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‘Instant’ legacy

Marion Bradford’s work has been cited more than 206,000 times.

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Marion Bradford revolutionized biochemical research with a simple discovery Biochemist Marion Bradford spent most of his career developing new ways to use a common item found in kitchens and nurseries around the world—cornstarch.

For decades, Bradford worked to convert cornstarch into a renewable energy source that could replace fossil fuels and produce everyday products ranging from food, feed and fiber to chemicals and industrial fuels.

He was part of a team recognized in 2003 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the American Chemical Society for creating an organic compound from corn sugar used in carpet fibers, cosmetics and liquid detergents that helped reduce the global economy’s reliance on petroleum-based materials. The organizations praised the team’s contributions to the “welfare and progress of humanity.”

But it is his research on the seventh floor of the Boyd

Graduate Studies Research Center at the University of Georgia in the 1970s that will be his legacy.

A theory he pursued because he thought it would save scientists time in the laboratory turned part of his doctoral dissertation into one of the most cited scientific papers in history—and invented an analytic process that revolutionized biochemical research.

“I look back and say, yep, that is what I am known for,” said Bradford, 72, who developed the Bradford protein assay, a process that is still being used in laboratories around the world to detect proteins in tissue samples. “It made life a lot simpler.”

One of the most cited research papers in history

According to an article published in Nature in 2014, if you put a printout of the first page of every paper listed on Thomson Reuter’s

Web of Science that cited Bradford’s research paper and stacked them up, the pile would almost reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Five years ago, Bradford’s paper had been cited by other scientists 157,683 times and was one of only three to achieve more than 100,000 citations. Today, it has jumped to 206,088 citations and counting, which makes Bradford one of only a few scientists in the world whose work has been recognized at this rate and used by others—in the evolution of science—to provide credibility for their research and scientific knowledge.

Looking back more than 40 years, Bradford, who is retired and living in Hendersonville, North Carolina, talks matter-of-factly about how the discovery—which is done in a test tube in one simple step—came about. His friend, a postdoc working next to him, See GROUNDBREAKER on page 8

FRANKLIN COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Gable Distinguished Chair will bring focus on Colonial American history to university

By Alan Flurry

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The University of Georgia welcomes renowned historian and anthropologist James F. Brooks as the holder of the inaugural Carl and Sally Gable Distinguished Chair in Southern Colonial American History.

An innovative scholar and teacher, Brooks is author of the prize-winning book Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship and Community in the Southwestern Borderlands, which garnered seven major prizes including the Bancroft, Parkman and Turner prizes. The book

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frames a pivotal episode in North American history and connects the experiences of the continent’s indigenous peoples and the descendants of those who

arrived after 1492.

An interdisciplinary scholar of the indigenous and Colonial past, Brooks has taught at the University of Maryland, UC Santa Barbara and UC Berkeley and enjoyed research fellowships at the Institute for

Advanced Study in Princeton, Vanderbilt University’s Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities and the School for Advanced Research, a leading center for study in the social sciences and indigenous arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

As the inaugural Gable Chair, Brooks brings a deep commitment to comparative scholarship on slavery and public history to the UGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences department of history. His visionary new work on the migration of the “Georgia Colony” to Colorado encourages the concept that historians not be constrained See CHAIR on page 8

For the sixth consecutive year, the University of Georgia’s farreaching commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion has been recognized with a national award.

The INSIGHT Into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award is the only national recognition honoring colleges and universities that exhibit outstanding efforts and success in the area of diversity and inclusion. Rather than recognizing a single program or unit, the award highlights a range of student, faculty and staff initiatives at the university.

“The University of Georgia is proud to be a national leader in promoting diversity and inclusion throughout our institution,” said President Jere W. Morehead. “I appreciate this recognition from INSIGHT Into Diversity once again for our successes in this important area and our efforts to go even further.”

The central role that diversity plays at UGA is outlined in the institution’s mission statement, and efforts to promote diversity and inclusion include programs to recruit and support historically underrepresented and firstgeneration students; recruit and

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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

College of Engineering unveils new instructional, lab space

By Mike Wooten

mwooten@uga.edu

The University of Georgia College of Engineering celebrated the completion of a major renovation of the Driftmier Engineering Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 13.

The project, completed in time for the beginning of fall semester classes, has transformed 21,000 square feet of 1960s-era classroom, laboratory and office space into state-of-the-art instructional labs and classrooms. The renovation also provides students with new study areas and spaces designed to promote project-based learning and teamwork.

“These new classrooms,

laboratories and other enhancements truly reflect the energy of our college and its students,” said Donald Leo, dean of the College of Engineering. “The project demonstrates UGA’s commitment to engineering education and serves as a dynamic launch pad for the future of our growing college.”

The $5.5 million project was funded by the university and the college with support from private donors and industry partners. The renovation work includes a significant expansion of the college’s laboratory capabilities in support of its eight undergraduate and seven graduate degree programs.

In addition, the project provides students with three new modern

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FRANKLIN COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Women and Girls in Georgia conference to focus on community

By Terri Hatfield tlhat@uga.edu

The Institute for Women’s Studies at the University of Georgia is hosting its eighth conference on Women and Girls in Georgia on Oct. 26 at the Zell B. Miller Learning Center.

The theme of this year’s conference is “Community.”

The Women and Girls in Georgia Conference was established in 2007 to highlight and encourage cutting-edge research and advocacy by, for and about women and girls in Georgia, in all their diversity.

The conference brings together leading researchers, teachers, activists and community mem-

bers to share expertise, strengthen networks and strategize for positive social change in Georgia and beyond. The conference Ada Cheng seeks to stimulate questions about the status and concerns of women and girls in the state that will generate influential research and bring that research to the attention of policymakers and activists across the state and region.

This year’s conference will include a keynote address by Ada Cheng, professor-turnedSee CONFERENCE on page 8

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Law school creates clinic to focus on First Amendment

Certificates and scholarships awarded at annual Embracing Diversity event

By Krista Richmond

By Lona Panter

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The University of Georgia School of Law will create a First Amendment Clinic thanks to a $900,000 gift from the Stanton Foundation, an organization established by former television broadcasting executive Frank Stanton.

The clinic will support First Amendment rights by focusing on regional cases involving free speech, freedom of the press and freedom of assembly and petition. It will also enhance law students’ understanding of the First Amendment and serve as a resource for organizations, students, journalists and citizens defending and advancing First Amendment issues.

“The law school community is excited about this partnership, which will not only support the First Amendment, but also give our law students the chance to protect the rights of individuals and to raise civic awareness in communities throughout the Southeast as they learn how to navigate cases and assist clients so they will be effective lawyers after graduation,” said School of Law Dean Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge.

A nationwide search has been launched to identify a director for the new clinic.

Stanton, a longtime president of CBS, was a staunch defender of the First Amendment and its protection is a core goal of the Stanton Foundation.

“We are grateful to the Stanton Foundation for this gift and look forward to helping support First Amendment protection issues with this clinic,” Rutledge said. “The creation of the First Amendment Clinic adds to the School of Law’s robust clinical and experiential learning opportunities and furthers our mission to educate the next generation of lawyers so they can become leaders in their communities.”

Diversity isn’t just a framework for Juanita Johnson-Bailey’s research.

It’s also the theoretical framework of her life.

“I am aware that I am a product of my cultures, and my cultural identity consists of things that I can see, things that you can see and things that you could probably never guess,” she said.

“Embracing diversity is essential to me because I have been shaped and saved by the others. I have been shaped and saved by the many.”

Johnson-Bailey, University Professor and director of UGA’s Institute for Women’s Studies, gave the keynote address at this year’s Embracing Diversity event, held Sept. 5 at Mahler Hall in the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education & Hotel.

The program celebrates the value of diversity and inclusion, recognizes employees who completed requirements for the Certificate in Diversity and Inclusion and presents scholarships to outstanding students.

She shared three important components to successfully embracing diversity: “knowing the stories of people who don’t look like you, knowing your own story and its admitted privileges and challenges, and being willing to

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UGA President Jere W. Morehead shared some of the ways the university is continuing its diversity and inclusion efforts.

be proactive in promoting diversity.”

Johnson-Bailey relied on stories from her own life to illustrate those points. For example, at age 5, she was told she could no longer play with her best friend because of their racial differences.

“I will never forget feeling hopeless,” she said. “I’d play in the front yard, and I’d look across the street, and I wondered, does she miss me, too?”

