Franklin College in the Media

2009

• “Scientific research will not diminish liberal arts,” writes UGA Vice President for Research David Lee in a letter to the editor of the Red & Black.  “A great university must have outstanding programs in the humanities and arts in addition to those prominently funded by external awards,” he writes. (10/27/09)

• UGA anthropologist Karen Burns is quoted in a Discovery.com article, saying “The evidence is plentiful but not conclusive yet to support the hypothesis that [Amelia] Earhart died on the island of Nikumaroro in the Pacific Ocean.” (10/27/09)

• Former UGA art professor Dick Olsen is featured in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Olsen draws much of his inspiration from his time spent in Vietnam and is currently showing in an exhibit compiled specifically of veteran artwork. (10/26/09)

• The Athens Banner Herald profiles Lauretta Hannon, an author and comparative literature alumna who has recently released a new book entitled, Oueen. (10/26/09)

• The Red & Black reports on the Lamar Dodd School of Art’s first juried exhibition. Julian Cox, photography curator at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, was the guest curator for the show. (10/23/09)
• The Las Vegas Sun profiles Janis McKay, who has a bachelor’s in music education from UGA and plays the bassoon. (10/20/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald surveys DanceATHENS Dance Festival, which involved many local dance studios in addition to the Department of Dance in the Franklin College. (10/20/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald announces that the Department of Physics and Astronomy will host a free open house at their observatory. (10/19/09) 
• Where is the middle ground between murder and women’s rights?  Is there one?” The Red & Black reports on last night’s campus debate on abortion between Fox news analyst Andrew Napolitano and former Clinton aide Michael Waldman. The debate was moderated by speech communications professor Ed Panetta. (10/16/09)
• The University hosted two well-known speakers to debate the controversial issue of abortion in the Tate Student Center, Red & Black.  Ed Panetta, speech communication professor, moderated the debate. (10/15/09)
• Augusta Chronicle reports on installations of outdoor sculpture by Augusta State University art students. UGA graphic design associate professor Alex Murawski is mentioned. (10/15/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald announces the debut of local gallery, Mercury Art Works, at the new Hotel Indigo. Work by local artists, including former UGA professor Richard Olsen, is on display. Sandi Turner and Chris Wyrick, LDSOA alums, are the owners of the gallery. (10/15/09)
• NOAA climate change researcher Susan Solomon, named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, will speak on campus Oct. 23, the Athens Banner Herald reports. Solomon is speaking at the annual Chemistry Alumni Lecture. (10/14/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald reviews the University Theatre’s production of “The Grapes of Wrath” and the parallels drawn to the current economic climate. (10/14/09)
• The Oconee Middle School symphonic band performs UGA composer Ashley Floyd’s ‘Oconee Suite,’ as reported by the Athens Banner Herald. (10/14/09)
• The Red & Black profiles Ted Lord, a geology student who discovered a rare reef formation in North Georgia cave. (10/14/09)
• Fausto Sarmiento, associate professor of mountain science in the department of geography, is featured in Atlanta Latino newspaper in their Hispanic Heritage Month edition. (10/13/09)
• “When the University hosts the 2010 induction ceremony for the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame next March, two members of its family will join illustrious literary company,” the Red & Black reports on the selections of Judith Ortiz Cofer and Philip Lee Williams. Cofer is a professor of English and Creative Writing. Williams is the Assistant Dean for Public Information at the Franklin College. (10/12/09)
• The Red & Black reports on the recent gift by UGA geography alum Matt Heric of 114 copies of his GeoGenesis software (valued at $1.8 million) to four UGA colleges to generate 3-D computer images from satellite and aerial photographs. (10/8/09)
• The Red & Black reports that a team of researchers at UGA including Nancy Manley from  genetics has received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the thymus—an organ that produces T-cells until early adulthood. (10/5/09)
• Don Nelson with the Athens Banner Herald pens a column in favor of micro loans and features Rebecca Corey, who completed a Foundation Fellowship and graduated from UGA with degrees in English and anthropology in his story. (10/5/09)
• The Lamar Dodd Art Center at LaGrange College in Dodd’s hometown commemorates the life and work of the renowned artist who spent much of his career as head of UGA’s art school. The report is in the LaGrange Daily News. (10/2/09)
• A majority of Americans would not take an H1N1 flu vaccine or drug additive authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration, says a study co-authored by UGA speech communication professor Vicki Freimuth.  The report is in Science Daily. (9/30/09)
