Franklin College in the Media

<< 2007 Media

>> 80 volunteers from nine Georgia universitites, including UGA, convened on Sapelo Island recently to save a historic building on the UGA Marine Institute's campus that had fallen into serious disrepair. WTOC TV in Savannah covered the story and Bill Miller, director of the Institute, is quoted. (10/2/08)

>> “UGA scientists believe NBAF coming to Athens would greatly increase opportunities for collaborative research,” the Athens Banner-Herald reports. Rick Tarleton, a UGA cellular biologist, is quoted. (9/24/08)

>> Associate psychology professor W. Keith Campbell and doctoral student Laura Buffardi’s study about narcissism on Facebook receives more coverage in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and InformationWeek. (9/24/08)

>> Science Blog and the Red & Black report on a UGA psychology stud that suggests Facebook profiles can be used to detect narcissism. The study was performed by doctoral student Laura Buffardi and associate professor W. Keith Campbell. (9/23/08)

>> “UGA graduate finds Indian spice reduces size of hemorrhagic stroke,” reports Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. Jay McCracken holds biochemistry and microbiology degrees from the Franklin College. (9/23/08)

>> Bruce Burch, co-founder and administrative director of UGA's Music Business School, is quoted in an Athens Banner Herald feature on the seventh annual memorial concert for Burch’s longtime friend and collaborator, John Jarrard. (9/22/08)

>> “Artist uses life as inspiration,” quotes the Athens Banner Herald in a feature about UGA alum Terry Rowlett ('95 M.F.A.). (9/19/08)

>> The Biorefining and Carbon Cycling Program at UGA is mentioned in a Biodiesel Magazine feature on college students nationwide who are learning how to make biofuel. (9/18/08)

>> “The Georgia Cancer Coalition has named UGA scientists John Vena, Jason Zastre, and Claire Robb as distinguished cancer scholars for 2008-09,” reports the Atlanta Business Chronicle. (9/18/08)

>> Georgia Guitar Quartet honor their mentor, UGA music professor, John Sutherland in an Athens Banner Herald  article. (9/18/08)

>> “UGA professor of history and author, Jim Cobb, is Georgia’s top cracker (of myths)” says a feature in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. (9/17/08)

>> “Does global warming produce more and stronger hurricanes? YES” reads a letter from UGA professor & meteorologist J. Marshall Shepherd in the Kansas City Star. (9/16/08)

>> Statistics professor Lynne Billard wins Elizabeth Scott statistics award, reports the Athens Banner Herald. (5th article on page) (9/15/08)

>> Hotel Indigo to donate to UGA's Music Business program, reports the Athens Banner Herald. (9/15/08)

>> The University of Georgia Music Business Program received a donation commitment of $100,000 by the Project Team bringing Hotel Indigo to downtown Athens, reports the Creative Coast. (9/12/08)

>> The Athens Banner Herald briefly previews an upcoming UGA Symphony Orchestra performance involving many Hugh Hodgson School of Music faculty.  (9/11/08)

>>The Atlanta Journal Constitution runs an op-ed on global warming by UGA associate professor of geography J. Marshall Shepherd and geography professor Thomas L. Mote. (9/10/08)

>> UGA English professor Hubert McAlexander is quoted in a story on gomemphis.com (3rd story on page). (9/10/08)

>> The Boston Herald features Jeff Agar, who received his doctorate in inorganic chemistry from UGA in 2000. A “proud nerd,” Agar now researches ALS.  (9/10/08)

>> UGA’s study abroad program in Cortona, Italy, and its founder, Jack Kehoe, are featured in an Athens Banner Herald feature. (9/8/08)

>> UGA Arts Festival is reviewed in the Flagpole. (9/8/08)

>> ‘Making music strikes a chord with little ones at UGA's instrument petting zoo,’ reports the Athens Banner Herald. The instrument petting zoo was part of the UGA Arts Festival.  (9/8/08)

>> “The University of Georgia’s Lamar Dodd School of Art showed off Thursday afternoon in a dedication that marked not only the opening of a $40 million building, but the consolidation of most UGA fine arts programs on the university’s East Campus,” reports the Athens Banner Herald. (9/5/08)