Johnson-Bailey said that was the first of many lessons that transformed her way of thinking, her way of moving through society and her way of existing.

“What I hope these stories

More than 200 attend Multicultural Faculty and Staff Reception

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Approximately 250 people attended the university’s 2019 Multicultural Faculty and Staff Reception, held Aug. 27 at the Georgia Museum of Art. “We are proud of our success and our progress and remain committed to continuing along the strong trajectory that has garnered us national recognition for our diversity efforts,” President Jere W. Morehead told the crowd. “You are critical to that mission, and I am grateful that you are here and contributing to it. Your efforts benefit not only our students, but our state as well.”

Michelle Cook, vice provost for diversity and inclusion and strategic university initiatives, shared a similar sentiment.

“Diversity and inclusion is not just a casual expression that we use—it is an institutional value at the University of Georgia,” she said. “We are committed on a daily basis to building an inclusive community of students, scholars and employees at the university.”

illustrate is how diversity is always a part of our everyday lives,” she said.

“We can embrace diversity and seize the opportunities to open that door and do our part to promote understanding and make change.”

UGA President Jere W. Morehead shared some of the ways UGA is opening those doors with recruitment efforts such as Road Dawgs and projects funded through New Approaches to Promote Diversity and Inclusion grants.

“Each of us here has an important role to play in promoting a culture that is welcoming, inclusive and diverse,” he said. “In the end, it is the innovation and collaboration of our faculty, staff and students that is absolutely instrumental.”

Michelle Cook, vice provost for diversity and inclusion and strategic university initiatives, also spoke about the importance of diversity to the campus community.

“The University of Georgia defines diversity broadly, recognizing that everyone is a contributor to and a beneficiary of our diversity,” she said. “We are strengthened daily by the different experiences, backgrounds, cultures and perspectives that we each contribute to the intellectual and educational enterprise at the University of Georgia.”

Two scholarships are awarded as part of Embracing Diversity. The Black Alumni Association Scholarships, sponsored by the Alumni Association, were awarded to first-year students William Mosley III and Mecca Slocum.

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retain diverse faculty; and promote a living, learning and working environment where differences are respected and celebrated.

“The University of Georgia proudly embraces the diversity that is found in our faculty, staff and students,” said Michelle Cook, vice provost for diversity and inclusion and strategic university initiatives. “We also are committed to building a community, culture and climate where everyone is supported and where everyone can be successful.”

Recruiting students

The diversity of perspectives and backgrounds that students bring to the University of Georgia enriches the learning environment by preparing students for success in the global society of the 21st century.

To help recruit historically underrepresented and first-generation students, staff from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and several other campus units visit high schools across the state through programs such as Road Dawgs. The university recently partnered with the Clarke County School District to launch a college readiness program known as Georgia Possible, and a new program known as Gear Up for High School brings eighth graders and their parents to campus, where they learn about the transition to high school and beyond. This fall, the university also offered free chartered bus transportation

to students and families at 18 high schools in rural Georgia to provide an additional way for them to attend Peach State Tour events and learn about opportunities for higher education at UGA and elsewhere in the state.

To encourage admitted students to enroll at UGA, the Office of Institutional Diversity hosts programs such as Georgia Daze, Movimiento Latino and the Georgia African American Male Experience. In addition, several of the university’s schools and colleges offer programs focused on specific fields, such as agriculture, business, pharmacy and veterinary medicine.

Promoting success

UGA has several long-standing and recent programs that help incoming students navigate the university and the many academic resources it offers. The yearlong RISE Scholars program, which was launched in 2018 and is funded by the President’s New Approaches to Promote Diversity and Inclusion Grants Program, offers first-year students from underrepresented groups a series of workshops and networking events that ease the transition to college. The ALL Georgia program supports students from rural parts of the state in their transition to UGA, while the federally funded TRIO programs offered through the Division of Academic Enhancement support low-income students, first-generation college

students and students with disabilities. The recently launched Early Start/Early Success program, for example, helps incoming first-generation students form meaningful academic connections.

The National Science Foundation-funded Peach State Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, which earlier this year received an Inspiring Program in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity, helps to increase the number of minority undergraduate students pursuing STEM degrees. In addition, the NSF-funded Bridges to the Doctorate program and the TRIO McNair Scholars program work to increase the number of underrepresented students pursuing graduate degrees. UGA colleges and departments also offer programs such as Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences and, in the School of Law, the Robinson Scholars Program and the Benham Scholars Program.

Additionally, the generous support of donors has enabled the creation of more than 460 need-based Georgia Commitment Scholarships since 2017.

Building community

To support an inclusive environment, the university’s Office of Faculty Affairs offers a faculty learning series that includes workshops on cultural competency for recruitment and

retention and creating inclusive academic teams. In addition, it offers trainings for search committee members that focus on best practices and sponsors a faculty learning community on resources for diverse faculty retention. Programs such as the Women’s Leadership Fellowship are part of a range of professional development resources that help build a pipeline of future leaders for the institution.

In addition to fostering a sense of community, affinity groups such as the Black Faculty and Staff Organization assist with the recruitment and retention of faculty, staff and students. Through the voluntary Certificate in Diversity and Inclusion program offered

by Training and Development in the Office of Human Resources, faculty and staff choose from a range of courses that increase awareness and understanding of diversity. Since the program was launched in 2012, more than 5,000 faculty and staff members have participated.

“The breadth of programs and initiatives focused on diversity highlights the University of Georgia’s commitment to creating an inclusive environment that promotes academic excellence,” said S. Jack Hu, the university’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost. “I am deeply grateful to our faculty, staff and students for their ongoing dedication to building community.”

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Merryl Alber studies the effects of massive storms on Georgia’s coastline.

Coastal guardian

Marine sciences professor tracks environmental changes down the coast

By Leigh Beeson lbeeson@uga.edu

When Hurricane Irma slammed the Georgia coast in 2017, the University of Georgia Marine Institute at Sapelo Island was inundated with saltwater.

It was the first time that happened, but it wasn’t all that surprising. Sea level off the Georgia coast has risen by about 10 inches over the past century, making it easier for the island’s interior to flood.

And increasingly intense storms have been battering the Georgia shoreline more frequently.

But the hurricane didn’t just affect the goings-on of the research institute; it altered the physical landscape of the island and Georgia coast.

“When that hurricane came, it brought a very large storm surge, and it brought saltwater all the way up into areas that are usually fresh,” said Merryl Alber, director of the marine institute.

In addition to poisoning trees that grew in freshwater marshes along the coast, the hurricane also created a new island of sorts off the coast of Blackbeard Island when the strong winds and torrential rainfall displaced tons of sediment, separating about 100 acres from the rest of the island.

While massive storm systems can cause dramatic and sudden geographic changes, it’s the more subtle ones occurring over the years that capture most of Alber’s attention. As the primary

investigator of the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems project, which is part of the National Science Foundation’s Long Term Ecological Research Network, Alber has access to almost two decades’ worth of data on water quality, plant production and other characteristics of coastal ecosystems, such as fluctuations in salinity. About five years ago, the project installed a camera in the salt marsh as part of the National PhenoCam Network, which takes pictures of various habitat such as forests, grasslands and wetlands every 30 minutes in order to track the annual cycle of vegetation growth, including spring green-up.

Looking at the data makes it hard to deny the impact shifting climates are having on one of the world’s more vulnerable ecosystems.

“Wetlands are really valuable habitats,” said Alber, who is also a professor of marine sciences in the Franklin College. “They’re important for young fish, crabs, shrimp, and they’re also critical for protecting land from floods and for storing carbon.”

In addition to the plant life that converts carbon to its own fuel source via photosynthesis, wetland soil traps excess carbon from escaping into the atmosphere. Scientists estimate about a third of all the Earth’s carbon is stored in wetland soil.

That’s why it was concerning to Alber when she and her postdoctoral associate, Jessica O’Connell, noticed

from PhenoCam data that areas of wetland marsh grasses were greening up earlier with every season. After analyzing temperature data, she found that soil temperatures over the past 70 years had gradually risen as well.

At the bare minimum, an earlier spring green-up has implications for the animals that rely on the grasses for nourishment. At its most extreme, it could shift the carbon cycle and have reverberating effects on atmospheric carbon levels.

Equally troubling is the potential for development at the edge of coastal marshes.

