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UGA College of Engineering Dean Donald Leo, students and faculty from the college inspect steam turbines and generators at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Burke County.

Generating knowledge Engineering students and faculty tour nuclear power plant

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Classroom concepts came to life for a group of College of Engineering faculty and students as they got a behind-the-scenes tour of the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Burke County Nov. 3.

Six students as well as several College of Engineering faculty and Dean Donald Leo got an intimate look at the two-unit nuclear plant and got to see the enormous construction operation where two more nuclear units are being built on site.

Considering the layers of security around the plant to protect public safety, the tour was a rare treat. In getting up close to the mammoth 548-foot-tall cooling towers and getting to see inside

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$3M grant to fund infectious disease outbreak alert system

By Beth Gavrilles

By Aaron Hale

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a nuclear plant control room, the field trip created an opportunity to see in person some of humankind’s highest achievements in engineering and ask questions to some of the people who keep the plant humming.

“You learned about it in class, but it’s different to actually see it in person,” said Greg Mulkey, a fourth-year student from Fairmount who is majoring in agricultural engineering with an emphasis on mechanical systems.

“I’ve seen pictures of a cooling tower (the large concrete structure where steam is released from cooling), but that’s just the surface,” Mulkey said. “We got to go deeper.”

Mulkey said he was especially impressed with getting to see the giant turbine generator in action.

In nuclear power facilities, heat

generated from nuclear reaction turns water into steam; the steam churns the blades of the turbines, and the spinning creates electricity.

On the tour, Mulkey and his classmates got to touch the warm, vibrating generator as a turbine rapidly spun inside.

The tour had something for everyone.

Stephan Durham, an associate professor of civil engineering, said the electric generating plant—with its emphasis on energy, mechanics and construction—was useful across the spectrum of engineering studies.

“This touches all of our degrees,” he said.

Katie Dean, a fourth-year environmental engineering student from Alpharetta, was fascinated See NUCLEAR on page 8

John Drake, an associate professor in the Odum School of Ecology, will use a five-year, $3.18 million grant to develop an early warning system that could help public health officials prepare for—and possibly prevent—infectious disease outbreaks.

Funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health, the research is part of the Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study, a coordinated network of scientists who use computer models to study infectious disease dynamics.

While each scientist leads an individual project, they work together toward the overall goal of helping the public health community prepare for and respond to infectious disease outbreaks.

Drake and his colleagues—

Andrew Park of the Odum School and the College of Veterinary Medicine, Pejman Rohani and Bogdan Epureanu from the John Drake University of Michigan and Matthew Ferrari of Pennsylvania State University— will develop mathematical models to forecast when a disease system is approaching a “tipping point,” a threshold at which conditions become favorable for an outbreak to occur.

Drake said that tipping points occur in all kinds of complex systems—everything from financial markets to Earth’s climate system.

Once a tipping point has been passed, the system is vulnerable to

See GRANT on page 8

Institute of Higher education

University of Michigan president emerita to give McBee Lecture

By Margaret Blanchard mblanch@uga.edu

Mary Sue Coleman, president emerita of the University of Michigan, will present the 26th annual Louise McBee Lecture Dec. 2 at 11 a.m. in the Chapel. The event is open free to the public.

Coleman will speak on “Public Higher Education in the 21st Century: Can America Continue to Lead?”

“Dr. Coleman’s career is exemplary of what the McBee Lecture stands for—integrity, leadership and innovation in higher education,” said Libby V. Morris, director of the Institute of Higher

Education and the Zell Miller Distinguished Professor in Higher Education. “We are delighted that President Coleman has Mary Sue Coleman agreed to share her experiences and observations regarding public higher education with the university community.”

Coleman served as the 13th president of the University of Michigan from August 2002 until July 2014. Under her

See McBEE on page 8

Office of Emergency Preparedness Peter Bo’ Rutledge named dean of School of Law UGA earns ‘StormReady’ designation had an extraor- well as the instruction that students from National Weather Service

By Sam Fahmy School of Law sahmy@uga.edu

Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge, a leading scholar in the fields of international dispute resolution, arbitration and the U.S. Supreme Court, has been named dean of the School of Law following a national search.

Rutledge, the Herman E. Talmadge Chair of Law, has served as the associate dean for faculty development at Georgia Law since 2013. His appointment as dean is effective Jan. 1.

“The School of Law enjoys a reputation as one of the best public law schools in the nation, and we

dinary group of finalists for its deanship,” said Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Pamela WhitPeter Rutledge ten, to whom the deans of UGA’s 17 schools and colleges report. “Professor Rutledge emerged as the ideal leader for Georgia Law because of his commitment to promoting excellence in faculty scholarship, which informs the practice of law across the state, nation and world as

receive.”

As associate dean for faculty development, Rutledge worked closely with faculty to expand scholarly activities. He mentored untenured faculty, provided strategic guidance on publishing and engaging with external audiences, and built connections among faculty through colloquia and other events to stimulate new ideas.

His scholarship includes two books and nearly 40 articles and book chapters in leading academic journals such as the University of Chicago Law Review and university presses such as the Cambridge See DEAN on page 8

By Stephanie Schupska schupska@uga.edu

On Nov. 6, rain clouds gathered and dispersed above Athens as federal, local and UGA representatives and students met to recognize the university’s newest achievement—a StormReady designation from the National Weather Service.

“It’s been a multiyear process where we as a university, along with community and campus partners, have sought to have the weather warning capability, the notification capability and the communications and response capabilities similar

to a city of our size to be able to receive this designation,” said Steve Harris, director of the UGA Office of Emergency Preparedness.

With a population of around 45,000, UGA is the largest university in the state to receive the StormReady designation, an honor held by just over 150 university campuses nationwide, or 1 percent of the nearly 10,000 institutions of higher education in the U.S. “This designation is not meaning that you’re stormproof,” said Kent Frantz, Georgia StormReady coordinator and service

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2 Nov. 17, 2014 columns.uga.edu Group aims to aid low-income students

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A group of nonprofit organizations led by Bloomberg Philanthropies announced last month a new effort to help low-income high school students enter and excel in college.

According to The New York Times, the effort will focus on hiring 130 full-time college counselors, who will advise students on admissions and financial aid issues. Four thousand college students also will be enlisted as part-time advisers. The advisers will use video chat, email, telephone and text to provide guidance to the high school students.

U. of Texas system launches ‘mobilefirst’ competency-based courses

Earlier this month, the University of Texas system announced it would create a competency-based program that will allow students to take courses on mobile devices. The courses will be in fields that have the most need for graduates in Texas, like medical sciences.

According to a news release, the program, which will begin next year, will be led by the system’s Institute for Transformational Learning. The program will include a “mobile-first” stack of technologies and services called TEx that will improve and personalize learning experiences. It also will provide customized support and services such as advising, coaching and mentoring.

Health insurance plans pay for flu shot

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Flu shots are easily accessible and affordable through UGA’s health insurance plans.

For employees and their dependents, flu shots are covered through the Comprehensive Care plan (formerly OA POS), HSA Consumer Choice plan (formerly OA POS HSA) or BlueChoice HMO. Flu shots are also available through an in-network provider’s office or at local pharmacies, which can include stores like CVS, Kroger and Walgreens.

The flu shot will be paid differently depending on the facility used: • Pharmacies should run the flu-vaccine under the employees’/members’ pharmacy benefits. The plan will pick up 100 percent of the cost.

• In-network doctor’s offices should run the fluvaccine under the employees’/members’ medical benefits, and the plan will pick up 100 percent of the cost. Flu shots received at out-of-network provider’s offices are not covered.

• At on-site clinics or the University Health Center, the employee or member will have to pay out-of-pocket at the point of service and fax a copy of their receipt and member ID card to the BCBSGa Flu Shot Reimbursement Claims fax line at 1-866-238-9959. The plan will reimburse the employee or member.