>> The Athens Banner Herald reports on the start of the four-day UGA Arts Festival, celebrating the new visual arts building housing the Lamar Dodd School of Art. (9/4/08)

>> Students participating in UGA’s Summer Interdisciplinary Field Program are featured in the Athens Banner Herald.  The program involves studies of ecology, anthropology, and geology all while on the road camping and performing field work. (9/4/08)

>> Michael Steinberg, an assistant professor in the geography department at UGA, is mentioned in a Courant.com report on the wild trout's struggle against development. (9/4/08)

>> UGA meteorologist Marshall Shepherd is quoted in Breakthroughs Inside about his research into thunderstorms causing asthma. (9/3/08)

>> UGA English professor Susan Rosenbaum is quoted in the Athens Banner Herald about a Jewish literature series going graphic. (9/3/08)

>> UGA statistics professor Lynne Billard has been named winner of the 2008 Elizabeth L. Scott Award from the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies, reports the Athens Banner Herald. (8/29/08)

>> ‘Local artist pieces together her pottery,’ reads the headline in this Athens Banner Herald feature on Annette Gates. (She received her master's from UGA). (8/29/08)

>> An Albany Herald article features UGA history professor James C. Cobb’s new book about Georgia’s state history. (8/27/08)

>> Retired UGA art professor William “Bill” Marriott dies in a fire early Monday morning at his home on Meigs Street in Athens, reports the Athens Banner Herlad. (8/26/08)

>> Chemical & Engineering News reports on a new compound has been prepared by UGA chemists that could spark a new wave of silicon chemistry. (8/26/08)

>> Gwinnett, north DeKalb get ‘urban-enhanced lightning’ reports an article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. UGA meteorology professor Marshall Shepherd is mentioned. (8/25/08)

>> ‘Rings exhibit at UGA showcases long-lost collection’ reports the Athens Banner Herald. Many Lamar Dodd School of Art alumni and faculty are represented in the show and quoted in the article. (8/25/08)

>> The Athens Banner Herald writes a feature on David Bach, a UGA graduate uses his psychology degree to win at poker. (8/25/08)

>> Marshall Shepherd, UGA meteorologist and professor, appears on “The TakeAway” online discussing China’s attempts to control the weather during the Olympic Games. (8/19/08)

>> Talking Mowlavi with UGA emeritus English professor Coleman Barks on PressTV.  (8/19/08)

>> Debate flares over actions at heated college debate reports an Atlanta Journal Constitution article. Former UGA debater Kevin Rabinowitz is quoted. (8/18/08)

>> “Bigfoot DNA Dubbed Scam, Believers Undaunted,” says a report in Discovery News. UGA English associate professor Charles Doyle is quoted. (8/18/08)

>> “Green and Clean” – A Red & Black feature on the new Lamar Dodd School of Art building quotes Georgia Strange, director of the school. (8/15/08)

>> “Legislators shouldn’t be making rules in education,” says UGA emeritus art professor Robert D. Clements in a letter to the Athens Banner Herald editor. (8/14/08)

>> Hugh Hodsgon School of Music grad Heather McIntosh is mentioned in an Athens Banner Herald article about her support performance during the Gnarls Barkley concert. (8/14/08)

>> UGA historian James Cobb interviewed on Canada’s Redneck Games in The Current. (8/12/08)

>> The Athens Banner Herald reports on the return of Danger Mouse for a downtown concert.  (Danger Mouse attended UGA.) (8/12/08)

>> The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports on a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. agriculture and energy departments awarded to the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences to investigate biofuel production from switchgrass.  Norman and Doris Giles/Georgia Research Alliance professor of molecular genetics Jeffrey Bennetzen is quoted. (8/11/08)

>> The UGA mathematics department receives a $3.8 million National Science Foundation grant; report in Red & Black online. Mathematics professors Clint McCrory and Daniel Nakano are quoted. (8/11/08)

>> The Athens Banner-Herald gives a front page feature on the dedication of the new sundial on North Campus. Descendants of J. Howard Niesler, president of the Class of 1908 (AB recipient), donated the sundial to replace the original missing sundial installed as a class memorial 100 years ago.  (8/11/08)

