
4/10/03
WUGA-FM to air natur writers' series during Earth Week
4/10/03
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia to meet at UGA April 15-16
4/9/03
UGA professor develops electrostatic spray application of decontamination agents as a bioterrorism countermeasure
4/9/03
Georgians want to weigh in on the state flag according to UGA's Peach State Poll
4/8/03
UGA College of Education Associate Dean George Hynd named dean at Purdue University
4/7/03
UGA ranked sixth nationally in Fulbrights
4/7/03
UGA scientists plot key events in plants' evolution
4/7/03
UGA Regents Professor Jeremy Kilpatrick to receive lifetime achievement award from National Council of Math Teachers
4/7/03
Grady College to present Peabody Award-winning works at Georgia Museum of Art
4/7/03
Four UGA colleges ranked among nation's best in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Graduate Schools" 2004 issue
4/3/03
Author Daniel Cottom to give lecture at UGA April 17
4/3/03
UGA bestows its highest research honors
4/2/03
62nd Peabodys announced for excellence in electronic media
4/2/03
UGA Terry College professor Pat McKeown inducted into Textbook Association's Council of Fellows
4/2/03
UGA invention leads to FDA-approved pharmaceutical
4/2/03
"Crisis in Colombia" forum to be held at UGA April 9
4/1/03
62nd annual George Foster Peabody Awards to be announced live via satellite and webcast Wednesday, April 2
4/1/03
Undergraduates present research at annual CURO Symposium on April 14-15
4/1/03
UGA professor Alan Darvill named Regents Professor
4/1/03
UGA conference to explore changes to Trans-Atlantic aviation April 10-12
4/1/03
Film, UGA faculty examine Middle East perspectives on U.S. foreign policy
4/1/03
March 2003
UGA men's basketball coach Jim Harrick Sr. submits resignation
3/27/03
"Terry Tunes" lunchtime concert series set to begin March 28 at UGA's Herty Field
3/27/03
UGA moot court teams take first and second place in intrastate competition
3/27/03
Goldwater, Truman Scholarships give UGA a sweep of top undergraduate scholastic honors
3/26/03
Author Ben Marcus to give reading at UGA April 3
3/25/03
Five UGA students receive mid-term Foundation Fellowship
3/25/03
"Is war in Iraq legal?" panel discussion at UGA March 31
3/25/03
UGA brings National Poetry Award-winning poet to Athens for National Poetry Month
3/25/03
Georgia business schools sweep top spots at GM/Terry Market Research Project Competition; $17,500 in cash prizes awarded
3/25/03
Former Gov. Harris to speak at UGA spring commencement May 10
3/24/03
Russell Foundation funds Richard Russell Professorship in UGA agriculture college
3/24/03
Textbook by UGA faculty recognized for visual excellence
3/24/03
Georgia water issues focus of annual Red Clay Conference at UGA March 28
3/24/03
Georgians support requiring foreign language study in public schools according to UGA's latest Peach State Poll
3/24/03
UGA's Carlton Street parking deck receives "Best Solution" award
3/21/03
Time for feds to "take the thumb off" telecommunications, says BellSouth CEO Ackerman at UGA's Terry Third Thursday
3/21/03
UGA's International Street Festival set for April 5 in downtown Athens
3/21/03
Georgia Review a double finalist for National Magazine Award
3/21/03
Students from nation's top-ranked business schools coming to Georgia for GM/Terry market research project competition
3/20/03
Peabody Center at UGA receives Ford Foundation grant
3/19/03
Grant Jones to discuss "Design Uner the Full Moon" at UGA's College of Environment and Design April 1
3/19/03
Poet Bruce Beasley to read at UGA March 28
3/18/03
Famed scientist E.O. Wilson to deliver UGA Charter Lecture March 25
3/18/03
UGA Renaissance conference to bring scholars, performances of dramas to UGA March 28-29
3/14/03
Symposium to celebrate 50th anniversary of Department of Microbiology on UGA campus March 31
3/14/03
Celebration of Portuguese-speaking world to be held on UGA campus March 28
3/14/03