Beginning in 2015, employees and dependents enrolled in the BCBSGa health care plans will have one ID card that includes pharmacy and health care plan information.

Visit http://www.hr.uga.edu/flu-shots for more information.

Source: UGA Human Resources

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STUDENTS While a large number of students attend from the U.S., UGA also is home to many international students. The top 10 countries of origin for enrolled foreign students in 2013 were:

China South Korea India Canada Brazil Taiwan Iran Nigeria United Kingdom Colombia

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Source: 2013 UGA Fact Book

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‘A beautiful thing’: Grady lecturer organizes YWCO’s youth triathlon

By Matt Chambers mattdc@uga.edu

As 5-year-old Haden was entering the swimming portion of the Athens YWCO’s “Kids Tri the Y” youth triathlon two years ago, race director Kim Landrum noticed all the race’s adult helpers—or“swim angels”—already were with other children.

Not wanting Haden to feel pressured by the racers behind him and knowing from prior talks with his mother that the young racer would need some help, Landrum kicked off her running shoes, jumped in the water fully clothed and helped him swim the 50 yards to the next portion of the race.

Since then, Haden has had a special bond with Landrum, a lecturer in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Haden also has gone on to compete in several other youth triathlons.

Children like Haden are the reason Landrum works with youth athletes and YWCO, one of the organizations supported by UGA’s Campaign for Charities, which ends Dec. 15. Landrum said she loves to see how the children tackle the race, which includes biking, swimming and running on a closed course, and push themselves during each leg.

“When you see 5-year-olds giving it everything they’ve got out on the bike course—gritting their teeth, but they do it and they don’t give up—then how can we as adults not learn something from them,” Landrum said. “They’re pretty special.”

Next year’s June 6 triathlon will be the fourth year the event has been held. The “Kids Tri the Y” started when the YWCO

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Kim Landrum, a lecturer in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, organizes the YWCO’s “Kids Tri the Y” youth triathlon.

reached out to Landrum who already had been coaching youth athletes in Athens.

“I had never directed a race event, but I had been to enough events that we just figured it out,” Landrum said. “It’s one of those things where you just say ‘yes’ and you don’t worry about how you make it happen. You just have to have faith you’re going to make it happen.”

The race had 80 participants the first year. Last year it maxed out at 125 competitors, and next year the event will be able to safely accommodate 150 children.

“For the kids, it’s a great introduction to something they can do for the rest of their lives at any level, competitive or casual,” Landrum said. “If we can just send them away with this memory that they did something that they’ve never done before and they did it well, then they can carry that with them through life. It’s a great lesson on not quitting.”

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For the lifelong athlete, all her hard work pays off when she sees those first racers run across the finish line.

“It’s such an amazing venue because near the finish line you’re surrounded by all the parents seeing their kids come in, and you see that everyone’s so proud,” Landrum said. “The great thing about this race is that because it’s so positive, the kids know it’s a celebration of them.”

Landrum said usually competitors who have finished will stay at the finish line to support the other children.

Sometimes they’ll even run back on to the course to help another racer finish.

“It’s amazing to watch because the kids just sense that they’re supported and then they want to replicate that for each other,” she said. “It’s just a beautiful thing. I don’t ever get through race day without turning into a sobbing mess of happy tears.”

Office of Service-Learning

Disability Resource Center recognizes Workshop examines experiential learning student, faculty accomplishments

By Aaron Hale

aahale@uga.edu

The Disability Resource Center recognized some of UGA’s brightest and most resilient students at its annual Student and Faculty Recognition Reception Nov. 6 in the Grand Hall of the Tate Student Center.

The program spotlights students registered with the Disability Resource Center who were awarded scholarships.

These scholarships are funded by supporters of the Disability Resource Center to offer financial aid to students with disabilities.

At the reception, students like Ashley Stone, who was awarded the Orkin Family Scholarship, told their stories about overcoming obstacles to excel at UGA. Stone suffered a traumatic brain injury after a car accident. Though doctors recommended she not return to school, Stone has persevered.

“The injury does impact me as a student,” she said, “but it doesn’t stop me.”

Although making A’s on tests doesn’t come as easily as it used to, Stone said she puts in extra time studying for classes to achieve academic success.

The Disability Resource Center assists the university in fulfilling its commitment to educate and serve students with disabilities. The center coordinates and provides a variety of academic and support services to students, including note taking, sign language interpretation and test accommodations.

Victor Wilson, vice president for student affairs, said the scholars recognized at the reception were among the brightest and most accomplished students on campus.

Provost Pamela Whitten presented the Outstanding Faculty Award at the reception to Ashley Harrison, an assistant professor of school psychology in the College of Education’s educational psychology department.

Harrison’s research focuses on autism spectrum disorders, including assessment and treatment approaches in countries and minority groups with insufficient access to ASD services. In addition, Harrison has worked with the Disability Resource Center to promote learning strategies for students with autism spectrum disorders.

In addition to Stone, the following students were recognized as scholarship recipients: Ian Berry, the Radcliff Scholarship; Joshua Jones, the Elizabeth and J.C. Faulkner Scholarship; Miriam Ilunga, Swati Patel and Reyna Vargas, the Gregory Charles Johnson Scholarship; Kathryn Cushen, the Matthew Peddicord Memorial Scholarship; Dillon Fraizer, the Dale Gibson Memorial Scholarship; Michele Rothstein and Mehreen Sultana, the Lupuloff Family Scholarship; Audra Jackson and Tate Hutwagner, the John and Frances Mangan Family Scholarship; Douglas Alt, the Margaret Towson Scholarship; Carden Wyckoff, the Joe Coile Award; Joshua Craig, Jessica Rebaza and Allison Rogg, the Weldon Johnson Access Abroad Award; Katie Bigelow, the Carey Louis Davis Scholarship; Kathryn Mauldin and Kailey Profeta, the Hamilton Family Scholarship; David Yri, the Margaret C. Totty Memorial Award; Rosa Cromartie and Britney Hardweare, the Choate Family Scholarship; Joseph Baxter, the Michael E. Merriman Memorial Scholarship; and John Pickering, the Lauren Melissa Kelly Scholarship.

in STEM disciplines

By Tracy Giese tgiese@uga.edu

A select group of faculty, graduate students and staff from across the university participated in a workshop on Oct. 27 to promote experiential learning in coursework in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) disciplines.

“Building Civic and Community Engagement into STEM Coursework” was organized by the UGA Office of Service-Learning and led by representatives of the Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities Center for Innovation-South at the University of North Carolina-Asheville.

A National Science Foundation-funded initiative, SENCER was established in 2001 to help enhance the learning of science by teaching key science and math concepts through complex problems that are important to society.

Workshop presenters—Edward Katz, associate provost and dean of university programs; Susan Reiser, associate dean of natural sciences and lecturer in computer science and new media; and Keith Krumpe, dean of natural sciences and professor of chemistry—shared how universities and colleges across the country, including UNC-Asheville, integrate real-world, community issues into STEM-related courses. At the working lunch following the workshop, UGA campus leaders in STEM fields shared current STEM education practices at UGA and focused on lessons learned, effective practice and ideas for implementing similar work at UGA.

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Digest School of Law lecture will address Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement

Cynthia Ward, a professor of internal medicine at the College of Veterinary Medicine and chief medical officer for small animal medicine, points out part of the college’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital to First-Year Odyssey students.

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Pet friendly

First-Year Odyssey seminar helps students learn about human-animal interaction in modern society

By Aaron Hale

aahale@uga.edu

Pet-loving first-year students have always found it difficult to leave home without their beloved cats or dogs.

These students at UGA can find some solace in Cynthia R. Ward’s First-Year Odyssey seminar “Our Pets in Modern Society.”

First-Year Odyssey seminars are designed to introduce students to academic life at UGA, allowing them to engage with faculty and other first-year students in a small class environment.