>> English grad Natasha Trethewey named Georgia Woman of the Year, as reported in the Athens Banner Herald. (8/11/08)

>> Dwayne Bass took sculpture classes at UGA and is featured in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Now Bass creates art from marble scraps from construction sites. (8/11/08)

>> “$9.2 million for stem cell work” – Stephen Dalton, a molecular biology professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, and his research group have been awarded $9.2 from the National Institutes of health to continue their work with stem cells, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (8/7/08)

>> Researchers at the Applied Genetics Lab at UGA have developed a technique that allows them to get a genetic fingerprint of each mother turtle from a sample of her DNA left in an eggshell membrane, reports the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. Joe Nairn, a UGA molecular biology professor, is quoted. (8/7/08)

>> Recent UGA English grad Jean Ripley will be heading to the Ukraine for Peace Corps duty and is the subject of an Athens Banner Herald feature. (8/7/08)

>> UGA associate professor of religion Alan Godlas is quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle article entitled, Abdul Edhi: ‘The Mother Teresa of Karachi.’ (8/5/08)

>> UGA researchers working to unlock the secrets of embryonic cells have been awarded a $9.2 million grant by a division of the National Institutes of Health. The story is in the Atlanta Business Chronicle and the Red & Black online. The research is being led by molecular biology professor Stephen Dalton. (8/5/08)

>> “Storms not a breath of fresh air,” reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution, citing research by UGA climatologist Andrew Grundstein. (8/4/08)

>> A new biomass process developed by UGA researchers, led by Joy Peterson, professor of microbiology, is featured in The Engineer Online and Blorge.com. The new process increases the yield of ethanol from readily available non-food crops, such as bermudagrass, napiergrass, and switchgrass. (8/1/08)

>> UGA alumnus and benefactor C. L. Morehead (BSA ‘50), whose success in the flowers and balloons business allowed him to collect more than 670 original works by artist Lamar Dodd, is subject of a front-page feature in the Athens Banner-Herald. (7/31/08)

>> Joy Peterson, professor of microbiology, receives more press on her research into ethanol yield from grasses and yard waste on Oil and Gas Online and UPI.com. (7/31/08)

 >> The New York Times reports on a recent UGA study published in the journal Thorax about the correlation between thunderstorms and asthma attacks. Andrew Grundstein, a climatologist in the department of geography at UGA, is the lead author on the research. (7/30/08)

>> In a book review of Tony Horwitz’s new book on European explorers of America before the Mayflower, the Chicago Tribune cites retired UGA anthropology professor Charles Hudson, an expert on DeSoto. (7/29/08)

>> New biomass technology, created by Joy Peterson, professor of microbiology and chair of UGA's Bioenergy Task Force, dramatically increases ethanol yield from grasses, yard waste as covered on Physorg.com. (7/29/08)

>> Emory Professor and UGA English alumna Natasha Trethewey Named Georgia Woman of Year as reported in The Weekly. (7/29/08)

>> Microbiology professor Joy Doran Peterson is quoted in an 11 Alive News story about oil conservation. (7/28/08)

>> The Wall Street Journal cites research by UGA meteorologist Marshall Shepherd regarding the impact of urban and suburban growth on climate. (7/22/08)

>> Allen Crowell, Heyward Professor of Choral Music and director of choral activities at UGA, is quoted in an Athens Banner Herald feature on the late composer and musician, Hall Johnson. (7/18/08)

>> The Metro Spirit includes a review of Phinizy B. Spalding Distinguished Professor of History James C. Cobb’s newest book, "Georgia Odyssey: A Short History of the State." (7/17/08)

>> The Los Angeles Times reports on the studies taking place on a small research center in the Panama Canal that reveal a planet in peril and possible remedies. UGA biologist Robert Horan researches tree frogs which are dying at alarming rates throughout Central America. (7/15/08)

>> “Rhodes Scholar Looks for Broader Perspective,” reads a headline in an article in Gwinnett Magazine featuring UGA Rhodes Scholar Deep Shah (international affairs and biology major), who will study at the University of Oxford in the fall. (2nd story on page) (7/11/08)

>> UGA Spalding Distinguished Professor of History James C. Cobb pens an article on the History News Network about how Obama may change the politics of race. (7/11/08)