UGA researcher finds high-tech method helps identify residual antibiotics in environment
3/14/03
UGA School of Law advances to national moot court competition
3/12/03
UGA sets sixth straight spring enrollment record with 31,384 students
3/12/03
Tax guru Michael Graetz to call for major changes to the U.S. income tax system at UGA's 96th Sibley Lecture
3/12/03
Epidemics and Ecology: annual Odum Lecture at UGA features noted British scientist
3/12/03
Georgia Innocence Project director to speak at UGA
3/11/03
Symposium puts worldwide spotlight on UGA's College of Veterinary Medicine
3/11/03
Mace named permanent senior v.p. for academic affairs and provost at UGA
3/11/03
Symposium to bring UGA community together to fight poverty in the Southeast
3/7/03
UGA education faculty receive $1.1 million NSF grant to study the teaching, learning of algebra in Morgan Co. Middle School
3/7/03
UGA College of Education associate dean Padilla to receive national award for distinguished service to science education
3/6/03
UGA athletic director and provost announce personnel actions
3/5/03
University of Georgia purchases 72 acres adjacent to main campus
3/5/03
Seventy-two offered major scholarships to attend UGA
3/3/03
February 2003
UGA's Grady College to present 62nd annual Peabody Award announcement at GPTV studios in Atlanta April 2
2/28/03
The Cable Center and the University of Georgia to digitize and archive Peabody Award-winning cable programming
2/28/03
Georgians express confidence in new voting system, according to UGA's Peach State Poll
2/27/03
UGA Grady College student places in Hearst Award's top ten
2/27/03
UGA scientists find heavy metals may be locked out of crops with organic compounds
2/27/03
Advisory: BellSouth to donate natural gas vans to UGA’s Physical Plant
2/26/03
Daughter of Brown decision plaintiff to speak at UGA March 12
2/26/03
Team of Terry College MBAs wins $10,000 business plan competition at Indiana University
2/26/03
UGA Black Law Students Association advances to nationals in Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition
2/25/03
New study ranks UGA's Grady College in the nation's top five for advertising research
2/25/03
Outstanding advisor/mentor award winners chosen at UGA
2/24/03
UGA Grady College student receives Malone Award
2/24/03
UGA assistant professor of English Brian Henry author of new book of poetry
2/21/03
Charlayne Hunter-Gault to deliver 11th annual Darl Snyder Lecture at UGA on February 28
2/21/03
Americans experienceing "pandemic of obesity," says director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta
2/21/03
UGA first-year law students compete in closing argument competition
2/20/03
UGA Food Service facility named "Facility Project of the Month"; nominated for annual award by trade magazine
2/20/03
UGA English doctoral student Paul Quick wins international teaching award; to receive it in Sweden this summer
2/20/03
Asian urbanization conference on globalization and the Asian city to begin March 1 on UGA campus
2/19/03
One-day symposium on racial violence to be held on UGA campus
2/19/03
"Open Mic with Mike": Student Forum with UGA president scheduled for Feb. 20
2/19/03
UGA Gerontology Center and Athens Community Council on Aging to host Beaux Arts Matinee program for older adults
2/17/03
Three UGA professors to be inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame March 6
2/17/03
Annual Edith House lecture at UGA to focus on reproductive rights
2/17/03
Schedule announced for the campus visits of the remaining four UGA provost candidates
2/17/03
UGA receives $3.2 million in 27-year-old trust fund
2/17/03
UGA educational psychology department to participate in Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate
2/14/03
UGA College of Education professor reappointed to state interagency coordinating council for early intervention
2/13/03
UGA expands degree programs in Gwinnett
2/13/03
UGA Grady College professor's journalism textbook translated into Serbo-Croatian for Bosnians
2/13/03