In this seminar, Ward, a professor of internal medicine at the College of Veterinary Medicine and chief medical officer for small animal medicine, asks students to explore how pets are part of society and what responsibility people have to their pets. But the course also gives students a chance to see and interact with animals.

There were plenty of adoring “oohs” and “ahs” from the class of 15 students as they toured the existing Veterinary Teaching Hospital with Ward and got to see animals of various sizes receiving treatment. The students were especially excited in the large animal wing of the hospital when they found a sick calf taking solace with its mother in a stall.

But the tour wasn’t just about looking at sick animals. Students also were

introduced to the wide-ranging specialties in veterinary medicine. Ward said there are nearly as many medical specialties in treating animals as there are in people medicine—including cardiology, anesthesiology, orthopedics and neurology.

While one function of the class is to get students to think deeply about human-animal interaction in society, it’s also an opportunity for students to explore careers that deal with animals.

Elizabeth Davis, a biological science major from Adairsville, grew up on a farm with chickens, goats and horses. She is considering career options with animals beyond being a veterinarian.

As she has found out in the class, there are many options.

“I’ve learned a lot about being a vet and other careers,” she said.

To give students exposure to the animal-related careers, Ward has invited professionals who work with animals, such as a traditional veterinarian, a veterinary technician and an animal shelter specialist, to talk about their careers.

During a visit from an animal trainer, students got to take dogs through an agility course—the kind you can find on cable TV in which canines leap through hoops, run through tunnels and jump over hurdles.

Ward said,“There were some experienced agility dogs they got to work with,

but they also got to work with my dog who has no training in agility.”

As another opportunity to interact with animals, Ward offers class credit for volunteering at the Athens-Clarke County Animal Control shelter.

That kind of class interaction is one of the highlights of the seminar, as it is for many First-Year Odyssey courses.

“This class is much more hands-on as opposed to other classes where you sit and listen,” said Alyson Wright, a student from Atlanta who still is deciding on a major.

Ward, who is teaching this First-Year Odyssey seminar this fall for the fourth time, also aims to prepare students for the kind of course work they will face throughout college.

Class discussion revolves around some of the more sensitive topics about domesticated animals such as puppy mills and animal testing.

Ward also invited a librarian to class to show students some of the basics of online database academic research.

Most of all, she tries to be an approachable resource for students, many of whom are enrolled in other first-year courses with many more students.

“I look at this not only as an introduction to thinking about animals but also a way to give them a safe haven to talk about issues if they want to and access to a professor if they need one,” Ward said.

Franklin College of Arts and Sciences

Researchers discover way to direct Chagas disease vaccine

By James E. Hataway jhataway@uga.edu

UGA researchers have discovered a new way to direct a vaccine to the parasite that causes Chagas disease, a leading cause of death among young to middle-age adults in areas of South America where it is endemic.

Chagas disease is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which spreads via a subspecies of blood-feeding insects commonly known as “kissing bugs” because they tend to bite people on the face and lips. While the disease can progress slowly, chronic infection almost inevitably results in irreparable damage to heart and digestive system tissues.

“Chagas disease is incredibly understudied because it is a disease of poverty,”

said Rick Tarleton, Distinguished Research Professor in the cellular biology department of UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and co-author of a paper describing their work in Cell Host and Microbe. “I don’t know if we will ever see a Chagas disease vaccine for humans, but our lab is working on a unique vaccine for animals that may ultimately protect people at greatest risk for exposure.”

The paper reported a new vaccine technique that targets antibodies found on T. cruzi’s flagellum, a tail-like appendage that allows the parasite to propel itself through blood as it searches for cells to infect.

Immediately after infection, the flagellum essentially snaps off through a process of cell division. The discarded tail is broken down by the host cell, but

it leaves behind a kind of molecular calling card that Tarleton and his co-author, Samarchith Kurup, were able to isolate and use as the foundation for a vaccine.

In laboratory tests, T cells taught to recognize the proteins found on the flagellum were able to detect infected host cells more than 20 hours earlier than normally is observed, suggesting that the immune system became aware of the parasite’s presence very shortly after infection.

“We want to find a way to help the animal’s immune system recognize which cells are infected with the parasite, and the antigens in the flagellum are an attractive target,” Tarleton said. “If we can express these proteins in a vaccine, T cells will go to work and destroy compromised cells before the infection becomes chronic.”

Alvin Y.H. Cheung will give a lecture on “Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement: Perspectives from International and Constitutional Law” Nov. 20 at 1:30 p.m. in the Larry Walker Room of Dean Rusk Hall. The lecture is hosted by the School of Law’s Dean Rusk Center for International Law and Policy.

The Umbrella Movement began in September with activists protesting outside Hong Kong government headquarters in reaction to its decision to disallow civil nominations in an upcoming election.

Cheung will discuss Beijing’s reaction to calls for democratic reform in Hong Kong against the backdrop of China’s obligations under international law.

Cheung is a visiting scholar at New York University’s U.S.-Asia Law Institute. His primary research interest is the implementation of “One Country, Two Systems” in Hong Kong and Macau.

Prior to joining NYU as a Master of Laws student in international legal studies in 2013, Cheung practiced for almost four years as a barrister in Hong Kong. He holds degrees from the University of Cambridge and the University of Hong Kong.

The lecture is co-sponsored by the Asian Law Students Association.

RSVP to lkagel@uga.edu by Nov. 19.

College of Veterinary Medicine receives Gates Foundation grant for research

The College of Veterinary Medicine is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Ralph A. Tripp, a professor of infectious diseases, will lead a team in pursuit of innovative global health and development research on norovirus.

Norovirus is a highly infectious disease and can be transmitted from an infected person, contaminated food or water or contact with contaminated surfaces. The illness can be serious for young children and older adults—and causes up to 200,000 deaths a year in children younger than age 5 in developing countries.

Tripp and his research team are receiving $100,000 to engineer mammalian cell lines that support norovirus and related enteric virus replication by silencing nonessential virus resistance genes in vaccine cell lines. While researchers have made advances in studying the virus and identifying some control measures, no efficient cell line exists currently to support studies for vaccine and therapeutic development.

Graduation Success Rate improves to 84 percent for all UGA student-athletes

UGA student-athletes graduated at a rate of 84 percent in the latest NCAA Graduation Success Rate survey period according to figures from the NCAA. That’s up from 83 percent a year ago and is the highest graduation percentage for UGA student-athletes since the GSR was implemented in 2005. UGA’s overall graduation rate of 84 percent ranks fifth best among all 14 Southeastern Conference schools.

Among SEC schools, UGA was first in three sport categories: gymnastics (100 percent), women’s swimming and diving (100 percent) and women’s tennis (100 percent). UGA was in the top five among SEC schools in four other sports: football (fifth, 75 percent), men’s golf (fourth, 90 percent), men’s swimming and diving (fourth, 82 percent), and soccer (fourth, 96 percent).

Nine more UGA sports teams scored 90 percent or higher: men’s golf, women’s basketball, women’s cross country/track and field, gymnastics, soccer, softball, women’s swimming and diving, women’s tennis and volleyball. The biggest jump in g ­ raduation rates was r­ ecorded by men’s basketball (from 63 percent to 71 percent), men’s tennis (from 63 percent to 75 percent) and equestrian (from 71 percent to 84 percent).

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ARCO Chamber Orchestra to perform in Hodgson Concert Hall

By Bobby Tyler btyler@uga.edu

The Performing Arts Center will present the ARCO Chamber Orchestra Nov. 18 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall.

Artistic director Levon Ambartsumian will conduct the program that will include Mozart’s Symphony No. 29, Haydn’s Symphony No. 22, “The Philosopher” and Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 2 with Ambartsumian on violin.

Tickets for the concert are $20 and are free for UGA students with valid UGACards. Tickets can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center, online at pac.uga.edu or by calling the box office at 706-542-4400.