>> Ken Williams, retired design teacher at the Lamar Dodd School of Art and noted letter-carver, is profiled in the current Print magazine. (no link to Print Magazine story) (7/10/08)

>> An article on foresight.org reports on nanotechnology research done by Yan Geng, assistant chemistry professor. Geng claims that nanotechnology mimics virus sizes and shapes for more efficient gene therapy. (7/7/08)

>> Geography professor Marshall Shepherd contributes to an article on Georgia’s drought in the online magazine Earthzine. Associate geography professor Andy Grundstein is quoted as well. (7/3/08)

>> United Press International and The Money Times of India report on a new gene therapy delivery method created by UGA researchers. The method packages DNA into well-defined nanostructures, allowing it to deliver genes without triggering immune responses. Chemistry professor Yan Geng is quoted. (6/30/08)

>> Theater history professor Peach Pittenger is quoted in an Athens Banner Herald feature about the Rose of Athens Theatre company. (6/30/08)

>> The Redcoat Band hopes to have an orchestration of the historic and newly-discovered “Red and Black March” by the end of the coming football season, the Athens Banner Herald reports. Music professors Martha Thomas and Stephen Valdez are quoted in the article. (6/27/08)

>> Film student David Di Bella volunteers at local library school that teaches students on English and teachers how to teach it, as featured in the Athens Banner Herald. (6/25/08)

>> The recent historical renovation of UGA’s Old College is one of several projects nationally that are featured in the current edition of “University Business” magazine. (6/24/08)

>> Dance student and Athens native Blake English lands his first professional role in Atlanta, reports the Athens Banner Herald. (6/20/08)

>> Barry Palevitz, emeritus UGA faculty, is quoted in a letter to the St. Paul Pioneer-Press: “Scientists do not believe in evolution; they believe it.... To believe in evolution implies faith, like believing in fairies.  Scientists believe evolution because overwhelming data support it....” (no link to St. Paul Pioneer Press letter 6/15) (6/19/08)

>> The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports on friends of slain hiker Meredith Emerson who have started a group to promote hiker safety. The article also mentions the Meredith Hope Emerson Memorial Award for Study Abroad set up in the department of Romance languages. (6/14/08)

>> Hydroxymethylene captured in research led by chemistry professor Wesley D. Allen, as reported in Chemical & Engineering News. (6/14/08)

>> UGA scientists isolate phantom parent molecule of important class of chemical compounds, as reported in EurekAlert. (6/12/08)

>> Abstract painting by longtime art professor James Herbert is featured with its owners in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. (6/10/08)

>> English PhD alum Mary Gaber writes the article and Betty Jean Craige, director of UGA's Willson Center for Humanities and Arts is quoted in an op-ed on Barack Obama on Townhall.com (6/9/08)

>> Chemistry professor Henry F. Schaefer referenced in an Athens Banner Herald op-ed on intelligent design. (6/9/08)

>> The New York Times features the rising career of actor Kyle Chandler, a UGA alum. (6/9/08)

>> Daniel Promislow, UGA genetics professor and expert on aging, comments in a Boston Globe story on research finding that E.coli indeed ages and eventually becomes unable to replicate. (6/3/08)

>> Morris Museum of Art brings "Images of Georgia" to libraries throughout the states, reports The Lincoln Journal. Work by UGA's Lamar Dodd and Augusta Diggers are exhibited. (5/30/08)

>> An Athens Banner Herald article reports on the Institute for Women's Studies annual conference, Women, Rock! and Politics. (5/29/08)

>> UGA only had one computer in the 1950s, but now there are around 41,000 computers on campus, according to a movie unveiled in conjunction with the 50 year marker of computing on campus. The Athens Banner Herald article quotes Walter Potter, director of UGA's Artificial Intelligence Center. (5/28/08)

>> Margaret Morrison, a senior lecturer in the Lamar Dodd School of Art, exhibits and discusses her paintings in an Athens Banner Herald feature. (5/27/08)

>> Archaeology professor Stephen Kowalewski says he's no 'Indy' in an Athens Banner Herald feature. (5/22/08)