UGA Grady College photojournalism students to be equipped with the latest in digital camera technology
2/13/03
New Peabody board members approved by Board of Regents
2/11/03
UGA's Terry College MBA teams sweep spots in Georgia Bowl Business Plan Competition for second year in a row
2/11/03
Poet David Lehman to give reading at UGA
2/11/03
New UGA, San Diego State study shows narcissism plus social rejection equals aggression
2/10/03
UGA middle school conference prepares Georgia youth for success
2/10/03
UGA hosts "2003 Georgia Biofuels Symposium"
2/10/03
Barbara Walters to host 62nd Peabody Awards
2/10/03
UGA researchers and Georgia Natural Resources Department to restore lake sturgeon to Georgia rivers
2/7/03
UGA provost search committee recommends five finalists
2/6/03
UGA receives NSF grant to teach science of food in schools
2/5/03
UGA Career Center to hold South Campus event on February 18
2/5/03
UGA's 2003 International Symposium focuses on Central Asia
2/5/03
Mid-year external grants and contracts up 17 percent at UGA
2/4/03
UGA hosts "Southeastern Indians and Mixed-Race Identities Symposium" on February 8
2/4/03
Cultural diversity symposium at UGA set for February 7
2/3/03
Federal Reserve vice chairman to deliver UGA Charter Lecture February 12
2/3/03
January 2003
Infant food developed by UGA scientists is saving babies' lives in Africa
1/31/03
Black History Month at UGA celebrates du Bois' "The Souls of Black Folk"
1/30/03
2003 Hill Award recipients announced by UGA Public Service and Outreach office
1/29/03
Ribbon-cutting at UGA's recruitment office in Tifton set for Jan. 31
1/28/03
NBC's John Hockenberry to speak on war coverage and the media at UGA Feb. 11
1/28/03
Bulgarian group to see advocacy in action
1/28/03
CHA-Peabody Conversation Series to feature actor/writer Roger Guenveur Smith on Feb. 4; Smith's adaptation of "A Huey P. Newton Story" a 2001 Peabody Winner
1/27/03
Venezuela crisis topic of roundtable discussion at UGA's Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
1/27/03
UGA president receives award for peanut research, education
1/24/03
UGA students' Spanish-language program on WUOG 90.5 proving a hit with listeners
1/24/03
Acclaimed scholar Marjorie Perloff to lecture at UGA
1/24/03
UGA Career Center to hold Nonprofit Expo February 5
1/23/03
UGA Speech and Hearing Clinic to provide screenings at Georgia Special Olympics January 25
1/23/03
UGA historian wins national award from the Association of Black Women Historians
1/22/03
UGA Honors and Foundation Fellow student wins Pearson Fellowship in classics
1/21/03
UGA to mark 218th birthday with first Founders' Day Lecture
1/21/03
Georgians want flexible justice system for minors according to UGA's Peach State Poll
1/16/03
UGA Terry College of Business professor elected to lead international academic society
1/15/03
Seminar on parent-offspring interactions to kick off spring semester Evolutionary Biology Symposium on Feb. 2
1/14/03
UGA honored by the Education Trust as a pioneer in school counseling reform
1/14/03
UGA researchers seek causes of "marsh plague" that is spreading along state's coastal area
1/13/03
Civil rights lawyer and Judge Horace T. Ward to deliver Holmes-Hunter Lecture at UGA
1/13/03
UGA hosting gifted education training for Korean teachers
1/13/03
UGA students to participate in briefing on new report on racial and ethnic tensions at Carter Library
1/9/03
UGA scientists, collaborators find first active "jumping genes" in rice
1/8/03
Two Grady College students named among the Top 25 Most Promising Minority Students in the United States
1/8/03
UGA to receive $1 million to create professorship honoring George Busbee
1/8/03
UGA professor receives national award for career achievement in adult education
1/7/03
UGA Public Service and Outreach conference to focus on serving the "New Faces of Georgia"
1/6/03
UGA project creates comprehensive inventory of Georgia's historic properties
1/6/03


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