Like with other bodies of water, there’s a swath of land along the water that isn’t suitable for development. But unlike with streams or rivers, it’s a bit less clear where that buffer zone begins and ends.When the Georgia Department of Natural Resources was wrestling with this question, Alber stepped in.

“A lot of what I do is basic research, but it’s motivated by wanting to work on things that are relevant to society,” Alber said. “Part of why I am a scientist is to be able to share information with people who can use it for making management decisions.”

Editor’s note: This story is part of the Great Commitments series, which focuses on cutting-edge research happening on UGA campuses. Read more about UGA’s commitment to research that changes lives at greatcommitments.uga.edu.

FRANKLIN COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Nonverbal signals can create bias against larger groups

By Allyson Mann tiny@uga.edu

If children are exposed to bias against one person, will they develop a bias against that person’s entire group?

The answer is yes, according to new research from University of Georgia social psychologist Allison Skinner.

The study’s results are the first to demonstrate that nonverbal signals can produce new biases that generalize to entire groups and classes of people.

“Our findings indicate that the process of acquiring bias based on nonverbal signals—and extending that bias to a larger group—is already in operation in early childhood, prior to the start of first grade,” said Skinner, first author and assistant professor of

psychology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. “Exposure to biased nonverbal signals may be an important process through which group biases are rapidly and unintentionally transmitted within our culture.”

Her study, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, explores bias generalization in preschoolers ages 4 and 5.

With co-authors Kristina R. Olson and Andrew N. Meltzoff (both of the University of Washington), Skinner tested whether preschool children seeing one individual receive more positive nonverbal signals than another would lead them to develop bias in favor of that individual’s group—and whether such biases would be generalized to large classes of people, for example,

those of the same nationality.

In the experiments, children watched video in which an adult actor displayed positive nonverbal signals— appearing warm and friendlier—toward an unknown adult from one fictitious place and negative nonverbal signals toward an unknown adult from another place.The preschoolers were then asked questions to assess their biases toward the adults in the videos and toward other people of their “nationality.”

“Children’s biases went beyond simply preferring people from one place relative to another,” Skinner said. “They were more likely to imitate the words and actions demonstrated by the target of positive nonverbal signals, and they preferred to interact with members of that individual’s group.”

The University Health Center and the College of Pharmacy have kicked off their annual #FluGA campaign, with many ways to access the flu shot.

A flu shot is free for those who bring a UGA ID and current insurance card. (There are exceptions with Kaiser participants, who should check with their plan.) A flu shot will cost $50 for those who are uninsured.

Flu shots are available to UGA students, student spouses, current faculty/staff and their dependents (13 years and older) and retired faculty.

All UGA community members can get a flu shot at a #FluGA Mobile Clinic on campus.

The schedule of mobile clinic locations is at https://bit.ly/2pRwBLO. The mobile clinic is a partnership between the UHC Pharmacy and the College of Pharmacy to make flu shots more accessible to the UGA community.

Additionally, UGA students can schedule a flu shot through their UHC patient portal.

Flu shots also are available at walk-in clinics at the UHC Allergy/Travel Clinic from Oct. 1Nov. 1 on Wednesdays from 8:30-11:30 a.m. and 1-4 p.m. and Fridays from 1-4 p.m. This year, the Allergy/Travel Clinic is once again including Flublok, an egg-free vaccine.

Interested departments or organizations can request to have the mobile flu clinic come to their office.

The University Health Center website (uhs.uga.edu/healthtopics/influenza) also includes frequently asked questions about seasonal flu and links to additional information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

UGA Rome study abroad program to celebrate 50th anniversary

The UGA Classics in Rome Study Abroad Program, based in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

The observance will include a preview lecture and reception on Oct. 4 at the Jackson Street Building and a reunion of program alumni on Oct. 5 at the Georgia Museum of Art. Although the program has evolved over the last 50 years, it has not changed substantially from the model envisioned by its founder, classics professor Edward Best. Accompanied by his wife, Jenny, and their three children, Best took 30 UGA students to Rome in June 1970 for 10 weeks—when the university was on the quarter system—to study Greek and Roman civilization.

That first trip included two weeks in Greece, two days in the Bay of Naples to visit Pompeii and Paestum and several day trips to visit the Etruscan necropoleis of Tarquinia and Cerveteri as well as Hadrian’s Villa and Villa d’Este on the outskirts of Rome.

The Greek portion of the program had to be cut in 1990 to keep it affordable, but the idea of a long stay in Rome, interacting with the city and learning about the foundations of Western civilization, remains at the heart of the program, according to current Director Elena Bianchelli, a senior lecturer in the classics department.

“We now have about 1,000 alumni, and meeting with them is my great pleasure and pride,” said Bianchelli. “Their stories are amazing: so many of them saw their summer in Rome as a turning point in their lives, the best decision they ever made. Most of them have gone back to Rome multiple times, and they still consider Rome their second home.”

The Oct. 5 reunion also will be an opportunity to celebrate Edward Best, who died July 25.

A new scholarship named after him and his wife has been established to help students who want to participate in the program. Visit rome.uga.edu for information.

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The Fool-ectomy. Through Oct. 4. Suite Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art. 706-542-0069. kgeha@uga.edu.

Turbulent Femme || toward a radical future. Through Oct. 4. Margie E. West Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art. 706-542-0069. kgeha@uga.edu.

Color, Form and Light. Through Oct. 13. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu.

Betsey Barth Withington, Painting. Through Oct. 18. Visitor Center, Great Room, State Botanical Garden. 706-542-6014. connicot@uga.edu.

Out of the Darkness: Light in the Depths of the Sea of Cortez.

Through Oct. 27. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-1817. hazbrown@uga.edu.

Before the War: Photographs of Syria by Peter Aaron. Through Dec. 1. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu.

The New South and The New Slavery: Convict Labor in Georgia.

Through Dec. 13. Hargrett Library Gallery, Special Collections Libraries. 706-542-6367. kdotson@uga.edu.

Moon Rocks! Through Dec. 24. Russell Gallery, Special Collections Libraries. 706-542-5788. washnock@uga.edu.

Now and Then: 1979. Through Dec. 24. Russell Gallery, Special Collections Libraries. 706-542-5788. washnock@uga.edu.

Storytelling in Renaissance Maiolica. Through Jan. 5. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. gmoa@uga.edu.

Beautiful and Brutal: Georgia Bulldogs Football, 2017.

Through Feb. 28. Rotunda Gallery, Special Collections Libraries.

706-542-6170. hasty@uga.edu.

MONDAY, SEPT. 30 ROSH HASHANAH Jewish religious observance.

will learn several basic embroidery stitches, including a running stitch and a chain stitch. Attendees will leave with a sewn project of their own. No previous experience required. All supplies provided. Registration is required. 2 p.m. 381 Science Library. makerspace@uga.edu.

participants will begin with information about specific cognitive principles of learning and will then consider specific teaching techniques that can be used in any context to motivate students to participate in the learning process. 2:30 p.m. Reading Room, Miller Learning Center. 706-542-1355. jamie.adair@uga.edu.

LECTURE “Behind the Laughs: Community and Inequality in Comedy,” Michael Jeffries, Wellesley College. Sponsored by the Georgia Workshop on Culture, Power and History and the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. 3:30 p.m. 213, Zell B. Miller Learning Center. merigha@uga.edu.

LECTURE The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences presents “A Conversation with Lidia Bastianich: A Life of Love, Family and Food.” Bastianich is an Emmy award-winning public television host, a best‐selling author, a successful restaurateur and owner of a flourishing food and entertainment business.

3 p.m. Chapel. 706-542-5046. regina@uga.edu.

TUESDAY, OCT. 1 LUNCHTIME GALLERY TALK Dodd MFA candidate Alex McClay will discuss her exhibition Turbulent Femme || toward a radical future. Noon. Margie E. West Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art. 706-542-0069. kgeha@uga.edu.

TA CAFÉ: SURVIVING MIDTERM GRADING Join TAs from across campus to discuss strategies for efficiency, consistency and survival. Lunch provided. This event series is supported by the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Graduate School. 12:30 p.m. 372 Miller Learning Center.

706-542-1355. gradteach@uga.edu.

40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION All faculty, staff and administrators are invited to a reception and open house to celebrate 40 years of the Center for Teaching and Learning’s support of instructional excellence and efficacy at the University of Georgia. 1 p.m. Instructional Plaza.