>> The International Textile Market Association chose a design by Amy Brodnax, a third-year fabric design student, to be featured on the cover of the next Showtime directory and magazine, as reported on fibre2fashion.com (5/22/08)

>> Art professor Jim Buonaccorsi is mentioned in a Times Record News report on the annual sculpture invitational at the Kemp Center for the Arts. (5/19/08)

>> Geography student Merry Slappey is featured in the Albany Herald. Slappey switched her major from business to geography when she was a junior and now has aspirations of being a meteorologist. (5/19/08)

>> Regents professor of biochemistry, molecular biology, and plant biology Alan Darvill and assistant professor of microbiology Joy Peterson help to pen an op-ed in the Atlanta Journal Constitution on the state’s future in biofuel research. “The state of Georgia is a virtual Saudi Arabia of biomass,” they write. (5/18/08)

>> Genetics professor Andrew H. Paterson is mentioned as part of a research team that has deciphered for the first time the genomic sequence of the papaya fruit, as reported in the journal Nature. (5/16/08)

>> Author Philip Lee Williams, director of public information in the Franklin College, joins in on the discussion of his book "Crossing Wildcat Ridge: A Memoir of Nature and Healing," reports the Athens Banner Herald. (5/15/08)

>> Deep Shah, UGA graduate in biology and international affairs and Rhodes Scholar, is interviewed in the Athens Banner-Herald. Shah was also the student commencement speaker at the spring 2008 graduation ceremony. (5/12/08)

>> The Athens Banner-Herald interviews UGA employee and student Jane Barroso, 66. Barroso is a triple major in history, religion, and English and also works full-time in the first-year composition program in the English department. (5/12/08)

>> Don Potter, director of UGA’s Artificial Intelligence Center and computer science professor, is the subject of a feature story in the Athens Banner-Herald. Potter says robots and computers will continue to get better as they serve as tools to help us in our everyday lives. (5/7/08)

>> UGA psychology professor Lillian Eby, an expert on mentoring problems, is quoted in a Toronto Globe and Mail report on “when the protege backstabs or the mentor steals ideas.” (5/6/08)

>>UGA Music Business Program director Bruce Burch is featured in the Athens Banner-Herald in a special Q&A series where professionals tell what they believe the future holds in their respective fields. (5/5/08)

>> UGA English professor William Kretzschmar is profiled in an Athens Banner-Herald article about the Linguistics Atlas Project that focuses on preserving the spoken word. (5/5/08)

>> UGA psychologist W. Keith Campbell is quoted in the Washington Post on the role narcissism is playing in the Democratic presidential nominee race. “The way the system is set up, the more-selfish person has a higher probability of winning,” says Campbell. (4/29/08)

>> New research by UGA psychology professor Michael Kernis says people with “fragile high self-esteem” are more defensive if they feel attacked by others than those who have more stable and secure self-worth. Reports in LiveScience and Science Daily. (4/29/08)

>> Barbara McCaskill, an English professor, is quoted in an Atlanta Journal Constitution story announcing the online debut of The Civil Rights Digital Library. The website was created primarily by historians and librarians at UGA. (4/28/08)

>> I. Budak Arpinar, a computer science professor, is quoted in an Athens Banner-Herald report on the proposed math- and science-focused charter school in Oconee County. Arpinar hopes to collaborate closely with professors at UGA to teach the students. The school's nonprofit board of directors also includes Michelle Cook, associate dean of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and mathematics professor Caner Kazanci. (4/23/08)

>> Restoring U.S. Agency for International Development funding for research is not enough, says UGA plant geneticist Jeffrey Bennetzen in Science Magazine. “This should be an area of major growth,” he says. (4/22/08)

>> Betty Jean Craige, UGA professor of comparative literature, reviews the book “Iran Awakening” by Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, in an Atlanta Journal Constitution column. (4/22/08)

>> David Zerkel, who heads tuba/euphonium instruction at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, is quoted in an Athens Banner-Herald feature on Ibanda Ruhumbika, a young tubist from Athens who is beginning to make a name for himself. (4/21/08)

>> UGA associate professor of history Paul Sutter quoted in a Christian Science Monitor story on Earth Day and the environmental movement becoming less activist and more consumer-oriented. (4/17/08)

