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THE INSTITUTE FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES provides distinguished research and teaching in African American culture and civilization. In addition it has a strongly supportive role in the scholarly mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students and in providing academic services for the University community at large. Through cooperation of departments in coordinating courses in the area, an Undergraduate Degree or Certificate in African American Studies is offered. In addition to the certificate, the program sponsors events that support a quality education. 

THE INSTITUTE FOR BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH is an interdisciplinary umbrella organization for the social and behavioral sciences on campus. Its constituent centers and research groups include the Center for Family Research, the Center for Research on Deviance and Behavioral Health, the Contextual Research Group, the Methods and Models Group, and the Survey Research Center. The institute facilitates quality, interdisciplinary research in the behavioral sciences by providing an atmosphere in which scholars from different disciplines from the University's various schools and colleges meet frequently to share information about ongoing research. The institute also administers a Faculty Research Mentoring Program for faculty in the social and behavioral sciences. 

THE INSTITUTE FOR NATURAL PRODUCTS RESEARCH carries out a broad range of research on naturally occurring substances of plant origin, with particular attention to plant species of Georgia and the Southeast. Projects involve research on alkaloids, terpenes, antitumor agents, phytoalexins; the development of new synthetic methods; and the application of modern spectroscopic methods to structure elucidation problems. Research involves the isolation and elucidation of chemical structures of new compounds possibly useful as drugs for the treatment of human disease. The institute serves as a training center for visiting faculty and for postdoctorate and graduate students who are working in natural products research.

THE INSTITUTE OF CONTINUING JUDICIAL EDUCATION OF GEORGIA, housed at the University of Georgia School of Law, plans and conducts more than 160 seminar days each year for the basic professional development and continuing education of judges and other personnel of the Georgia court system. It maintains an audio-visual library, together with special monographs on judicial practice. It supports participation by selected personnel of the judicial branch in programs conducted by national training agencies. This past year its programs reached more than 3,200 judges and court support personnel.

THE INSTITUTE OF CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION IN GEORGIA was organized in 1965 and is a consortium of the accredited law schools in Georgia and the State Bar of Georgia. Housed in the historic Joseph Henry Lumpkin House and A. G. Cleveland Building, the ICLE offers programs for the general practitioner and the specialist. The majority of the more than 175 programs are presented in various locations around the state. Many are videotaped and replayed at sites around the state, as well as offered to local bar associations and firms for use in continuing legal education. More than 24,000 attorneys attended the live, videotaped, and the 14 national live-via-satellite programs last year. The ICLE Print Shop prepared 178 publications last year and distributed more than 43,000 new and reprinted copies of ICLE publications. 

THE INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY'S 31 regular faculty plus additional courtesy and adjunct faculty teach a full array of ecology courses and offer the Ph.D. in Ecology, two Master of Science degrees (Ecology, and Conservation Ecology and Sustainable Development), a Bachelor of Science in Ecology, and a Graduate Certificate in Conservation Ecology and Sustainable Development. The institute encourages multidisciplinary research and service activities in ecology involving faculty and graduate students from a variety of departments, schools, and research sites. In addition to laboratory facilities on campus in the Ecology Building, access to excellent research facilities off-campus may be arranged at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory in the coastal plain of South Carolina, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory (a member of the NSF's Long Term Ecological Research site network) in the Appalachians of North Carolina, and the Joseph Jones Ecological Research Center in south Georgia. Other field sites include the McGarity Wetlands and Odum Watershed in Georgia, Sapelo Island off of the Georgia coast, and international sites in Ecuador, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Puerto Rico. Agro-ecological research is conducted on the institute's nearby Horseshoe Bend site. The institute supports applied and basic research in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems in temperate and tropical regions with active programs in physiological, behavioral, biophysical and evolutionary aspects of ecology. Its service programs aid schools, communities, industry, and government through special short courses and participatory research. The institute administratively reports to the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and the Office of the Vice President for Research. 

THE INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION provides numerous services and resources, including a doctoral program in higher education, for the professional development of college administrators and faculty members. The staff works with two- and four-year colleges on curriculum development, program evaluation, institutional research, leadership and management support skills, and overall administrative effectiveness. Under cooperative arrangements with other agencies and institutions, the institute contributes to the development and improvement of higher education throughout the state and the nation. Each year the Faculty Development in Georgia (FDIG) program provides opportunities for ten faculty members in Georgia colleges to continue their graduate education at the University of Georgia. In cooperation with the Office of Instructional Support and Development, the institute conducts the Governor's Teaching Fellows Program in an effort to improve the quality of undergraduate education through the effective use of technological innovations in classroom instruction. 

