October - December 2001 Releases

December 2001
Grady College graduate program ranks nationally
12/19/01
"Unsung Foot Soldiers" focus of civil rights partnership
12/19/01
UGA poll shows Georgians optimistic despite terrorist attacks
12/18/01
Fall 2001 issue of The Georgia Review features previously unpublished work by William Faulkner and James Wright
12/14/01
In an Atlanta Journal-Constitution op-ed, President Michael F. Adams corrects erroneous perceptions regarding UGA's admissions policies 12/12/01
65 Georgia teachers complete first on-line certification program in special education at UGA
12/12/01
Peabody/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award extended $460,000 grant to the Peabody Awards program
12/11/01
UGA'S Grady College presents Gannett scholars
12/11/01
UGA Terry College of Business hosted annual Georgia Economic Outlook luncheon in Atlanta
12/06/01
UGA social work professor publishes new book about university desegregation
12/05/01
UGA College of Education website offers more information on new Georgia school reform program
12/05/01
UGA to confer degrees at fall commencement Dec. 15
12/03/01
November 2001
UGA President Michael F. Adams announces fall 2002 admissions criteria 11/29/01
UGA School of Law to partner on national Sea Grant Law Center
11/28/01
UGA School of Law increases its international impact 11/21/01
Location changes for December 1 SAT and LSAT at UGA
11/20/01
UGA student elected member of national alcohol peer education network
11/20/01
UGA School of Law students perform well in competitions
11/20/01
Risk taking strongly influenced by sense of control, says UGA researcher 11/20/01
Steve Forbes to speak at University of Georgia 11/19/01
Georgia wins regional moot court competition 11/19/01
UGA School of Law dedicates room to the Honorable Larry Walker
11/16/01
Strong balance sheet helped Delta approach job cuts thoughtfully, says chief financial officer
11/15/01
Fire Ant Protein May Help Scientists Use Fire Ants' Biology Against Them
11/15/01
EPA appoints UGA researcher to National Science Advisory Board
11/15/01
61st annual George Foster Peabody Awards entry forms are in the mail
11/14/01
UGA social work Ph.D. student receives $1 million federal grant
11/13/01
Forums set on UGA campus memorial proposal
11/12/01
UGA School of Social Work celebrates its first endowed professorship
11/12/01
UGA guest speaker to lead workshop on increasing graduate school diversity
11/12/01
Noted scientist Lynn Margulis to present UGA Charter Lecture November 19
11/07/01
Sanford Stadium and Brooks Drive projects to begin next week
11/06/01
Todd Murphy to visit Lamar Dodd School of Art as part of visiting artist/scholar series
11/06/01
UGA researcher awarded $7 million in grants to study substance abuse treatment organizations
11/05/01
Poet and translater Heather McHugh visits UGA on November 12
11/02/01
Werner Fornos, president of the Population Institute in Washington, D.C., to speak on UGA campus November 16
11/02/01
Poet known for harsh and wise language to read at UGA November 15
11/01/01
Atlanta Journal-Constitution editor Cynthia Tucker to speak at UGA November 14
11/01/01
Ambassador Mercer Reynolds to speak at UGA fall commencement
11/01/01

October 2001
UGA to mark bicentennial of first class, founding of Clarke County, with events on November 8
10/30/01
UGA Social Work professors receive Athens-Clarke County NAACP Awards
10/30/01
Computerworld ranking says UGA's Terry College of Business has one of the top 25 "techno-MBA programs"
10/30/01
State coordinator, Clarke teachers, administrators to discuss new Georgia school reform program November 1
10/29/01
Poet Craig Dworkin to deliver next Lanier Lecture November 1 10/29/01
Creativity consultant Andrei Aleinikov to deliver 2001 Torrance Lecture on November 2 10/29/01
UGA research expenditures and awards increase in FY 2001
10/29/01
Peach State Poll targets water quality issues
10/26/01
UGA researchers discover important role for complex plant carbohydrate
10/26/01
FIPSE awards new grant to UGA's Grady College for the study of journalism and globablization
10/23/01
"Genetics of Adaption" subject of third annual Georgia Genetics Symposium on UGA Campus Nov. 2-4
10/22/01
International media expert to speak at UGA's Grady College November 1
10/22/01
New Peach State Poll scans the state
10/22/01
UGA aids researcher receives Merit Award from National Institutes of Health
10/22/01
Author, editor and New Yorker staff writer Louis Menand to speak at UGA October 22
10/18/01
UGA professor researches communication methods that encourage healthy choices
10/17/01
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory observes 50 years of research
UGA Gerontology Center awarded $7.5 million grant to study centenarians
10/17/01
UGA'S DiPiro named Assistant Dean for Pharmacy Programs at Medical College of Georgia
10/16/01
96 percent of UGA residence hall rooms equipped with dedicated internet access
10/16/01
Self-esteem of college students increased substantially over 25-year period, but benefits to society unclear, researcher says 10/16/01
UGA to celebrate Homecoming Oct. 14-20
10/15/01
Annual McBee Lecture at UGA to be delivered Oct. 18 by Harvard professor Richard J. Light
10/15/01
Rededication ceremony set for UGA's Moore College Oct. 19
10/15/01
Drawings of students by Art Rosenbaum and Joseph Patrick on display at Lamar Dodd School of Art main gallery beginning Oct. 24
10/15/01
Sherry Lyons-Williams Scholarship award ceremony to be held in Atlanta on October 18
10/11/01
National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week 2001 at UGA
10/08/01
Mentoring program celebrates second year of guiding incoming honors freshmen
10/08/01
Artist Magdalena Campos-Pons to lecture at UGA's Lamar Dodd School of Art October 16
10/08/01
Poet and critic Steve McCaffrey to speak at UGA
10/08/01
UGA Department of Drama receives $900,000 grant from National Science Foundation
10/08/01
10th annual Writers Harvest scheduled for October 18
10/08/01
Third UGA Family and Consumer Sciences researcher receives textile chemistry's highest award
10/04/01
Open letter to the University community from President Michael F. Adams regarding state budget reduction for fiscal years 2002 and 2003
10/03/01
UGA preparing response to state budget reduction directive; President Adams addresses University community
10/03/01
UGA journalism dean to become president of ASJMC
10/03/01
National Safety Council recognizes UGA health manager
10/03/01
Faculty member at University of Colorado to deliver William S. Owens Sr. Lecture on UGA campus
10/03/01
Director named for UGA Faculty of Engineering
10/02/01
Changes in nutrition can alleviate effects of long-term stress
10/02/01


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