>> The Athens Banner-Herald profiles the costume production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” a recent production by the University Theatre. Ivan Ingermann, a new assistant professor of costume design in the theatre and film studies department, is quoted. (4/16/08)

>> Keith Perissi, coordinator for the Music Business Program, is interviewed in Athens Exchange. (4/16/08)

>> Surge in philosophy majors at UGA is featured in a story on today’s Athens Banner-Herald’s front page. Department head Victoria Davion and philosophy professor Melissa Seymour are quoted. (4/14/08)

>> The Athens Banner-Herald reports on the Lamar Dodd School of Art’s annual Invitational Iron Pour, held at the South Thomas Street Art Complex. Sculpture professor Jim Buonaccorsi, who created the event and organizes it, is quoted. (4/14/08)

>> Professor and co-head of the UGA comparative literature department, James H.S. McGregor, pens a column in the Chronicle of Higher Education concerning how a new department head addresses assigning salary increases to fellow faculty members. (4/11/08)

>> James Cobb, B. Phinizy Spalding Distinguished Professor of History at UGA, is mentioned in an article in EconSouth discussing whether the Southeast spends too much money trying to woo top firms to the area to boost economies. (4/9/08)

>> Richard Olsen, a professor emeritus from the Lamar Dodd School of Art is featured in the Athens Banner-Herald. (4/7/08)

>> Professor of drawing and painting, Judith McWillie, is quoted in an Athens Banner-Herald retrospective on the Lamar Dodd School of Art’s original 1962 building. The art school will leave north campus soon as it moves to spacious new quarters on East Campus. (4/4/08)

>> Regents’ and English professor Judith Ortiz-Cofer packs a crowd into Park Hall for a reading of her works, as reported in the Athens Exchange. (4/4/08)

>> Playwright and English professor John Vance is featured in the Athens Banner-Herald. Vance wrote and starred in his own play entitled, “Out of Wonderland.” The story delves into the illustrious world of Lewis Carroll and what drove him to write. (4/3/08)

>> Kerry Steinberg, a Spanish graduate student, is profiled in the Athens Banner-Herald. Steinberg traveled to Peru to study the local life and culture of the country in order to start her own organization to help serve Hispanics in Northeast Georgia. (3/29/08)

>> Dean Garnett Stokes is quoted in an Athens Banner-Herald article about the Georgia Museum of Natural History. The museum recently received a donation from the city of Columbus in the form of an ancient Native American burial mound site. B.J. Freeman, director of the museum, is also quoted. (3/28/08)

>> Associate professor of theatre Ray Paolino is quoted in the Athens Banner-Herald. Paolino directed University Theatre’s production of, “Uncle Vanya,” by Anton Chekov. (3/27/08)

>> UGA climatologists John and Pam Knox take a front-row seat for the downtown Atlanta tornado, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. It was a “‘once in a lifetime’ experience for a climatologist,” John says. (3/21/08)

>> UGA associate physics professor Dr. Yinping Zhao is quoted in an article in Nanowerk discussing a nanotechnology biosensor used for salmonella detection. (3/17/08)

>> UGA art professor Melissa Harshman’s work is featured in the Athens Banner-Herald. Her prints currently delve into the dialectic between the traditional housewives of the 1950s and women of today. (3/14/08)

>> UGA meteorologist Marshall Shepherd is interviewed on the nationally syndicated radio program “Earth & Sky,” discussing his findings that tropical storms produce more rain than hurricanes. (3/13/08)

>> The Athens Banner-Herald reports on visiting artist Libby Black to the Lamar Dodd School of Art. Black uses high-end fashion items in her paintings and sculptures as a way to comment on society. (3/10/08)

>> Bruce Burch of UGA's music business program speaks at the Creative Media panel to address the arts and music industry in Athens, profiled in the Athens Banner-Herald. (3/10/08)

>> UGA assistant history professor Stephen Mihm is mentioned in an article about the Iraqi oil industry in the Christian Science Monitor. (3/7/08)

>> Retired geography professor Louis DeVorsey is quoted in a Savannah Morning News article concerning the Georgia-Tennessee border dispute. 19th century UGA surveyor and mathematician James Camak is mentioned as well. (3/6/08)