INSTITUTE ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND DISABILITY: A UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM (IHDD) works with the University community, professionals and service providers to create opportunities that will improve the quality of life for people with disabilities and their families. All activities designed to achieve its mission are based on the principles of full community inclusion, respect for the unique characteristics of all individuals and families, the provision of competency- and value-based educational experiences, and promotion of provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It works in close partnership with the Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities of Georgia, the Georgia Advocacy Office and its own consumer Advisory Group to identify and achieve its goals. Reflected throughout its projects are the core functions of preservice training, outreach, technical assistance, dissemination, and research. 

THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE, part of the University of Georgia's Carl Vinson Institute of Government, grew out of the Institute's activities abroad. The center's mission is to help build the administrative and governance capacities of the world's emerging democracies through two types of assistance. First, it transfers knowledge and expertise to public officials by building on the varied international experience of the Vinson Institute faculty. Second, the center works directly with universities abroad to help them develop their own university-based outreach programs. The center is currently managing projects in the Republic of Georgia, China, Ukraine, and Macedonia and last year conducted a training program with Georgia State University in Uganda.

THE LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE SUPPORT LABORATORY (LPSL) conducts research and development projects exploring how computational and communication technologies can be used to enhance learning and performance support environments. The LPSL, affiliated with University's college of Education, engages in research in interactive learning environments, cognition and learning with emerging technologies, electronic support systems, assessment of technology's impact and effect on learning performance, and educational applications of telecommunications and information technologies. The LPSL is committed to research and development that will establish a leading-edge capability in the State of Georgia for technology-enhanced learning, performance assessment, and information access at all levels of education, training, and work. The LPSL is also committed to developing partnerships and research collaboration with other institutions, businesses, and agencies in the state, the nation, and internationally. 

THE LEARNING DISABILITIES CENTER is nationally recognized for its quality services, evaluations, research, and distance education in the field of learning disabilities. Focusing on adults with learning disabilities, the center has three components. The service component, supported by the University of Georgia, provides specialized academic assistance and psychological counseling to UGA students with learning disabilities. The evaluation component is supported by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents and provides diagnostic assessment and consultation for students and service providers from eight Georgia colleges. The LDC also houses the Distance Learning Link, a state-of-the-art satellite teleconference unit. The center is the only one in the United States designated specifically to provide research and training on the population of adults with learning disabilities. 

THE LEGAL AID AND DEFENDER CLINIC is operated by the University of Georgia School of Law and is under contract with the Athens-Clarke County Unified Government and Oconee County. The clinic provides legal representation to indigents in criminal and juvenile court cases. Attorneys from the clinic appear in all courts in both counties where criminal matters are considered and are assisted in their work by second and third year law students. Third year law students actively represent clients in court under the supervision of one of the clinic attorneys. 

THE MCPHAUL CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS provide a developmentally appropriate fullday program for University and community families with children from 5 to 15 months; a full-day program for children 3 years old; a pre-kindergarten classroom for children 4 years old; and two Head Start programs for children 3 to 4 years old. Classrooms include children with special needs. Center programs: 1) provide training opportunities for University students in the Department of Child and Family Development to observe and interact with young children and their families; 2) conduct research on the development of children and families and ways to optimize their development; and 3) provide a quality developmental program directly to young children and channel other resources of the College of Family and Consumer Sciences to families.

THE MCPHAUL MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY CLINIC serves University students and faculty as well as Athens-Clarke County and Northeast Georgia. A part of the marriage and family therapy doctoral program in the Department of Child and Family Development, one of nine doctoral programs nationally accredited by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), McPhaul MFT Clinic offers individual, couple, and family therapy for a variety of problems and issues. Therapists are doctoral level students supervised by faculty who are AAMFT approved supervisors and licensed marriage and family therapists. Clinical research also is conducted. Fees for services are on a sliding fee schedule, and arrangements can be made for all financial situations. 