David Starkweather, a professor of cello at UGA, will join ARCO for Haydn’s Cello Concerto in D Major.

The ARCO Chamber Orchestra was founded in 1990 by Ambartsumian during his years as professor of violin at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. The orchestra garnered

international acclaim following concert tours to Italy, Spain, Germany, Romania, France and Korea.

In 1995, Ambartsumian joined the UGA faculty as the Franklin Professor of Violin, while remaining the artistic director and conductor of ARCO. The chamber orchestra is now based at UGA’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music and has been invited to perform at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall every year since 2001. ARCO’s recent tour of Italy included a performance in Venice’s famed Le Fenice Opera House.

The ARCO Chamber Orchestra will perform Nov. 18 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. Artistic director Levon Ambartsumian will conduct the program.

Award-winning author and publisher Peter Fallon will give reading at Ciné

By Sara Chamberlain sarac9@uga.edu

Peter Fallon, award-winning author and founder of Ireland’s storied Gallery Press, will read from his works Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Ciné, located at 234 W. Hancock Ave. Sponsored by the Jane and Harry Willson Center for Humanities and Arts in partnership with Ciné, the reading is open free to the public.

Fallon founded The Gallery Press in 1970 at age 18. It is recognized as the pre-eminent publisher of Irish writing in the 20th century and has published more than 400 books of poems and plays by many of Ireland’s finest established and emerging authors.

“Peter Fallon is one of Ireland’s leading poets and, as publisher of The Gallery Press, the enthusiast of all the major voices in that contemporary tradition including Ciaran Carson,

Vona Groarke and Alan Gillis,” said Nicholas Allen, the Franklin Professor of English and director of the Willson Center.

“His poems are beautiful renditions of human Peter Fallon experience.”

Fallon has given readings all over the U.S., in Europe, Canada and Japan.

His book of selected poems, News of the World, was published by Wake Forest University Press in 1993. An expanded edition was published in Ireland in 1998.

His latest collection of poems, Strong, My Love, was published in 2014.

Fallon received the 1993 O’Shaughnessy Poetry Award from the Irish American Cultural Institute. He was the inaugural Heimbold Professor of Irish Studies at Villanova University.

Holocaust Art Restitution Project’s Marc Masurovsky will give talk

Art historian Marc Masurovsky will give a talk Nov. 17 at 4:30 p.m. in Room 250 of the Miller Learning Center on stolen cultural assets related to the Holocaust, the legal challenges of claimants and the ERR Project, which has produced a searchable illustrated database of more than 20,000 art objects taken from Jews in German-occupied France and Belgium.

Sponsored by the Germanic and Slavic studies department, the Lamar Dodd School of Art and the Dean Rusk Center for International Law and Policy, the talk is open free to the public.

Co-founder of the Holocaust Art Restitution Project, Masurovsky has served as its director of research and as a board member. He has researched the question of assets looted during the Holocaust and World War II since 1980 and has served as an expert historian on a class-action lawsuit for Jewish claimants seeking restitution of lost

accounts and other liquid assets from Swiss banks.

As a consultant and historian for the Department of Justice’s Office of Special Investigations, Masurovsky Marc Masurovsky researched alleged Nazi war criminals living in the U.S., interviewed witnesses to crimes against humanity and studied post-war relations between former Nazi officials and Allied intelligence agencies. He has worked on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s “Geographies of the Holocaust” project.

Following the talk, Masurovsky will introduce the film Portrait of Wally at Ciné for the Athens Jewish Film Festival. The film tells the story of the looted Egon Schiele painting that brought the story of Nazi looted art into the open.

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UGA to celebrate International Education Week Nov. 17-21

By Martina Kloss martina@uga.edu

The Office of International Education, the Office of International Student Life, academic departments and student organizations from across campus have put together a weeklong schedule of events to celebrate International Education Week Nov. 17-21.

Events include WorldFest and Parade of Flags on Nov. 17; a storytelling session with students with international experiences on Nov. 18; cross-cultural simulation activities on Nov. 18 and 19; an international scholar and faculty reception on Nov. 20; and the announcement of the winner of the Office of International Education’s annual photo/video contest on Nov. 21.

There also will be a cultural awareness celebration hosted by Franklin College’s comparative literature department on Nov. 20.

A full calendar of the events that will occur during UGA’s International Education Week as well as times and locations for each are at oie.uga.edu/iew.

“International Education Week gives us the opportunity to recognize and celebrate the role of international education in providing a well-rounded education and equipping students with the competencies for living and working in an intercultural environment,” said Kavita Pandit, associate provost for international education. “I invite the UGA community to participate in one or more International Education Week events.”

Parham Policy Day to feature screening of ‘The Throwaways’

Wild Flowers, Wild Places. Through Nov. 23. Visitor Center and Conservatory, State Botanical Garden. 706-542-6156, ckeber@uga.edu.

An Archaeologist’s Eye: The Parthenon Drawings of Katherine A. Schwab. Through Dec. 7. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662, hazbrown@uga.edu.

Vince Dooley: A Retrospective, 1954-1988.

Through Dec. 15. Special collections libraries. 706-542-7123, hasty@uga.edu.

Boxers and Backbeats: Tomata du Plenty and the West Coast Punk Scene. Through Jan. 4. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662, hazbrown@uga.edu.

The ... of E6, part of Athens Celebrates Elephant Six. Through Jan. 4. Georgia ­Museum of Art. 706-542-4662, hazbrown@uga.edu.

Emilio Pucci in America. Through Feb. 1.

Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662, hazbrown@uga.edu.

“OC” Carlisle Solo Art. Through May 11.

Candler Hall. (See story, below left).

Food, Power and Politics: The Story of School Lunch. Through May 15. Russell Library Gallery, special collections libraries.

706-542-5788, russlib@uga.edu.

Terra Verte. Through May 31. Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden, Georgia Museum of Art.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17 Parade of Flags The Parade of Flags is an annual event where students, faculty and staff carry a national flag of their home country—or a country with which they have a significant connection—from the Arch to the Tate Student Center Plaza. 11 a.m. Part of International Education Week. 706-542-5867, ugaisl@uga.edu. (See story, left).

WorldFest WorldFest is a cultural education festival that highlights the various cultures represented in the UGA student body through live performances such as cultural dances, martial arts demonstrations, interactive table displays and variety of free food from all over the world. 11:30 a.m. Tate Student Center Plaza. Part of International Education Week.

706-542-5867, ugaisl@uga.edu. (See story, above left).

Guest Lecture “The Challenge of Restituting Art Stolen During the Holocaust,” Marc Masurovsky, co-founder of the Holocaust Art Restitution Project. 4:30 p.m. 250 Miller Learning Center. 706-542-2445, pettik@uga.edu. (See story, below left).

By Laurie Anderson laurie@uga.edu

Students from the School of Social Work will host a screening of The Throwaways, an award-winning documentary about the challenges faced by impoverished people of color living on the fringes of society.

The film will be shown Nov. 18 at 10 a.m. in the Griffith Auditorium of the Georgia Museum of Art. Following the screening, film co-directors Ira McKinley and Bhawin Suchak will discuss the film and answer questions.

The film and discussion are part of Parham Policy Day, an annual event that highlights the impact of social policy on society.

Described by the filmmakers as “a gritty, firsthand look at a reality most would rather turn away from,” The Throwaways depicts the daily struggles and frustrations of slum residents trying to improve their living conditions. It is also the story of filmmaker McKinley, a homeless activist and ex-felon, and his efforts to affect positive change on inner-city communities in upstate New York.

“The film focuses on issues such as mass incarceration, stigmatization of former prisoners, marginalization of people of color and unequal access to resources,” said Sharda Fields, a social work graduate student involved in organizing the event.

The film has been honored at numerous regional film festivals.