>> UGA’s Music Business Program is mentioned in articles by the Athens Banner-Herald and the Gainesville Times, in regards to the dedication of a marker at the Georgia Center honoring UGA grad Whisperin’ Bill Anderson, a legendary country musician. (3/5/08)

>> The Washington Post quotes UGA psychology professor W. Keith Campbell, an expert on narcissism, in an article on what they call a “dramatic” rise in whining and entitlement in society. (3/4/08)

>> Prolific illustrator and UGA alumnus Jack Davis is profiled in the Athens Banner-Herald as he prepares to visit UGA this week for his namesake lecture at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. (3/4/08)

>> The expansion of the Georgia Museum of Art and the Lamar Dodd School of Art good for the state’s art scene, as reported in Georgia Trend magazine. (3/4/08)

>> The Washington Post reports on research made by UGA professor emeritus of social psychology Abraham Tesser into feelings of both pride and envy we may have when someone we care about experiences success. (3/3/08)

>> UGA dance professor Mark Wheeler and gymnastics coach Suzanne Yoculan judge the Athens 'Dancing with the Stars' contest, while raising $28,000 for Project Safe as reported in the Athens Banner-Herald. (3/3/08)

>>UGA music professor Frederick Burchinal is mentioned in an Athens Banner-Herald interview with opera singer Maureen O’Flynn. O’Flynn is performing in Verdi’s “La Traviata” at the Classic Center. The opera is locally produced with sets and costumes provided by the UGA Opera Ensemble and the UGA Symphony Orchestra. (2/28/08)

>> UGA dance professor Bala Sarasvati and dance majors Emily Sims and Jennifer Plesher are quoted in an Athens Banner-Herald preview of the CORE Concert Dance Company Spring Collection. The article profiles the rigorous lifestyle of dance majors who must be in both peak mental and physical condition to succeed. (2/28/08)

>> UGA drama professor George Contini is quoted in an Athens Banner-Herald preview of the Theatre and Film Studies Department’s performance of Augusto Boal’s play, “The Misadventures of Uncle McBuck”. The work was translated into English by UGA Portuguese professor Robert Moser and will be the first time Boal’s work has been performed on U. S. soil. (2/21/08)

>> UGA assistant history professor Reinaldo Roman is quoted in an Athens Banner-Herald article discussing Fidel Castro’s recent retirement. Roman predicts little change will be seen in Cuban relations or government any time soon. (2/20/08)

>> The Chicago Sun-Times reviews a new book by UGA assistant history professor Stephen Berry. Berry’s book discusses how the Lincoln-Todd family history greatly mirrored that of the nation caught in the Civil War. (2/18/08)

>> UGA dance professor Lisa Fusillo is quoted in an Athens Banner-Herald article previewing the arrival of the Russian Hermitage Ballet for a performance at the Classic Center. (2/18/08)

>> An Athens Banner-Herald article profiles the talents of 16 year-old local pianist Clara Starkweather of Athens, who instead of pursuing a music career, is already joint-enrolled at UGA in chemistry classes. She intends to follow a career in the math and sciences. (2/18/08)

>> UGA plant pathology professor Elizabeth Little is quoted in an Athens Banner-Herald article praising the water conservation efforts of Athens-Clarke County. (2/15/08)

>> An article in The Collegian, South Dakota State University’s campus newspaper, profiles the lectures of UGA Sociology grad and professor Ron Stover. Stover’s specialty lies in love and relationships as defined by our culture, making his lectures valuable to his students for their entire lives. (2/15/08)

>> A Contra Costa Times feature on UGA alumna and Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Trethewey looks in detail into her sources of inspiration for her poetry. Trethewey explains how most of her work centers around her life growing up on the gulf coast of Mississippi. (2/12/08)

>> An 1818 map error by UGA mathematician James Camack of the Georgia/Tennessee border raises issues in the new water front as reported in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (2/12/08)

>> Bruce Birch, co-director of UGA’s Music Business Program is quoted in an Athens Banner-Herald article reviewing the UGA Idol competition. The competition, co-hosted by the Music Business Program, was held at the Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. Finalists will later continue to a state-wide competition in Atlanta. (2/11/08)