THE MUSCLE BIOLOGY LABORATORY is used for research by faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, visiting scientists, and technical staff in the Department of Exercise Science. Research is directed toward mechanisms underlying the physiological and biochemical responses of the neuromuscular system to acute or chronic alterations in physical activity. Research is funded by the National Institutes of Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, Paralyzed Veterans of America, and several private corporations. 

THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE LABORATORY (NESPAL) enables scientists to find better ways to grow food and fiber crops while protecting the environment. The only one of its type in the United States, the Tifton lab provides high quality laboratories and multi disciplinary research and extension programs to address agricultural systems in environmentally sound, economically viable approaches. The laboratory fosters linkages with traditional and non-traditional public and private sector partners, national agencies, other institutions and foundations. 

THE NATIONAL ULTRAVIOLET MONITORING PROGRAM operates the UGA/EPA UV Monitoring Network, a spectroradiometer characterization and calibration laboratory, and an instrument development facility. The UGA/EPA UV Monitoring Network operates and maintains a group of high spectral resolution spectroradiometers throughout the United States which measure full-sky solar UV-B and UV-A spectral flux, from which absolute irradiance and total column ozone concentrations are calculated. The data are analyzed and stored in a data base, located on campus in the National UV Monitoring Center, for dissemination to government and non-government scientists and interested parties. The center also serves as the primary center for calibration, standardization, and maintenance of the UV monitoring instruments of the UGA/EPA UV Monitoring Network. 

THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER (EOC) is a community-based program funded by the U. S. Department of Education and administered by the University Division of Academic Assistance. The program encourages and assists individuals to enroll in and complete some form of postsecondary education. The project serves 2,000 participants annually, two-thirds of whom are adults of both low-income and first-generation background. The EOC counseling staff serves a 17-county area that includes the counties of Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Greene, Hancock, Hart, Jackson, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Walton, Warren, and Wilkes. Services include a computer-based career information system; personal, career, and academic counseling; admissions and financial aid information and application assistance; campus visitations to colleges and universities and vocational and technical schools; career development and study skills workshops; and preparatory sessions for the GED, SAT, ACT, and technical school admissions examinations.

THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY supports approximately 500 faculty and staff and over 5,000 students within the College of Education through three collaborative units. Instructional Services provides the college with a variety of technology-related training sessions as well as the development, design, and production of educational videos, web sites and multimedia CD-ROMs. As a unit within Instructional Support, Media Services provides the college with a variety of traditional print and non-print services including photocopying, faxing, lamination, video and audio tape duplication, and audiovisual equipment and computer checkout. Computer and Networking Resources provides, maintains, and supports the information and instructional technology of the College of Education with a help desk, field service staff, and system and networking specialists. Computer Services also facilitates research, instruction, and collaboration with the college and throughout the K-12 and higher education community through support and management of network computer resources, including web servers, e-mail servers, file servers, and instructional computer labs. The Special Projects unit provides the College of Education with the ability to create special and customizable products and tools in support of instruction, research, outreach and administration.

THE OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH AND PLANNING'S central mission is the collection, organization, maintenance, and analysis of institutional and other data to support institutional management, operations, decision-making, and planning functions. Included in this central mission is systematic information processing of University-wide data leading to broadly based institutional perspectives and understanding. Also included are studies related to projected needs, program objectives, and efficiency and effectiveness in the use of institutional resources. IRP publishes the University's Fact Book and the Faculty Register. The office also maintains a growing web site of organizational information with extensive student, faculty, staff and facilities data. 

THE OFFICE OF INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT (OISD), a unit of the Office of the Vice President of Instruction, coordinates campus-wide services for instructional support and improvement. The office is advised by the Instructional Advisory Committee comprised of representatives from all of the University's colleges and schools and from Services and Student Affairs. OISD activities are organized under five general program areas: Teaching Assistant (TA) Support, Faculty Development, Course/Instructional Development, Creative Services, and Instructional Resources. Included among the programs of the office are the TA Mentors Program, the campus-wide TA Workshop, the Lilly and Senior Teaching Fellows, the International Fellows, the Colloquium for New Faculty, Instructional Improvement Grants, the Instructional Development Laboratory, audio/video production, photographic services, audio-visual equipment, a comprehensive media library, and the campus cable television system. OISD provides individualized consultation to faculty and department heads who seek assistance with any aspect of teaching, including application of instructional technology. 