Beginning at 8:45 a.m. in the museum’s Grand Hall and running until 12:30 p.m., this year’s Parham Policy Day also will include a “poverty” breakfast and lunch featuring cold cereal and sandwiches. Students also will present posters on domestic and international social issues including police misconduct, racial disparities in gifted education programs and human trafficking, among others. All events are open free to the public.

EXHIBITIONS

BFA candidate exhibition on display in Candler Hall A solo art exhibition of illustrations, fine art and photography by “OC” Carlisle, a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree candidate in scientific illustration in the Lamar Dodd School of Art, is on display in Candler Hall through May 11, 2015.

Carlisle researches and creates botanical, entomological and medical studies and renderings for a variety of assignments in her scientific illustration studies. Her illustration skills include graphite, carbon pencil and dust, colored pencil, watercolor, ink and scratchboard along with computer illustration and graphics techniques.

In addition to her current studies, Carlisle has shown her illustrations, fine art and photography in invitational, juried and solo exhibitions in the Washington, D.C., area, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Northeast Georgia.

She has won a number of awards for her works including the Joshua Laerme Award for Excellence in Scientific Illustration. That award was given to her

by Gene Wright, a professor of art and chair of scientific illustration at UGA. The animal/botanical project was created in graphite, watercolor wash and colored pencil.

Carlisle’s recent juried exhibitions include the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators in 2010 and 2012; the Lamar Dodd School of Art Scientific Illustration from 2010 to 2014; and Georgia Regents University from 2010 to 2014. She also has had exhibitions at Athens Academy and the Lyndon House Arts Center.

guest Recital Jonathan Whitaker, who teaches trombone at the University of Alabama. 5 p.m. Edge Recital Hall, Hugh Hodgson School of Music.

706-542-4752, musicpr@uga.edu.

Concert The Hot Sardines. $30-$35. 8 p.m. Hodgson Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center.

706-542-4400, ugaarts@uga.edu.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Parham Policy Day This year’s event includes a “poverty” breakfast and lunch, poster presentations on social issues and a screening and discussion of The Throwaways. 8:45 a.m. Griffith Auditorium and Grand Hall, Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-7002, hoppsbjg@aol.com.

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CPR Class Participants will receive CPR training (adult/ child/infant), certified by the American Heart Association. $40. 1:30 p.m. Conference Room A, University Health Center.

706-542-8707, aambo@uhs.uga.edu.

Tuesday Tour at Two 2 p.m. Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries. 706-542-8079, jclevela@uga.edu.

Ecology Seminar “The Evolutionary Ecology of Complex Life Histories,” Dustin Marshall, Monash University, Australia. Reception precedes seminar at 3:30 p.m. in lobby. Hosted by Jeb Byers, a professor in the Odum School of Ecology.

4 p.m. Ecology building auditorium.

706-542-7247, bethgav@uga.edu.

Men’s Basketball vs. Stony Brook. To be televised on the SEC Network. $15. 7 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum.

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Concert ARCO Chamber Orchestra. $20. 8 p.m.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19 Cybersecurity Panel The Business Law Society will host a panel discussion about cybersecurity with several attorneys. 12:30 p.m. Hirsch Hall, Law School. 770-561-3703, alexam@uga.edu.

Ecology/ICON Conservation Seminar “A Sample of Conservation Science and Opportunities in the U.S. Geological Survey,” Mary Freeman, U.S. Geological Survey.

1:25 p.m. Ecology building auditorium.

706-542-7247, bethgav@uga.edu.

Tour at Two Highlights from the permanent collection, led by docents. 2 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-9078, mlachow@uga.edu.

University Council meeting 3:30 p.m. Tate Student Center Theatre.

706-542-6020.

Recital The Bulldog Brass Society. Coached by former New York Philharmonic principal trumpet Philip Smith, the group is the premier graduate brass quintet at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. 6:30 p.m. Edge Recital Hall, Hugh Hodgson School of Music.

706-542-4752, musicpr@uga.edu.

Concert UGA Wind Symphony. Led by conductor Jaclyn Hartenberger, the group will present a program of engaging music for wind band.

8 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall.

706-542-4752, musicpr@uga.edu.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 Cultural Awareness Celebration This event will highlight academic programs hosted in the comparative literature department while also showcasing the beauty and diversity of cultures. Students taking African languages and literature will perform skits in the target language to showcase their language skills. Participants will be entertained by music, dance and food prepared by students and their instructors. 11 a.m.

Grand Hall, Tate Student Center. Part of International Education Week. 706-542-9587, magandad@uga.edu. (See story, above left).

Engineering Graduate Seminar “Recently Explored Research on Spatial Forest Planning Using Heuristics,” Kyle Johnsen. Moderated by Justin Weber.

12:30 p.m. Driftmier Auditorium, Driftmier Engineering Center. 706-542-1187, pbettinger@warnell.uga.edu.

Guest Lecture "Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement: Perspectives from International and Constitutional Law, " Alvin Y.H. Cheung, a visiting scholar at the U.S.-Asia Law Institute at New York University and a nonpracticing member of the Hong Kong Bar. 1:30 p.m. Larry Walker Room, Dean Rusk Hall. lkagel@uga.edu.

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Workshop “The Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking: Classroom Applications and Administration,” presented by Bonnie Cramond and Sarah Sumners. 2 p.m. Instructional Plaza.

706-583-0067, tchagood@uga.edu.

Music on Film Series Screening Population: 1 (1986) is a twisted history lesson from punk favorite Tomata du Plenty (The Screamers) featuring members of Los Lobos, Vampira, the notorious El Duce (Kurt and Courtney), Fluxus artist Al Hansen and his Grammy-winning grandson Beck, among many others. 7 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-9078, mlachow@uga.edu.

Lecture “Who is the ‘Anthro’ in Anthropocene?”

Chris J. Cuomo, philosophy and women’s studies. Part of the Anthropocene Lecture Series. 7 p.m. Chapel. 706-542-1693, biomngr@uga.edu.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21 International Coffee Hour Participants can view photos taken by students in various locations around the world and vote on a favorite during the International Photo and Video Contest.

Hosted by International Student Life and the Office of International Education. 11:30 a.m. Fourth floor, Tate Student Center. Part of

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Poetry Reading Peter Fallon, founder of The Gallery Press in Ireland. 7:30 p.m. Ciné, 234 W. Hancock Ave. wsmith78@uga.edu. (See story, below left).

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706-542-2900, leannekp@uga.edu. (See story, left).

Tour A guided tour of Vince Dooley: A Retrospective, 1954-1988. 2 p.m. Special collections libraries. 706-542-8079, jclevela@uga.edu.

First Data Student Veterans Lounge Dedication Administrators, students and visiting dignitaries will dedicate a new student veterans lounge in the Tate Student Center, made possible by a gift from the First Data Corporation of Atlanta to the Student Veteran Resource Center's endowment fund. A reception will follow the ceremony. Invitation only. 4 p.m. 484 Tate Student Center.

706-542-9628, svrc@uga.edu.

Alumni Night at the Bookstore Alumni, their friends and family and student donors are invited to attend. Advance online registration is encouraged. 5 p.m. Bookstore.

706-542-2251, wdarden@uga.edu.

Volleyball vs. Mississippi State. 6 p.m. Ramsey Student Center. 706-542-1621.

Men’s Basketball vs. Troy. To be televised on SECN Plus. $15.

7 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 706-542-1231.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 Football vs. Charleston Southern. Noon. To be televised on the SEC Network. Sanford Stadium.

706-542-1231.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Volleyball vs. South Carolina. 1:30 p.m. Ramsey Student Center. 706-542-1621.

Men’s Basketball vs. Florida Atlantic. To be televised on FSN. $15. 5 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum.

706-542-1231.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Students’ Thanksgiving Break Through Nov. 28. UGA offices open until Nov. 26. Classes resume Dec. 1.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Tuesday Tour at Two 2 p.m. Special collections libraries.