>> An Athens Banner-Herald article reports on the posthumous art exhibit at LaGrange College by victim of Virginia Tech shootings and UGA grad Jamie Bishop. Coordinators have intentions of showing the exhibit at UGA as well. (2/11/08)

>> UGA professors Clay McLaurin and Mary Hallam Pearse combined a fabrics class and a jewelry and metalworks class to give their students a different kind of design challenge in a “Project Runway” inspired fashion show, as reviewed in an Athens Banner-Herald article. (2/8/08)

>> UGA computer science professor I. Budak Arpinar and mathematics and engineering professor Caner Kazanci push for the creation of the Oconee School of Math and Science, as reported in an Athens Banner-Herald. The K-12 school would be the county’s first public charter school that would offer courses heavily focused on math, science, and technology. (2/7/08)

>> Former UGA mathematics professor James Camak’s original geographical plots play part in boundary talks with Tennessee in regards to state water in an Athens Banner-Herald editorial. (2/7/08)

>> Column by Loran Smith in the Athens Banner-Herald honors the legacy of former history professor Ed Larson and his continuing relationship with the university community. (2/5/08)

>> Atlanta Journal-Constitution feature on Biology and International Affairs student Deep Shah explores the ambitious life style of one of UGA’s Rhodes Scholars. (2/2/08)

>> Bruce Burch and Steve Dancz, co-directors of UGA's Music Business Program, are featured in a Creative Loafing cover story. (1/23/08)

>> Nature News examines UGA biologist Phillip Greenspan’s research dealing with the life spans of various artists. Greenspan discovered that those who worked in sculpture lived longer than their counterparts who worked in painting. (1/18/08)

>> The New York Times reports on research that challenges the notion that young Americans are the most self-absorbed, citing a forthcoming book to be co-authored by UGA associate professor of psychology W. Keith Campbell, entitled “The Narcissism Epidemic.” (1/17/08)

>> Sang-Wook Lee, who earned his M.F.A. from UGA in 2003 and is now an assistant professor at Georgia College and State University, is profiled by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for his work “Noodle, Noodle” which is a 33-foot-high sculpture composed of ramen noodles that is on view at the Emory Visual Arts Gallery. (1/17/08)

>> Peter Gachanja, a UGA graduate student in French literature and a native of Kenya, is working to move his family to safety as the country is roiled by war and strife reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (1/16/08)

>> Geography professor Tom Mote’s "research has revealed a dramatic rise in the rate of melt in the vast ice sheet of Greenland – 60 percent higher last year than ever before recorded,” the Athens Banner-Herald reports. (1/14/08)

>> UGA English alumna and Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Trethewey to give reading at UGA, reports the Athens Banner-Herald. (1/14/08)

>> UGA theatre alumnus Tituss Burgess is featured in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution for his role as "Sebastian" the crab in The Little Mermaid on Broadway. (1/11/08)

>> In a review of a production of “Julius Caesar,” The Seattle Post-Intelligencer refers to a theory espoused by UGA associate professor of English Charles Doyle. Doyle believes that Shakespeare never intended for his works to be turned into screen productions. (1/9/08)

>> UGA professor of history Stephen Mihm’s book “A Nation of Counterfeiters,” which details the history of American currency, is reviewed in The New York Times. (1/8/08)

>> The Athens Banner-Herald notes a book reading by UGA English alumna and Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Trethewey. (1/8/08)

>> UGA history professor James Cobb pens an editorial in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that focuses on the inordinate influence the early primary states have on the rest of the presidential electoral season. (1/4/08)

>> UGA professor of religion Alan Godlas is quoted in The American Muslim. Godlas discusses the impact of 13th-century Persian mystic poet Rumi, referring to him as being “generally regarded as the hottest selling poet in the English translation.” (1/4/08)

>> The Athens Banner-Herald profiles UGA art professor RG Brown and his recent exhibition, “disPLACEMENTS.” (1/3/08)

>> UGA biologist Kristen J. Navara is quoted in an article in The New York Times focusing on how various animals work to bolster their position in their relative environments. Navara discussed the ability of some birds to inject more testosterone into their eggs in an attempt to up the survival chances of their offspring. (1/2/08).