706-542-1355. jamie.adair@uga.edu.

HGOR ENDOWED LECTURE “Preserving Global Cultural Heritage in Times of War and Conflict,” Irina Bokova, former director-general, UNESCO. Funded by the Atlanta design firm HGOR, the lecture is a part of the UGA Signature Lecture Series. Pre-lecture reception in the Jackson Street Building at 3:30 p.m. 5 p.m. Chapel.

WORKSHOP The UGA Libraries and Office for Proposal Enhancement are offering a Pivot workshop to help researchers to quickly set up a profile and tailored funding searches and alerts. Contact Rebecca Terns at terns@uga.edu to register. For general assistance with Pivot, contact Ian Thomas at ithomas@uga.edu.

2 p.m. Instruction Lab A, Main Library.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2

CTEGD RESEARCH IN PROGRESS: STRAND LAB Moderators: Ruby Harrison and Molly Bunkofske. Advanced students, postdocs, technicians and PIs from CTEGD labs present “in progress” work and discuss preliminary data and ideas for collaboration. Questions and discussion are highly encouraged. Refreshments are provided by CTEGD and the host lab.

8:30 a.m. Coverdell Center.

WORKSHOP Also 10 a.m. Oct. 7. In this hands-on workshop, participants

LECTURE “Undoing Disparities in Faculty Workloads,” KerryAnn O’Meara, University of Maryland. 9 a.m. S175 Coverdell Center.

706-713-2324. eldolan@uga.edu.

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UGA Theatre presents She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen, directed by UGA associate professor T. Anthony Marotta, Oct. 3-5, 8-11 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 13 at 2:30 p.m. in the Cellar Theatre of the Fine Arts Building, 255 Baldwin St. Tickets are $16 or $12 for UGA students and can be purchased online at ugatheatre.com/monsters, via phone at 706-542-4400 or in person at the Performing Arts Center or Tate Center box offices.

While five-headed dragons, demons and orcs populate the fantasy world of She Kills Monsters, the core of the story centers on high school teacher Agnes and her quest to find a meaningful connection with her recently-deceased sister, Tilly.

After a car accident claims the lives of her family, Agnes dives headlong into her younger sister’s Dungeons & Dragons campaign with the help of Tilly’s nerdy friend Chuck. Along the way, Agnes must contend with demon queens, dark elves and vampire cheerleaders while battling her own reallife monster, grief.

With the nostalgic resurgence of “geek” culture in successful shows such as The Big Bang Theory and Stranger Things, the fantasy tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons has become more widely known to the general public after decades of sustained popularity amongst its die-hard fans.

There is even a Dungeons & Dragons club at UGA that invites newcomers to learn the game, teaching amateur players the essentials of being an effective “dungeon master” who leads campaigns.

The communal nature of the game and its emphasis on creativity appealed to lighting designer Travis Blansit, himself an avid player.

“D&D gives you permission to see or be whatever your imagination allows,” he said. “The possibilities are endless.”

According to Marotta, the disparities between reality and fantasy are key to depicting the world of Nguyen’s play.

“Agnes’ world is full of loss and a kind of scary uncertainty about what comes next,” Marotta said.

“Tilly has invented an entire fantasy world within her Dungeons & Dragons campaign as a way of escaping her isolation—learning to enjoy the uncertainty in a way that provides her limitless expression.”

Through the use of puppetry, video projection, 3D-printed props, traditional costuming and makeup, the design team for She Kills Monsters is intent on bringing Tilly’s fantasy world to life on the stage.

UGA STAFF COUNCIL MEETING 2:30 p.m. 348 Miller Learning Center.

WORKSHOP In this student engagement workshop with Claire Major,

Trumpet faculty member to play songs for daughter in Faculty Artist Series

By Camille Hayes ceh822@uga.edu

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music will continue its Faculty Artist Series with a concert by Brandon Craswell, associate professor of trumpet.

The program, “Songs for my Daughter,” is set for Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall and will include a mix of classical, jazz, pop and even boogie woogie styles.

The program will be announced from stage to give the audience more of a casual jazz club vibe, rather than a typical clasBrandon Craswell sical recital. Craswell said he feels at home with this form of performance as he is adept at both jazz and classical music. He spent a year playing trumpet on the North American tour of the Broadway musical 42nd St. and was an International Trumpet Guild prize winner.

The majority of the program is music for trumpet and piano. Pianists Greg Hankins and Janet Craswell (Brandon’s mother), will be prominently featured throughout the concert. Hankins is a collaborative pianist at the Hodgson School and on staff for the UGA Opera Theatre. Craswell, a graduate of the University of Oregon School of Music, has made a career of performing and teaching both locally and internationally. A few of the tunes will include a rhythm section and a couple more guest artists. Seth Hendershot, local drummer and owner of Hendershot’s, will be joined by Hodgson School DMA alumnus Luca Lombardi on double bass.

Tickets for the performance are $12 for adults and $3 for students and children and are available through the Performing Arts Center. They can be purchased online at pac.uga.edu, by calling 706-542-4400 or in person at the box office.

For those unable to attend, live streaming will be available at music.uga.edu/live-streaming.

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GALLERY TALK Join photographer Peter Aaron and William U. Eiland, museum director, for a gallery talk on Before the War: Photographs of Syria by Peter Aaron. 2 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu.

CONNECT TO PROTECT NATIVE PLANT SALE Enjoy six days of plant-shopping from among more than 150 plant species native to Georgia. Proceeds support the center’s conservation efforts. Visit botgarden.uga.edu for details and a plant list. Sale runs Oct. 3, 4, 10, 11 from 4-6 p.m. and Oct. 5 and 12 from 9 a.m. to noon. Mimsie Lanier Center, State Botanical Garden. 706-542-6014. connicot@uga.edu.

LECTURE “The Wonder of the World: Merleau-Ponty, Cézanne, and the Meaning of Painting,” William “Bro” Adams, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. 4 p.m. S150, Lamar Dodd School of Art. davemarr@uga.edu.

LECTURE “Landscape Agri-tecture: Integrating Food-Producing Landscapes in Public Spaces for Community Benefits,” Mario Cambardella, CED alumnus and urban agriculture director, city of Atlanta. 4:30 p.m. 123 Jackson Street Building.

FRIDAY, OCT. 4 QUILTING DEMONSTRATION Join Mary Lee Bendolph, quiltmaker, and residents of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, for a special program featuring quilting demonstrations, singing and more. 11 a.m. Georgia Museum of Art.

The next ARCO Chamber Orchestra concert will feature a variety of music.

By Yeasol Kang

yeasol89@uga.edu

The ARCO Chamber Orchestra’s next performance will feature a variety of music. The first half of the concert will include two contrasting concertos

by Johann Sebastian Bach and Efram Podgaits that are three centuries apart. The second half of the concert will include Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s famous keyboard work The Seasons.

The concert will take place on Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall.

The opening program is the Concerto in D minor for Two Violins and Orchestra by Bach. It will be performed

by Regents Professor Levon Ambartsumian, who also is Franklin Professor of Violin and artistic director of the ARCO Chamber Orchestra. Ambartsumian will be joined on the piece by Sinisa Ciric, UGA alumnus and Savannah Philharmonic concertmaster.

The second piece of the program is Cras Ignotum (Unknown Tomorrow), the violin concerto written for strings, piano and percussion by Podgaits, a worldrenowned Russian composer. It is a single-movement work that depicts a meditation on the story of human life with its dramatic conflicts and moments of hope, happiness, inevitability and hopelessness. Featured 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu.

FILM SCREENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION Join a screening of “While I Yet Live,” a short documentary that explores the captivating work of five acclaimed African American quilters from Gee’s Bend, Alabama, a rural community that played a pivotal role during the civil rights movement (2018, 14 min.). Following the screening, the museum will present a panel discussion. Panel moderated by Shawnya Harris, Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Mary Lee Bendolph: Quilted Memories. 3:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu.

LECTURE “Can’t We All Just Get Along? Hate, Love, Evolution and the Human Way of Being,” Agustín Fuentes, University of Notre Dame. Part of the guest speaker series of the anthropology

Nrityagram Dance Ensemble to perform Oct. 6 show in Hodgson Concert Hall

By Bobby Tyler btyler@uga.edu

UGA Presents is bringing India’s Nrityagram Dance Ensemble to Athens on Oct. 6 for a 3 p.m. performance in Hodgson Concert Hall. The awardwinning ensemble will be joined by Sri Lanka’s Chitrasena Dance Company for a program of traditional music and dance.