706-542-8079, jclevela@uga.edu.

Women’s Basketball vs. Georgia Southern. $5; $3 for youth.

7 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 706-542-1231.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 Women’s Basketball vs. Colgate. $5; $3 for youth. 7 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 706-542-1231.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27 Thanksgiving Holidays No classes; offices closed through Nov. 29.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28 Volleyball vs. Kennesaw State. 5 p.m. Ramsey Student Center. 706-542-1621.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Football vs. Georgia Tech. Noon. To be televised on the SEC Network. Sanford Stadium.

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 1 HOLIDAY Concert UGA British Brass Band led by professor and former New York Philharmonic principal trumpet Phil Smith. In addition to a selection of Christmas carols, the concert also will ­include works by composers Kenneth Downie and Kevin Norbury. 8 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. 706-542-4752, musicpr@uga.edu.

Coming up 2014 Louise McBee Lecture Dec. 2. “Public Higher Education in the 21st Century: Can America Continue to Lead?” Mary Sue Coleman, president emerita of the University of Michigan. Sponsored by the Institute of Higher Education. 11 a.m.

Chapel. (See story, page 1).

Staff Council MEETING Dec. 3. 2:30 p.m. 250 Miller Learning Center.

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College of Education faculty member Thomas A. Baker III was named the new associate editor for the Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport, a leading journal for sport law.

An associate professor in the kinesiology department’s sport management and policy program, Baker will serve as associThomas Baker ate editor of the publication for two years and then as editor for two years.

His research primarily focuses on the application of law to sport. He specializes in how commercial laws influence sport marketing, such as legal issues concerning brand image and management as well as the regulation of marketing through social media. He also conducts injury prevention research that focuses on the risk of sexual violence in sports, with a particular focus on violence against children.

David Chu, a Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus in the College of Pharmacy, received the John A. Montgomery Award at the XXI International Round Table of Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids in Poznan, Poland.

The award is given biannually to an outstanding scientist David Chu in recognition of a scientific contribution in the area of nucleosides, nucleotides and nucleic acids that results in significant advances in chemotherapy.

In 1982, Chu joined the College of Pharmacy faculty and established a vigorous drug discovery program. He retired from UGA in 2008. As a professor emeritus, Chu has maintained an active research program in drug discovery of antiviral agents for HIV, hepatitis B and C virus, Varicella zoster (shingles) virus and others.

David Landau, Distinguished Research Professor of Physics and founding director of the Center for Simulational Physics, was appointed to the Academic Advisory Council of the University of Heidelberg, Germany. He is one of 13 council members: seven external members from academia, two external members from the business community and four internal members from Heidelberg University.

Founded in 2006, the Academic Advisory Council advises on strategy for Heidelberg University in connection with its Excellence Initiative.

Robert Warren, a professor of wildlife ecology and management, received the Wildlife Society’s 2014 Aldo Leopold Memorial Award for distinguished service to wildlife conservation.

Warren accepted the award, the highest one bestowed by the society, Oct. 26 at the organization’s 21st annual conference in Robert Warren Pittsburgh.

The Wildlife Society chooses recipients for the award based on contributions to the wildlife field.

The award was created in 1948 after the death of Leopold, a scientist and ecologist whose nature and wildlife preservation expertise led to him founding the science of wildlife management.

This is the second major recognition Warren, a Meigs Professor in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, has received from the Wildlife Society. He was given the Excellence in Wildlife Education Award last year in recognition of his exemplary teaching of wildlife education.

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Lance Haynie, associate director for programs in the Department of Recreational Sports, oversees intramural sports, club sports as well as the fitness and wellness arm of the department.

Associate director for programs aims to foster love of outdoors, rec sports

By Matt Chambers mattdc@uga.edu

Ironically, Lance Haynie’s passion for the great outdoors began indoors on a climbing wall.

After becoming friends with the climbing wall staff during his undergraduate days at Texas A&M University, Haynie took to the outdoors and started to go on climbing and other recreational trips. Later on, he was a river guide and taught climbing courses.

Now, as associate director for programs in the Department of Recreational Sports, Haynie is helping mold UGA students into leaders who can inspire in others that same pleasure in the outdoors and recreational activities.

“I took advantage of the opportunities that were before me and walked through the doors that opened up,” Haynie said. “What I’m doing here is I’m creating other stewards who will go spread that word and philosophy of an alternative healthy lifestyle.”

In his position, Haynie oversees intramural sports, club sports as well as the fitness and wellness arm of the Department of Recreational Sports, which is part of the Division of Student Affairs. Previously, Haynie was assistant director for outdoor recreation.

Since arriving at UGA in 2012, Haynie has been focused on teaching student workers and making sure they

have the proper training.

“Since we have so many students running our programs, I have to ensure they’re empowered, trained well and knowledgeable enough to be an effective steward of what we’re trying to do,” Haynie said.

Haynie said he gets a lot of satisfaction out of working with students and seeing them progress.

Haynie also has worked with other areas across campus to encourage the exploration of recreational activities and the outdoors. In May 2013, he led a study-abroad trip in Costa Rica.

In June 2014, he worked with the Honors Interdisciplinary Field Program to teach students outdoor skills during one leg of their eight-week trip through the western U.S. “What I really love is seeing young peoples’ faces as I’m teaching or showing them a new skill and they get it,” he said.

While he was introduced to hunting and fishing at a young age, Haynie didn’t begin to fully appreciate the outdoors or activity sports until college. When he began looking for a job after college, he realized university recreation was aligned with his personal ideals. That led him to the University of Alabama’s outdoor recreation program.

“While I didn’t have the student affairs background, I had the relevant

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work history, all that technical working knowledge and a desire to pay it forward to other young people,” Haynie said.

“Paying things forward and providing opportunities for young people to develop and learn about themselves definitely are at the core of the Division of Student Affairs and what we’re doing here.”

Haynie also hopes that the UGA students interacting with the Department of Recreational Sports learn to better appreciate an active lifestyle and maybe even enjoy the outdoors, just as he did at Texas A&M. “For me, this all started by just enjoying the experience of being outside and being away from sources of stress,” he said. “I really believe the outdoors is not only a place for growth and development, but it also has restorative and therapeutic values.”

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Georgia Museum of Art wins exhibition, publication awards

By Eva Chamberlain etcuga@uga.edu

The Georgia Museum of Art won an outstanding exhibit certificate and three publication awards at this year’s Southeastern Museums Conference annual meeting, held last month in Knoxville, Tennessee.

The museum’s exhibition Cercle et Cerré and the International Spirit of Abstract Art won the 2014 Certificate of Commendation, which recognizes excellence in research, design, development, educational value and effectiveness in museum exhibitions.

“This award is particularly gratifying to us,” said William Underwood Eiland, the museum’s director. “It recognizes staffwide achievements and collaboration at the museum and honors the

commitment of the Pierre Daura Center to European art of the 20th century. It is the first of many Daura Center projects to follow.”

The museum earned a silver award in the newsletter category for Facet, its quarterly publication featuring current and upcoming events and exhibitions.

Facet received top awards from the same competition in 2012 and 2013 and first prize in the American Association of Museums Publication Competition last year.

In the books and catalogs category, “Exuberance of Meaning: The Art Patronage of Catherine the Great (17621792),” a catalog for an exhibition of the same name, earned an honorable mention. The catalog contains full-page color images of nearly every object, such as books, porcelain and jewel-encrusted vessels, in the exhibition, which was

organized by Asen Kirin, an associate professor of art at UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art. A catalog created on behalf of the state of Georgia’s art collection, “Inspired Georgia: 28 Works from Georgia’s State Art Collection,” took home an honorable mention in the gallery guides category.

The publications were developed in collaboration with The Adsmith, an Athens advertising agency that has designed material for the museum for five years.