THE OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT encourages a broader vision and understanding of the increasingly interdependent world and global economy. The office compiles and maintains information on faculty and staff with international experience. It systematically identifies opportunities with governments, development banks, and foundations to facilitate student and faculty involvement in international collaborative research, technology transfer, and exchange relationships with colleagues abroad, particularly in the developing nations. The office provides assistance in proposal writing and project administration to foster these activities of mutual benefit to UGA and its international partners.

The office serves as a clearinghouse for all international activities at the University. The office has spearheaded UGA involvement in highly successful projects in Burkina Faso, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, the Caribbean, and Eastern Europe. The office currently administers international projects funded by U.S. government agencies, foreign governments, and foundations. International Development facilitates advanced long-term training for foreign students, coordinates short-term training programs for professionals from developing countries, and organizes development programs for UGA and University System faculty and staff. Community outreach programs include presentations, lectures, and co-sponsorship of international conferences. 

THE OFFICE OF THE UNIVERSITY ARCHITECTS FOR FACILITIES PLANNING assists the University administration in planning the physical development of the University of Georgia and its related agencies. It plans, coordinates, and implements construction projects on and off campus and serves as liaison agent between the University and the Board of Regents Office of Facilities. The office helps departments conceptualize proposed projects and assists in site determination, selection of architects and engineers, preparation of detailed project programs, coordination of preliminary and final plans, administration of construction, and development of master plans. The office also provides an information center for new construction matters and assists in proposals for funding new projects. 

THE GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY AWARDS recognize excellence and achievement in radio and television. Categories for entry include news, documentary, entertainment, education, programs for children, public service, and individual achievement. The awards program, administered by the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, was established at the University in 1939 and the first awards presented in 1940. Each spring the Peabody National Advisory Board meets on campus to select the annual recipients based on recommendations of student and faculty screening committees. Peabody Awards are presented at an annual all-industry banquet in New York sponsored by the University. Programs and other material submitted by entrants are preserved in The Peabody Collection of The University of Georgia Libraries. Representing the best of broadcasting for more than fifty years, The Peabody Collection is considered one of the world's most important archives of moving image and sound recordings.

THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, a magnificent facility located within the University's Performing and Visual Arts Complex on East Campus, houses two music recital halls: Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall is named for the founder of the UGA School of Music and seats 1,100 in a festival-style setting where seats surround the stage; Ramsey Concert Hall is the smaller venue seating 360 and is named in honor of the late Bernard Ramsey, a major benefactor of the University. Both halls boast superb acoustics and state-of-the-art recording systems. The Performing Arts Center, voted Best Suburban Arts Scene by Atlanta magazine, serves as a showcase for world-class performers and ensembles such as San Francisco Western Opera Theater, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and Russia's famed St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. 

THE PLANT CENTER fosters and supports interactions among those members of the University of Georgia research community who share common interests in cellular and molecular aspects of plant growth and development, in plant genome organization and function, in the application of molecular and genetic tools to improve cultivated plants, and in organisms that interact with plants. The Plant Center hosts a regular seminar series, organizes an annual scientific retreat to encourage the development of interdisciplinary research, and sponsors symposia and technical workshops. 

THE POULTRY DIAGNOSTIC AND RESEARCH CENTER carries out basic and applied research programs on diseases which are of economic importance to Georgia's poultry industry. Diagnostic, laboratory, and consultative services are provided to individuals and groups in all phases of poultry production. The center houses the Department of Avian Medicine of the College of Veterinary Medicine. The department teaches courses in avian medicine to veterinary and poultry science students and directs graduate students in avian medicine, medical microbiology, veterinary pathology, and poultry science. 

THE PSYCHOLOGY CLINIC is an independent community mental health facility operated by the Clinical Psychology Training Program of the Department of Psychology at the University of Georgia. The clinic seeks to provide specialized psychological services to the community and to serve as a training facility for the Clinical Psychology Program. Quality services are provided to faculty, staff, and students and to the surrounding community on a sliding scale basis. The Psychology Clinic offers a wide range of treatment and assessment services to meet the varied psychological needs of the people in the northeast Georgia area. Psychotherapy is available for depression, anxiety disorders (panic, post-traumatic stress, obsessive-compulsive, and social anxiety disorders), marital and family problems, chronic pain, a variety of children's problems, and other problem areas. Specialized neuropsychological and memory assessment services are available. All initial contacts are free of charge.