The Nrityagram Dance Ensemble is regarded as one of the foremost dance companies of India, performing all around the globe, including an annual tour to the U.S. The company showcases the Indian classical dance known as Odissi. Originally a sacred ritual dedicated to the gods, Odissi is one of the oldest dance traditions in the world.

Nrityagram, which means “dance village,” is located outside Bangalore, India. It was founded in 1990 by Odissi dancer Protima Gauri, who converted 10 acres of farmland into a setting for the study, practice and teaching of dance. Nrityagram is a center of learning where dancers from all over the world live in an atmosphere that nurtures artistic exploration and development.

Surupa Sen, Nrityagram Dance Ensemble artistic director, was recently honored with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award from India’s National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama. It is the highest recognition given to an artist in India.

Tickets for the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble start at $30 and can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center box office, online at pac.uga.edu or by calling 706-542-4400. A limited number of discounted

artists are Ambartsumian (violin solo), Anatoly Sheludyakov (piano) and Denis Petrunin (percussion).

Jaclyn Hartenberger will join as a guest conductor.

Last on the program is Les Saisons, The Seasons, Op. 37, by Tchaikovsky. It consists of 23 character pieces with one for each month. Tchaikovsky’s depiction of each month and sophisticated forms and harmonies will bring vivid imagery to the stage. This keyboard masterpiece is arranged for a string orchestra

by Russian composer Igor Bulakhov.

The ARCO Chamber Orchestra was originally founded in Russia in 1989 at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory by Ambartsumian. When he joined the UGA faculty in 1995, Ambartsumian remained the artistic director and conductor of the orchestra, moving its home base to the Hodgson School.

Tickets are $12 for adults or $3 with a UGA student ID and can be purchased at pac.uga.edu or by calling the PAC box office at 706-542-4400. Those unable to attend can watch the concert live on the school’s website at music.uga.edu/live-streaming.

The UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music sponsors more than 350 performances each year. To view the performance calendar, subscribe to the weekly email concert listing or learn more about the School of Music, go to music.uga.edu. department, cosponsored by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. 3:30 p.m. 150 Miller Learning Center. rsalmi@uga.edu.

CINEMA ROUNDTABLE This semester’s Willson Center Cinema Roundtable will confront the themes, visual style and critical reception of Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood. The panelists include Kate Fortmueller (entertainment and media studies), film scholar David Lerner, Michele Schreiber (Emory University) and Christopher Sieving (theatre and film studies). 4 p.m. 400 (Balcony Theatre), Fine Arts Building. davemarr@uga.edu.

SOCCER vs. Vanderbilt. 7 p.m. Turner Soccer Complex.

VOLLEYBALL vs. Tennessee. 1990s Block Party. 7 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum.

SUNDAY, OCT. 6 VOLLEYBALL vs. Alabama. Avengers Day. 2 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum.

SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT TOUR Tour, led by docents, of highlights from the permanent collection. 3 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu.

MONDAY, OCT. 7 MIDTERM For fall semester.

PANEL DISCUSSION “Connecting Business and Language: Experiences of Foreign Chambers of Commerce in Atlanta.” The Willson Center Research Seminars series presents a panel discussion with representatives from the Dutch, British and Belgian Chambers of Commerce in Atlanta. 2:30 p.m. 348 Miller Learning Center. bousquet@uga.edu.

The Nrityagram Dance Ensemble will perform in Hodgson Concert Hall on Oct. 6 at 3 p.m.

tickets are available to current UGA students for $10 with a valid UGA ID (limit one ticket per student).

A pre-performance talk will be given by Leera Rawal, a Kathak dancer and disciple of Smt. Kumudiniben Lakhia and Pandit Birju Maharaj.

Open free to the public, the talk will begin at 2:15 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall.

Hodgson Concert Hall and Ramsey Concert Hall are located in the UGA Performing Arts Center at 230 River Road in Athens.

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ARCO Chamber Orchestra concert scheduled for Oct. 8

THURSDAY, OCT. 3

GALLERY LAB Join an interactive gallery program featuring close looking, conversation and more of Color, Form and Light. Led by Callan Steinmann, curator of education, and Sage Kincaid, associate curator of education. 2 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu.

WORKSHOP During “Reframing the Lecture as a Pedagogy of Engagement,” Claire Major will provide a rationale for blending lectures and active learning, provide a roadmap for interactive lecturing and engage participants in applying the principles from this session to their own courses. 9 a.m. Reception Hall, Tate Student Center.

706-542-1355. jamie.adair@uga.edu.

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UGA INNOVATION DISTRICT PARTNER PREVIEW This monthly forum will bring together faculty, staff, students and alumni, along with local entrepreneurs, community members, service providers and industry representatives, to discuss and strengthen UGA’s culture of innovation. The first event, “Innovation District Partner Preview,” will feature brief remarks and introductions by Athensmade and the UGA entities comprising the Innovation District initiative. The program and Q&A will be followed by a networking reception. Registration through Eventbrite is requested. 5:30 p.m. Jackson Street Building. tim.martin@uga.edu.

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BOOK DISCUSSION Education writer Paul Tough will give a talk associated with his newest book, The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us. The event is presented by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts and the Institute of Higher Education at UGA in partnership with Avid Bookshop. Books will be available at the event and may also be pre-ordered through Avid. 6 p.m.

Ciné. davemarr@uga.edu.

COMING UP YOM KIPPUR Oct. 8. Jewish religious observance.

CELLULAR BIOLOGY SEMINAR Oct. 8. “Extracellular Vesicles, exRNA, Cancer and Regeneration,” James Patton, Vanderbilt University. 11 a.m.

404A Biological Sciences Building.

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CAMPUS CLOSEUP

Research ruling

David Shipley, Georgia Athletic Association Professor in Law, was recently quoted in a U.S. News & World Report story about the use of annotations, which are summaries of a law along with a history and explanation of how that law has been applied in different cases. Considered key to understanding laws and codes, annotations are currently under legal scrutiny.

The upcoming Supreme Court case Georgia v.

Public.Resource.Org Inc. will determine whether states can copyright these annotations, calling into question whether the public should have free access to this legal research tool.

If the Supreme Court agrees with the 11th Circuit and rules that states can’t claim copyright to annotations, it could cost taxpayers several million dollars for Georgia to produce the annotations. Alternatively, Georgia could cease having the annotations at all.

“What came out of the 11th Circuit was sort of a dramatic change from what had been, at least in my opinion, fairly well settled—this distinction between the statute itself and an explanation written by an employee of LexisNexis,” Shipley said.

According to Shipley, an economic rationale exists for copyright protection.

“The argument is absent copyright protection for the annotations, they will not be done,” he said.

“If they’re freely available for everybody to use, no one’s going to write them.”

The Supreme Court will hear the case during its next term.

Feelin’ swine

Daniela Rajao, an assistant professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine, was recently quoted in a UPI story about scientists turning to swine barns at county fairs to look for the next pandemic flu virus.

According to the story, scientists believe that all of the deadly influenza outbreaks in human history likely originated in domesticated pigs, but they don’t understand exactly how the virus transforms from a swine disease into something that can infect humans.

“We already knew the virus could transfer from humans to pigs,” Rajao said. “I was looking at the spread of viruses from humans to pigs before the 2009 pandemic. And then, once the 2009 pandemic hit, the dynamic between the two became even more complex because it was being transferred back and forth.”

In 2009, the previously unknown H1N1 virus emerged in pigs in Mexico and crossed into the human population. It spread quickly. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the virus killed between 150,000 and 575,000 people worldwide.

Morning rush

Patrick O’Connor, professor of kinesiology in the College of Education, was recently quoted in a Runner’s World story about morning workouts.

According to the story, a good night’s sleep or a shot of espresso aren’t the only ways to increase energy in the morning. A 20-minute workout also can put pep in one’s step.

“Exercise releases the neurotransmitters dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin, as well as histamine, all of which are linked to feeling more energized,” O’Connor said.

In an analysis of 70 studies, 90% found that sedentary people who completed a regular exercise routine improved their energy levels, whether they were healthy or had chronic illnesses. In some cases, exercise was a better treatment for fatigue than narcolepsy drugs, and one study found that walking raised energy more quickly than caffeine.