“It’s a designer’s dream to work on projects that involve great art,” said Kirk Smith, president of The Adsmith. “The fact that these projects for the museum are so varied—and the kinds of art are so varied—keeps us exploring and learning and developing new ways to showcase the work.”

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College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences recognizes 12 for their contributions to state and global agriculture

By J. Merritt Melancon jmerritt@uga.edu

The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences recognized 12 of its finest with the D.W. Brooks Awards for Excellence and the CAES Faculty and Staff Awards.

The D.W. Brooks Awards and Lecture Series was launched more than 30 years ago in honor of Brooks, an alumnus and former college faculty member who devoted his career to the improvement of life through improvements in agriculture.

As the founder and chairman emeritus of Gold Kist Inc., Brooks advised seven U.S. presidents on various agriculture and trade issues. He helped to create the integrated poultry production system that transformed Georgia agriculture during the 20th century and also started Cotton States Mutual Insurance Companies in 1941 to provide farmers with insurance.

Brooks, who started teaching agronomy at UGA in his teens and taught his last class in his 90s, also holds UGA’s record for being both its youngest and its oldest faculty member.

The winners of the D.W. Brooks Awards of Excellence are “a great testament to him, to the commitment this college continues to have to our land-grant mission and to the legacy of success for our students, our state and agriculture worldwide,” said Dean J. Scott Angle at the awards ceremony.

Keynote speaker Kenneth M. Quinn, the World Food Prize Foundation president and a former U.S. ambassador, spoke about agriculture’s power to bring nations together and ease conflict.

Quinn, who served as ambassador to South Vietnam during the Vietnam War and later served as ambassador to Cambodia, told those in attendance that he had witnessed the stabilizing impact that infrastructure projects and improved agriculture could have on a country.

He encouraged the students, faculty and staff to view their work in agriculture as having an impact not just in Georgia but also on the world stage.

This year’s Brooks Award winners are: • Terence Centner, a professor in the agricultural and applied economics department, won the D.W. Brooks Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award recognizes his work developing

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Recipients of the 2014 D.W. Brooks Awards are (first row, from left) Nelson Brice, director of student and employer engagement, Terence Centner, a professor of agricultural and applied economics, and Dennis Hancock, an associate professor of crop and soil sciences; (second row, from left) Jay Bauer, senior graphic designer, Cesar Escalante, an associate professor of agricultural and applied economics, and Janet Hollingsworth, a family and consumer sciences program development coordinator for Southeast Georgia; (third row, from left) Frank Flanders, an assistant professor of agricultural leadership, education and communication, Timothy Grey, a professor of crop and soil sciences, and Ignacy Misztal, a professor of animal and dairy science; and (fourth row, from left) Brittnee Thirkield, a doctoral candidate in food science and technology, and Brooke Powell and C.J. O’Mara, agricultural specialists with the J. Phil Campbell Sr. Research and Education Center.

the college’s pre-law and environmental law programs and innovative instruction in the classroom.

• Timothy Grey, a professor in the crop and soil sciences department, won the D.W. Brooks Faculty Award for Excellence in Research. The award recognizes his work combating herbicide resistant palmer amaranth—commonly known as pigweed—and developing weed and management strategies to replace the recently banned soil fumigant methyl bromide.

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in the crop and soil sciences department, won the D.W. Brooks Faculty Award for Excellence in Extension. The award recognizes his work as the state’s forage specialist and in promoting sustainable and profitable grazing strategies to farmers across the U.S. • Janet Hollingsworth, the family and consumer sciences program development coordinator for Southeast Georgia, won the D.W. Brooks Faculty Award for Public Service and Extension. The award recognizes her work developing successful public

health, nutrition and safety programming in Appling and Wayne counties.

• Ignacy Misztal, a professor in the animal and dairy science department, won the D.W. Brooks Faculty Award for Excellence in Global Programs. The award recognizes his worldwide reputation as an expert on genetic analysis and animal breeding and the number of international scholars who have come to UGA to study with him.

• Frank Flanders, an assistant professor in the agricultural leadership, education and communication department, won the CAES Faculty Award for Outstanding Academic Adviser. The award recognizes his dedication to his position as undergraduate coordinator for agricultural education and his many years spent advising future agricultural educators.

• Brice Nelson, the college’s director of student and employer engagement, won the CAES Staff Award for Administrative or Professional Support. Nelson has led the college’s student recruitment efforts for the past decade and has helped to nearly double the college’s enrollment.

• Jay Bauer, a senior graphic designer in the Office of Communication and Creative Services, won the CAES Staff Award for Technical Support. Bauer created the college’s mascot Caesar when he started at the college almost 14 years ago. Most recently he created a museum exhibit to celebrate the centennial of UGA Extension.

• C.J. O’Mara and Brooke Powell, agricultural specialists with the J. Phil Campbell Sr. Research and Education Center, won the CAES Award for Skilled Trades Support. O’Mara and Powell managed the on-the-ground transition of the 1,055-acre research farm as it has changed hands from USDA to UGA’s ownership.

• Cesar Escalante, an associate professor in the agricultural and applied economics department, won the D.W. Brooks Diversity Award for Faculty. The award recognizes his work supporting graduate students from diverse backgrounds and his research into discriminatory lending practices and immigration policy.

• Brittnee Thirkield, who is pursuing her doctorate in the food science and technology department, won the D.W. Brooks Diversity Award for Students.

The award recognizes her role as a mentor to younger students both through formal and informal interactions.

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Organization Development: An Action Research Approach introduces readers to organization development theory using strategies proven to help organizations plan change and respond to unplanned change at individual, group and system levels. The book is written by Laura Bierema, a professor and associate dean for academic programs in the College of Education.

The text is applied, yet grounded, in the history and theory of the field. It provides learners with a solid foundation in organization development, enabling them to be familiar with the principles and practices in their own organizations.

The book includes assessments and interactive activities to engage readers in applying key principles and practices of organization ­development.

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GeorgiaFunder to benefit programs, groups http://dar.uga.edu/funder

UGA’s Office of Development recently launched GeorgiaFunder, a new platform for fundraising. The GeorgiaFunder is a crowdfunding initiative modeled after other Webbased commercial services such as Kickstarter and IndieGoGo.

Funds raised through the GeorgiaFunder directly benefit UGA programs and organizations.

UGA faculty, staff and students can launch qualified fundraising projects by working with their respective unit’s development officer.

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with how the nuclear plant works. Nuclear power produces no greenhouse gases in creating energy.

The College of Engineering group also got to tour the construction site where Vogtle units 3 and 4 are being built, and are expected to be in service in 2017 and 2018. They will be among the first nuclear units built in the U.S. in 30 years. The scale of the multibillion dollar operation is hard to describe.

After visiting the construction site where work is underway to build Vogtle units 3 and 4, Dean said she was impressed with the overall scope involved in creating the new units. Having worked on a construction site before, or as she put it having “been on the roof with a nail gun,” she said it was by far the biggest construction project she had seen.

“It was incredible,” she said.

Leo said these kinds of field trips are a valuable learning experience for faculty and students. Getting to see the work in action stimulated questions from faculty and students that probably would not have arisen simply from a class discussion.

Leo said, “This is an opportunity for them to see the real-world challenges in operating a facility like this.”

Plant Vogtle is operated by the Southern Company and owned by Georgia Power, Oglethorpe Power, MEAG Power and Dalton Utilities.

The trip was organized for the engineering college by UGA alumnus Craig Barrs, executive vice president of external affairs at Georgia Power, and Ronny Just, an environmental issues manager at Georgia Power.

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Donald Leo, dean of the College of Engineering, and faculty members in the college tour the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Waynesboro in Burke County. Six UGA students also participated in the tour, which gave the group an up-close look at the two-unit nuclear plant.

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Preliminary research by Drake and his colleagues suggested that patterns characteristic of an approaching tipping point could be detected in public health reports based on fluctuations in the number of cases of the disease being monitored. If public health officials were able to spot such a pattern as it happens, they might have time to prepare for an outbreak—or possibly even intervene and reverse the changes pushing the system toward one.

Obstacles exist. The capacity for public health surveillance varies from country to country. Timely reporting is not always possible, and the likelihood of inconsistent

reporting or under-reporting is particularly high in some areas.

Drake said the research will provide information that public health officials could use to design more effective monitoring programs. For instance, reporting may need to happen on a different schedule, depending on the pathogen.

To carry out their project, the team further will refine the theory and statistical methods for forecasting infectious disease outbreaks based on tipping points.

They then will use recent data from 10 infectious disease systems—some of which have caused outbreaks, some of which have not—to test whether their methods could have accurately predicted those outbreaks.

Bulletin Board Cook’s Holiday tickets

Tickets for Food Services’ Cook’s Holiday are now available online. Tickets are $16.95 for adults and $8.50 for children age 12 and younger. Children age 5 and younger will be admitted free.

This year’s event, which has a “whimsical holiday” theme, will be held Dec. 17-19 at the Village Summit in the Joe Frank Harris Commons. It will include lunch and dinner buffets.

Additional information, including the menu, is at http://t.uga.edu/mp.

Holiday poinsettias​

Students in the UGA chapter of Pi Alpha Xi, a horticultural honors society, are selling holiday poinsettias.

The poinsettias, which are $10 each, are from a crop managed and grown by the students as an annual fundraiser under the guidance of Paul Thomas, a professor of horticulture in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

The plants can be ordered via email at pialphaxitau@gmail.com. They can be picked up Dec. 6 at University

Greenhouse #13, 111 Riverbend Road.

University Woman’s Club

The University Woman’s Club will hold its annual holiday luncheon Dec. 9 at 11:30 a.m. at the Athens Country Club, 2700 Jefferson Highway.

Guests are welcome at the luncheon, which will usher in the holiday with music of the season.

Music will be provided by Jane Douglas, a piano teacher and retired violinist with more than 20 years in the Athens Symphony Orchestra.

Tickets, which are required for admission, must be purchased by Dec. 2. They can be bought from Corey DeLemater, assistant treasurer, at 706-548-5543.

Luncheon attendees with special dietary requirements should contact Joyce Reynolds at 706-543-3184 before Dec. 2.

Grant proposal deadline

The UGA Parents and Families Association and its Parents Leadership Council are accepting grant proposals for the 2015-2016 academic year. Grant applications are due by the close of

hydrologist for the National Weather Service.

“That is not what it is intending. You are going to have storms. And it’s not just tornadoes, although that is a big part of it, but it’s everything—it’s lightning, heavy rain, flash flooding, the thunderstorms, the wind and now, as we get into winter weather, the ice and the snow that you potentially could have.

“It’s being prepared for all of that and receiving the warnings, watches and statements, knowing what they mean as you receive them, how to interpret them, and, more importantly, the decisions being made,” he added.

At UGA, the StormReady designation comes with a student component as well.

Marshall Shepherd, director of the atmospheric sciences program in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, offered his students’ help should the need arise.

“Our students, we stand ready to assist however we can,” he said.

The StormReady designation means the university has the same or greater capabilities of severe weather monitoring, notification and response than would be expected of a city or county with a similar population size.

“UGA is unique in that it’s almost like a county within a county. You’re actually larger than a lot of counties,” Frantz said. “It’s fantastic to have you aboard as part of the StormReady family.”

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leadership, the University of Michigan launched and expanded academic partnerships with universities in China, Ghana, South Africa, Brazil and India. Coleman also announced a groundbreaking partnership between the university and Google, which enables the public to search the text of the university’s 7-million-volume library and opened the way to universal access and the preservation of recorded human knowledge.

In 2009, Time magazine named her as one of the nation’s “10 best college presidents.”

Her leadership positions in higher education have included membership on the board of directors of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. She was chair of the Association of American Universities, which encompasses 61 leading public and private research universities in the U.S. and Canada. She also served as chair of the Internet2 board of trustees.

Elected to the Institute of Medicine, Coleman also is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She co-chaired a major policy study of the Institute of Medicine, examining the consequences of uninsurance, and has become a nationally recognized expert on the issue. She also is a trustee of the Gerald R. Ford Foundation, and she serves on the boards of directors of Johnson & Johnson and the Meredith Corp.

A biochemist, Coleman built a distinguished research career through her research on the immune system and malignancies.

From 1995-2002, Coleman was president of the University of Iowa. She earned her undergraduate degree in chemistry from Grinnell College and her doctorate in biochemistry from the University of North Carolina. She holds honorary doctorates from 13 colleges and universities across the U.S. and also Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China.

business Feb. 6.

Grants will be accepted only from UGA schools, colleges, units, departments, divisions or recognized student organizations registered with the department of campus life.

Proposals must demonstrate a direct and positive impact on student life at UGA. Grants will be awarded in the spring by a committee established by the Parents Leadership Council.

Since 2002, the council has funded $1.2 million in grants to several programs and organizations on campus, including the Counseling and Psychiatric Services Center at the University Health Center, the Office of International Education and the Office of Student Financial Aid. For a list of guidelines and requirements, see the Parents and Families Association website, parents.uga.edu.

For more information, contact Diane Johnson, director of the Parents Leadership Council, at dfjohn@uga.edu.

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University Press and Yale University Press. He has delivered invited lectures at universities in 10 countries, including Oxford University, the London School of Economics and the University of Vienna, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. He has testified before Congress on several occasions and has provided written statements to the Georgia Legislature on pending bills.

In 2008, the Supreme Court of the United States appointed Rutledge to brief and argue the case of Irizarry v. United States as a friend to the court—someone who is not a party to the case—in the successful defense of the judgment of the lower court.

“Bo Rutledge has a very strong and impressive record of legal scholarship and professional accomplishments,” said UGA President Jere W. Morehead. “I am confident that he will continue to elevate the academic stature of our law school, which already is one of the very best in the nation.”

Rutledge joined the Georgia Law faculty in 2008 as an associate professor; he was named full professor in 2011 and named the Herman E. Talmadge Chair of Law in 2012.

He recently headed an initiative to launch a new master in the study of laws program, which enrolled its first students this fall.

In his role as the law school’s clerkship adviser, he built professional connections across the state and nation and also worked closely with students, faculty and alumni to support the law school’s efforts to place students and alumni in prestigious clerkships with federal judges. His effort helped make Georgia Law one of the top 10 schools in the nation in clerkship placements.

“The School of Law is one of the finest in the nation; it is home to internationally known scholars, dedicated teachers and a renowned advocacy program,” Rutledge said. “I look forward to working with my colleagues, the law school’s loyal alums and the broader legal community to ensure the law school continues to produce cuttingedge legal scholarship and to provide a first-class legal education to our students.”

Rutledge has received several teaching awards throughout his career, including the John O’Byrne Award for promoting facultystudent relations at UGA. In addition, the Georgia Law Class of 2014 selected him to serve as co-marshal at Commencement. For more than a decade, he has been involved in an international arbitration program known as the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.

He serves on the board of the Atlanta International Arbitration Society, regularly delivers speeches at the Georgia Bar’s Arbitration Institute and is actively involved in the Joseph Henry Lumpkin American Inn of Court, whose membership includes Georgia Supreme Court justices, federal judges and senior partners from some of the region’s most distinguished firms.

Rutledge holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, a master of letters degree from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland and a J.D. from the University of Chicago. He served as a law clerk at the U.S. Supreme Court for the Honorable Clarence Thomas and at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit for then-Chief Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III. The search committee was chaired by Svein Øie, dean of the College of Pharmacy, and assisted by the UGA Search Group in Human Resources.