To make a morning workout even more effective, start with a snack made of an easily digestible carb and low in fat and fiber, stay hydrated, create good vibes by working out in a brightly lit space or to some favorite songs, and pick the right intensity.

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Kate Daley-Bailey meets with 250 upper-division Romance language students in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.

Academic advisor makes the transition smoother for Romance language students

By Krista Richmond krichmond@uga.edu

Kate Daley-Bailey came to Georgia as a transfer student from the University of Montana in Missoula because of the reputation of UGA’s religion department, so she knows just how crucial advisors are to a student’s success.

Now she’s paying it forward as an academic advisor in Franklin College of Arts and Sciences’ Romance languages department.

“There are a lot of unwritten rules that are a part of any culture,” she said.

“Advisors fill that gap and explain to students how things at UGA work. The one thing we all have in common is that we want to be helpful.”

It was a role she stumbled into along her career path. Her goal was to be a professor. After finishing her master’s degree in religious studies at UGA—she’s a Double Dawg—she taught here and at Georgia State University. She had decided against getting a doctorate and jumping into the pressures of professorship when someone suggested she’d make an excellent advisor. She reached out to Wanda Wilcox, an advisor in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences who works with students in religion, women’s studies and more, to learn more and “became enthralled” with what advisors do.

She’s been back at UGA since 2014.

She started as an advisor in communications studies before being placed in the Romance languages department. That placement works well—she speaks some French, Portuguese and German and has an interest in other cultures thanks

to her travels in Europe. She advises approximately 250 upper-division students and meets with all of them at least once each semester.

“We try to emphasize that they’re learning skills, not just information,” said Daley-Bailey, who received a Franklin College Staff Excellence in Diversity Leadership Award last year.

Advisors make an impact in a few ways, according to Daley-Bailey. They are resources, first and foremost.Advisors answer questions from their students, they share information those students need, they alleviate students’ (and parents’) fears, and they also can be a sounding board for advice. Daley-Bailey said she transitions between those roles daily.

“We want students to know that it isn’t them versus the world. They have an ally,” she said. “We’re not here to tell them what is right or wrong, but we are here to point out their options.”

Daley-Bailey also advises incoming students during orientations whether they are transferring or registering for their first college course. It’s a transition from high school culture to university culture, which can be overwhelming.

They’re exposed to new procedures, and her goal is to guide them through the process. She makes sure these students know that there will be things they didn’t think of, from opportunities to experiences, and that it will be stressful but exhilarating.

Not only do advisors guide students through the transition to university, but they also help them navigate a system of policies and procedures that is often much larger, and sometimes more complicated,

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Kate Daley-Bailey

Academic Advisor II Romance Languages, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences M.A., Religion, University of Georgia, 2004 A.B., Religion, University of Georgia, 2000 At UGA: Five years

than their secondary education. DaleyBailey said it’s important to be available to answer those questions for her students and share that institutional knowledge.

“It’s such a fulfilling experience,” she said. “You’ve laid the path for them, but they have to choose it.”

Daley-Bailey said advisors are important resources for faculty, too. While faculty, in general, focus on one particular subject, advisors have a broader view of their college or school that can help faculty members see their subject in a larger context.

“Advising itself is a lot like teaching,” she said, “but you’re not necessarily teaching material, you’re teaching them how to make their own choices.”

Outside of UGA, Daley-Bailey does arts such as journaling, beading and making jewelry. She also looks for classes to satisfy her hunger for learning, such as “Religion and Literature,” taught by Carolyn Medine, professor of religion.

“I’m a product and ally of UGA,” she said. “It’s home to me, and I want other people to feel welcome. You shouldn’t feel like a stranger here.”

ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE

Pfarrer named Terry College of Business associate dean

By Matt Weeks

mweeks@uga.edu

Terry College management professor Michael D. Pfarrer has been named associate dean for research and graduate programs. He succeeds Marisa Pagnattaro, who was named UGA’s vice provost for academic affairs on Aug. 1.

In his new role, Pfarrer oversees the full-time, executive and professional MBA programs as well as Ph.D. programs, the international business comajor and study abroad opportunities.

He also has an advisory role with the college’s specialized master’s programs and leads strategic planning efforts for graduate education and research support.

“Dr. Pfarrer is absolutely the right person to continue the positive

momentum for graduate education and the research enterprise at the Terry College,” said Dean Benjamin C. Ayers.

“He brings an exceptional combination of research credenMichael Pfarrer tials, outstanding teaching experience and an extensive record of professional service to the academy.”

Pfarrer is a highly respected researcher who has published in the top management journals, including the Strategic Management Journal,Academy of Management Review,Academy of Management Journal and Organization Science, among others.

Pfarrer’s research focuses on social perceptions of the firm and how the firm manages these perceptions to create value.

He is also a distinguished educator, having been named Terry’s Professional MBA Program Outstanding Professor in 2018 and 2019 and twice recognized as an outstanding teacher by the college.

He has taught classes at the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels.

Pfarrer joined the Terry College in 2009, following two years at the University of Denver and more than a decade working as an investment consultant in the U.S. and Europe. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame, an MBA from the University of North Alabama and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland.

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OFFICE OF SERVICE-LEARNING

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CERTIFICATES

The 2019-2020 Service-Learning Fellows are, from left, Jessica Heywood, Elizabeth Grant, Magdalena Matuskova, Suzanne Lester, Collette Chapman-Hilliard, Candice Hollenbeck, Jill Stefaniak, Melissa Scott Kozak and Zion Tse.

Nine faculty members named 20192020 Service-Learning Fellows The Office of Service-Learning has selected nine faculty members for participation in its Service-Learning Fellows program.

This program provides an opportunity for faculty members from a range of disciplines to integrate academic service-learning into their professional practice. Fellows meet regularly throughout the academic year and receive an award of up to $2,500 to develop or implement a proposed service-learning project.

The Fellows, their respective academic fields and proposed projects are: • Collette Chapman-Hilliard, assistant professor,counseling and human development services department, College of Education.

Chapman-Hilliard will incorporate a social justice and advocacy service-learning project engaging graduate students in the Mental Health Counseling program with organizations supporting marginalized communities, including curricular development and needs assessments.

• Elizabeth M. Grant, assistant clinical professor, School of Law. As part of the Public Interest Practicum clinic, Grant plans to work with law students and partners to develop and incorporate graphic arts to help explain legal information for unrepresented litigants in Athens and enhance law students’ communication skills.

• Jessica L. Heywood, externship clinician, Washington Semester Program, School of Law. For D.C. Semester in Practice, Heywood will work with students and partners in exploring public service as an element of professional identity in the legal field. Related to this, students will explore the critical role public service plays in meeting the needs of underserved populations.

• Candice Hollenbeck, lecturer, marketing department, Terry College of Business.

Hollenbeck’s students in MARK4600S (Integrated Marketing and Brand Communications) will work with nonprofit organizations

and local businesses to identify target markets, design campaigns and create and disseminate messages in support of their organization’s missions.

• Melissa Scott Kozak, senior lecturer, human development and family science department, College of Family and Consumer Sciences.

Kozak plans to have students in her Family Life Education Methodology course partner with UGA Cooperative Extension to develop, facilitate and evaluate programs based on identified community needs.

• Suzanne H. Lester, assistant professor, family medicine, AU/UGA Medical Partnership.

Lester plans to enhance and assess partnerships and pedagogy supporting medical student and community interactions in the Community and Population Health two-year curriculum.

• Magdalena Matuskova, lecturer, Romance languages department, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.

Matuskova is developing a new servicelearning course on Spanish-English medical and health care interpreting, in which students will develop skills through taking part in interpreting in health education and clinical settings.

• Jill Stefaniak, assistant professor, career and information studies department, College of Education.

Stefaniak will engage graduate students in providing performance evaluations for nonprofit organizations locally and beyond, in her EDIT 7350 course on e-Learning Evaluation and Assessment.

• Zion Tse, associate professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering.

Students inTse’s CSEE4320 Mechatronics course will work with UGA’s Facilities Management Division to better inspect campus rooftops and buildings using unmanned aerial vehicles.

WEEKLY READER

Law school to host discussion on new book

Defending the Public’s Enemy: The Life and Legacy of Ramsey Clark Lonnie T. Brown Jr. Stanford University Press Cloth: $35 Ebook: $35

The University of Georgia School of Law will host a discussion of the recently published book Defending the Public’s Enemy: The Life and Legacy of Ramsey Clark, which was written by Lonnie T. Brown Jr., a Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor and the holder of the law school’s Cleveland Distinguished Chair of Legal Ethics and Professionalism.

The discussion will be held on Oct. 3 at 4 p.m. in Classroom A of Hirsch Hall on UGA’s North Campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Published by the Stanford University Press, Defending the Public’s Enemy examines former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark’s life and career.

Speakers will include Brown, Fordham University’s Bruce Green, who is the director of the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics and the holder of the Stein Chair, and Cornell University’s W. Bradley Wendel, associate dean for academic affairs and professor of law.

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Diversity Scholarships, sponsored by the UGA Athletic Association, were awarded to first-year students Joselin Ortuno and Fardosa Hassan.

Approximately 100 UGA employees were recognized for earning the UGA Diversity and Inclusion Certificate, presented to UGA employees who voluntarily completed six courses covering a variety of diversityrelated areas. The certificate program is a partnership of the Office of Institutional Diversity, the Training and Career Development Center and other diversity-related offices and programs at UGA. The 2019 certificate recipients are Kellyn Amodeo, Division of Marketing & Communications; Amber Atkinson, College of Education; Jane Barghothi, Division of Development & Alumni Relations; Jill Bateman, Division of Development & Alumni Relations; Shamara Battle, Office of Global Engagement; Jill Beckett Hopkins, Terry College of Business; Leigh Beeson, Division of Marketing & Communications; Kristina Beevers, Office of Instruction; David Bill, Division of Marketing & Communications; Thomas Brazzle, Equal Opportunity Office; Ray Burg, Student Affairs; Allyson Cantrell, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences; Toria Carter, Division of Development & Alumni Relations; Carol Catoe, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Allison Chestnutt, Division of Development & Alumni Relations; Leslie Colvin, Division of Marketing & Communications; Lindsey Copus, Division of Development & Alumni Relations; Dave Crouch, Information Technology; Debbie Daniel, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences; Katie Davis, Public Service and Outreach; Melinda DeMaria, Office of Instruction; Cristina deRevere, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; Rob Derrick, Office of Global Engagement; Olivia Douglas, Office of Instruction; Glen Falk, Office of Instruction; Amanda Ferster, College of Education; Maggie Fitzsimmons, Student Affairs; Adam Fouche, Division of Finance & Administration; Rebecca Fuller Beeler, Division of Marketing & Communications; Kayla Garrett, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Kethia Gates, College of Family and Consumer Sciences; Adam Goodie, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences; Carla Hadden, Office of Research; Kaitlyn Hall, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences; Shanice Hardy, Office of Instruction; Kayla Hembree, Division of Development & Alumni Relations; Kelly Holt, University Libraries; Alice Hunt, Office of Instruction; Michael Husted, Student Affairs; Dusty Jackson, Student Affairs; Christopher Johnson, Student Affairs; Whitney Jones, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; David Key, Public Service and Outreach; Sara Kirkpatrick,

Office of Instruction; Patrick Knowles, Division of Development & Alumni Relations; Chris Kopacz, Division of Finance & Administration; Lynnsey Lafayette, School of Law; Justin Lavner, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences; Jennifer Letchuk, Office of Instruction; Camille Liverpool, Division of Development & Alumni Relations; Jenna Lostritto-Simmons, Division of Development & Alumni Relations; Kate Lovin, Division of Development & Alumni Relations; Kristen Marinzel, School of Law; Tammie Martin, Student Affairs; Deborah Martinez, Graduate School; Linden Mathis, Student Affairs; Jacob M. McDonald, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Isha Metzger, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences; Julian Moore, College of Engineering; Ryan Morgan, Student Affairs; Ashley Morrow, Division of Development & Alumni Relations; Michael Morrow, Division of Development & Alumni Relations; Anne Moser, School of Law; Yaminah Moses, Student Affairs; Emily Mouilso, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences; Mallory Moye, Division of Development & Alumni Relations; Marty Mullis, Student Affairs; Olivia Myers, Terry College of Business; Laura Nelson, Terry College of Business; Jules NeSmith, Odum School of Ecology; Diann Olszowy Jones, College of Education; Brooke Osborne, Student Affairs; Shaina Patel, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences; April Pavelka, Student Affairs; Chitra Pidaparti, College of Education; Christa Rampley, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences; Lindsey Reynolds, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences; Krista Richmond, Division of Marketing & Communications; Chris Risse, College of Education; Jabari Robinson, Office of Instruction; Gracie Rowe, Office of Instruction; Emily Saunders, Division of Finance & Administration; Kristi Schaller, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences; Sonya Sinkfield-Dixon, Office of Institutional Diversity; Becka Smith, Office of Instruction; Lee Snelling, Division of Development & Alumni Relations; Denise Spangler, College of Education; Kay Stanton, Office of Instruction; Erin Thompson Podvin, Office of Instruction; Grace Thornton, College of Education; Christina Tomter, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; Amy Wages, Office of Instruction; Chelsea Watson, Student Affairs; Holly Weimer, Division of Development & Alumni Relations; Ernesta White, Student Affairs; Laura Wilkerson, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; Camie Williams, University Libraries; Scott Williams, Division of Development & Alumni Relations; Susan Williams, College of Veterinary Medicine; Grace Williamson, Division of Development & Alumni Relations; Stephanie Wilson, Student Affairs; and Sara Wright, University Libraries.

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Student creates virtual tour of arboretum

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As part of Kendall Busher’s internship in the Office of Sustainability, she has created an online map and virtual tour of 115 of the campus arboretum’s most unique trees.

Using GIS technology and software called Storymap, Busher, a horticulture major in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, developed three different

virtual walking tours, one for the northern, central and southern sides of campus.

The tour allows participants to engage in an in-depth tour of trees on campus without having to wait for a physical guide. Each part of the virtual tour has a picture of each featured tree and a short description of its use and history.

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“He asked me what I thought it would be good for,” Bradford said. “I said I thought it would be an instant protein assay.”

At the time, an assay that could provide an instantaneous reading on proteins seemed out of reach. Proteins are important because they do most of the work in cells and can either help fight infection and keep people healthy or cause damage and serious illness.

The method being used at the time was a multi-step chemical reaction, Bradford said, and it took up to two hours to complete.

But, he thought, if Coomassie Brilliant Blue—first developed for use in the textile industry—could be used to stain wool sweaters instantly, it should be able to stain proteins in a solution as well.

“I took the concept that was being used and changed it to a liquid form, came up with a new formulation that would allow it to stay in the solution, bind to the protein, and change colors instantaneously,” he said.

The discovery led to a patent

Bradford’s discovery using Coomassie Brilliant Blue G-250 was patented in 1976.

The professor working with Bradford told him that he could be the sole author on the research paper since he was doing it outside of his fieldwork of reproductive biochemistry, but the professor wanted to be included on any patent.

Christopher West, who chairs the department of biochemistry and molecular biology at UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, was a graduate student at the California Institute of Technology when Bradford developed his assay. Suzanne Barbour, dean of the graduate school at the University of North Carolina and a professor of biochemistry and biophysics, was in junior high school.

Barbour calls the Bradford assay the gold standard. West says it is a critical research tool that provides scientists with a quick reading on the concentration of proteins in any sample—a necessary procedure for researchers, whether using it to detect illness, for drug development or to study the relationship between plant protein and human nutrition.

“Anytime you do an experiment, you need to know how many proteins you have,” West said. “It’s like looking at the fuel gauge before going on a trip or deciding how much flour to buy before baking a cake. There are things you need to do first before you move on to what comes next.”

Both scientists suspect that Bradford didn’t realize the impact his discovery would have when he published his paper in 1976.

“For him it was probably a means to an end,” said Barbour, a former dean of UGA’s Graduate School. “I don’t think he realized that a gazillion scientists would be using this assay every day and that it would be

something that revolutionized the way we do molecular biochemistry.”

Research was always his passion

Bradford always wanted to be a researcher, but it didn’t happen right away. After obtaining his Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry from Shorter College in Rome, Georgia, in 1967, he taught middle school science and math for a few years. He also worked for the Georgia Department of Public Health in its clinical tuberculosis laboratory.

What Bradford realized during his time outside the lab was that pure scientific research was his passion. And he knew that to move forward, graduate school was a must.

“The research I wanted to do could have been in almost anything,” said Bradford. “But I knew that for the work that I wanted to do, I first needed a graduate degree. It was like getting a permission slip.”

So Bradford left public school teaching behind and spent his first wedding anniversary in 1972 standing in line at UGA signing up for graduate courses in foreign languages and biochemistry—an area of study in which he had never taken a single course as an undergraduate.

After Bradford received his doctoral degree in 1975, he stayed at UGA as a research biochemist until 1981, when the postdoc who first asked him about his thoughts on the use of Coomassie Blue told him that A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. in Decatur, Illinois, was looking to hire.

Bradford got the job and worked for A.E. Staley—one of the largest processors of corn in the United States that merged with the British company Tate & Lyle in 1988—for the next 21 years. Afterward, he spent 17 years as a consultant with the Iowa Corn Promotion Board developing new uses and improving the sustainable production of corn.

He was part of the green, or sustainable, chemistry movement and patented new methods of converting carbohydrates from corn into materials that would replace the petrochemicals being used to develop drugs, preserve foods, create plastics, resins and fibers, and make pesticides and fertilizers. His “last hurrah,” he said, was being part of that Tate & Lyle and DuPont team that discovered the renewably sourced plant-based textiles.

Still, it is the Bradford assay, he knows, that will be at the top of his scientific accomplishments long after he is gone.

“Well, gee,” Bradford said. “It’s nice to have made an impact.”

Bradford will be recognized as a recipient of the 2019 Graduate School Alumni of Distinction award at a reception and dinner on Oct. 3. The event will be held in the UGA Special Collections Libraries in Athens.This award recognizes graduate alumni whose professional achievements and contributions to society exemplify the University of Georgia’s motto, “to teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.”

Bulletin Board Award nomination deadline

Nominations for the 2020 ServiceLearning Teaching Excellence and Service-Learning Research Excellence Awards are due Dec. 6.

The awards recognize faculty for impactful and innovative service-learning course instruction as well as scholarship and research stemming from academic service-learning work. Recipients receive a $2,500 faculty development award and are recognized at the annual faculty awards banquet.

Nominations by deans and department heads, faculty colleagues, or selfnominations are accepted. UGA faculty members in any role and unit/department are eligible. Application packets and award guidelines are available at https:// servicelearning.uga.edu/faculty-resources/ awards.

For questions, contact Paul Matthews, associate director, Office of Service-Learning at 706-542-0892 or pmatthew@uga.edu.

Login screen changes

Athena, the student information system, and Campus Logic, the financial aid system, will transition to the new production CAS environment, UGA Single Sign-On, or UGA SSO, on Oct. 12.

Once the transition is complete, the login screen for these applications will no longer display Central Authentication Service. Instead, the login screen will display UGA Single Sign-On Service.

Users will still login in with their MyID and password for all these systems. ArchPass is still required to complete the login process for Athena and Campus Logic.

More information about UGA SSO, as well as a screenshot of the login page, can be found at https://bit.ly/2msun75.

Bulletin Board is limited to information that may pertain to a majority of faculty and staff members.

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The commons area in the renovated section of the building will include spaces for studying and team projects. The renovation includes two “huddle rooms” (the glassed-in area to the right) where groups of students can meet and work together.

classrooms with a total of 2,700 square feet and more than 100 seats.

The renovation also has allowed the College of Engineering to reallocate existing space in the Driftmier Engineering Center to enhance the student experience. A new Student Success Center now houses the college’s experiential learning, academic advising, prospective student outreach and K-12 outreach programs. Previously, those functions had been split between Driftmier and the Paul D. Coverdell Center. The college has converted an existing computer lab into a new Professional Development Center, which will host employer recruitment events, career counseling sessions and career workshops.

The Governor and General Assembly have approved funding for a second round of renovations at Driftmier, scheduled to begin in January 2020. This phase of the work will include new classrooms and instructional spaces, including a modern auditorium. The project is scheduled to be completed in time for the beginning of fall semester 2020.

The Driftmier Engineering Center has served as the home of engineering at UGA since 1966. The 110,000-square-foot building was designed to house biological and agricultural engineering programs.

Now, it serves as the instructional hub for the university’s rapidly growing engineering program. In 2011, the year before the College of Engineering was established,

enrollment in engineering at UGA totaled approximately 600 students. This fall, there are nearly 2,500 students, and engineering has become a high-demand major—students must apply to enter the college.

The college’s research enterprise is expanding along with enrollment, logging a 300% increase in external funding over the past five years.

Originally known as the Agricultural Engineering Building, the facility was named in 1982 for Rudolph Driftmier. Driftmier was a College of Agriculture faculty member from 1930 to 1965 and led the Division of Agricultural Engineering for most of those years.

A working engineer, Driftmier partnered with Roy Hitchcock, an architect, to design and oversee construction of more than 15 buildings at UGA, including many of the federally funded Public Works Administration buildings constructed in the late 1930s.

Driftmier also was the supervising engineer for the University System of Georgia. Along with Hitchcock, he helped create 80 buildings at 16 schools in the system.

“This project will significantly enhance the student experience by providing more state-of-the art spaces for collaboration, design work and teamwork,” said Leo. “With the help of the university, our alumni, friends and industry partners, I believe we’ve positioned our college to better serve our students and our state well into the future.”

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storyteller and solo performer. Cheng was a tenured professor in sociology at DePaul University for 15 years when she resigned to pursue a career in performance. During her tenure at DePaul from 2001 to 2016, she taught courses on gender, sex, sexuality, masculinity and immigration. Her keynote performance, “Not Quite: Navigating Citizenship and Belonging,” will include an interactive audience talkback.

In addition to the keynote address, the conference will include a plenary roundtable discussion on the importance of community building in local and state-level activism.

Panelists include Briana Bivens from Athens for Everyone, Shannon Clawson from Georgia Equality and Agbo Ikor from Spark Reproductive Justice Now. Scheduled conference participants from UGA include Valerie King, McEver Dugan, Adrienne Baldwin-White, Maryann E. Gallagher, Chad Mandala, Jacqueline E. Adams, Carolyn M. Jones Medine, Ashley L. Love, Tareva L. Johnson, Erin Kilpatrick, Frank Gorritz, Constance Lewis Cromartie, Jaime Webb, T. Lynn Mikeska, Robyn Accetta, Atalanta Siegel, J. Maria Bermudez, Rebecca Matthew, Pamela Orpinas, Carolina Darbisi, Alejandra Calva, Luis Alvarez, Nira Marte, Cheryl Kennedy, Christy Y. Dinkins, Tayler Simon and Ginny Morris.

The conference also will feature workshops facilitated by the Feminist Women’s Health Center, Georgia 4-H, the University of Georgia LGBT Resource Center.

The cost is $45 for academicians and professionals, $25 for community members and $10 for students.

Registration ends Oct. 14.

The full conference program and registration information can be found online at http://iws.uga.edu/wagg or by calling 706-542-2846.

by the limits of regions whose borders were always imaginary. Brooks serves as editor of The Public Historian, the flagship journal of the public history discipline. He arrived at UGA in fall semester 2019 from the UC Santa Barbara.

“I am honored and thrilled that UGA selected me as the inaugural Gable Chair, for this allows me to pursue an expansive view of the ‘Greater South,’ which stretches across the continent from the Atlantic to Pacific shores and spans the paleolithic to the present,” Brooks said.

He is working with the University of Georgia Press on a series of richly illustrated books for public readers that feature themes of hunting, fishing, arts and foodways so that readers can appreciate the richness, diversity and continuity of regional life across the millennia. Brooks is also writing a new work of history and memoir, Picketwire, which reaches from the Cherokee town of Great Tellico in the early 18th century to Dahlonega and the floodplain of the Etowah to the canyons and mountains of Colorado in the 20th century.

“I hope that my diverse career and pursuits will mirror the wide range of passions that Carl and Sally Gable embody,” Brooks said.

The Gables are leading supporters of cultural organizations in Georgia and the Southeast, particularly in music, education and architectural history.

“The reputation and standing of the history department made UGA the obvious choice for this undertaking,” the couple said.

“We’re delighted that the inaugural professor for the Gable Chair will be James Brooks and optimistic that his scholarship will continue to lead to a deeper understanding of the role of the early South in the history of the United States.”

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