• Research by UGA plant geneticist Andrew H. Paterson into the inherent drought tolerance of sorghum is cited in a Chemical & Engineering News report, “Getting By On Little Water.” (9/30/09)
• Research by UGA chemistry professor Richard A. Dluhy to develop arrays of “remarkably consistent” silver nanorods is cited in a Chemical & Engineering News report on development of new surface-enhanced spectroscopic tools. (9/30/09)
• W. Keith Campbell, department head and professor in psychology at UGA, is quoted in a USA Today article about the high rate of narcissism seen in politicians and how that can help and hinder their careers. (9/29/09)
• Chemical and Engineering News (article is in pdf format) mentions UGA as one of the leading universities in the SERS effort in viral diagnostics and also mentions the new academic start-up company Argent Diagnostics that resulted from UGA’s inventors efforts. (9/25/09)
• ‘Our Lady of 121st Street’ cutting-edge, full of laughs,” claims a review in the Athens Banner Herald of the University Theatre and Department of Theatre and Film Studies current production. (9/24/09)
• Freda Scott Giles from the department of theatre and film studies is quoted in the Washington Post article about artist Sam Gilliam and film maker Tyler Perry. (9/24/09)
• Researchers find no loss in vegetable crop diversity over the past century, as was previously believed to be the case. Anthropology doctoral student Susannah Chapman co-authored the study. The report is in the Athens Banner Herald. (9/21/09)
• Franklin College’s own Philip Lee Williams, Associate Dean of Public Information, is inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of fame for 2009 along with Judith Ortiz Cofer of the English department. The Athens Banner Herald has the announcement. (9/19/09)
• “Friends, students and colleagues celebrated Fred Mills’ life Sunday the way he told close friends he would like best – with good music, and lots of it,” the Athens Banner Herald reports. (9/19/09)
• The Atlanta Business Chronicle  reports that UGA genetics professor Nancy Manley will receive a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for studies on the thymus.  The stimulus-funded grant supports study on molecular mechanisms regulating thymic epithelial cells during aging. (9/18/09)
• Richard Ford, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Independence Day," will lecture this morning at the Chapel as part of the UGA Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture. The Athen Banner Herald has a brief report. (9/18/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald announces that Indian sitar virtuoso Shujaat Husain Khan will come to the university next month as the first Gordhan L. and Virginia B. "Jinx" Patel Distinguished Visiting Professor in Indian Musical Arts. Khan will also give classes on the sitar to students in the Hugh Hodgson school of Music. (9/18/09)
• UGA history professor Stephen Mihm pens a Boston Globe column on the late macroeconomist Hyman Minsky, who saw the meltdown coming and predicted it would happen again. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports on Mihm’s column. (9/17/09)
• UGA researchers in the Institute for Behavioral Research receive a $5.9 million grant to study genes that may be responsible for risky behavior in teens such as drug use and unprotected sex, how to turn the genes off, and whether changes in the teens’ environment can overcome the genetic predisposition. The report is in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. (9/17/09)
• The New York Times, in an Associated Press story carried widely elsewhere, quotes UGA associate professor of psychology Keith Campbell on consumer psychology a year after the economic meltdown began. (9/16/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald reports on a recent donation by the Georgia Lettermen’s Education Foundation to the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences in the name of Vince Dooley. The donation will work to establish scholarships in the history department and in the Redcoat Band. (9/16/09)
• “There’s a very clear connection between economic downturns and an upturn in the crime rate,” UGA sociology professor Dean Rojek tells the Gainesville Times. (9/14/09)
• CNN.com quotes Bruce Burch, director of UGA’s music business program, that the Christian music industry is innately business savvy by growing out of a base of devoted fans in local churches. (9/14/09)
• Reuters reports that Verizon Employee Group will award college scholarships to 14 deserving students. One recipient, Renee Austin, will attend UGA and major in biology, with a minor in business. (9/14/09)
• Time magazine looks into a new trend on Facebook involving “retrosexuals,” people who reunite with long lost loves over the popular cyber network. Department head and psychology professor W. Keith Campbell is quoted in reference to his research on narcissism on Facebook. (9/14/09)
• Former associate dean Kavita Pandit will return to UGA in November as associate provost for international education, Provost Arnett Mace announced Wednesday. The Athens Banner Herald has the report. (9/10/09)
• Famed trumpeter and UGA music professor Fred Mills dies from injuries in a Monday afternoon car wreck in Walton County.  Tributes pour in from around the world for Mills, best-known as a former member of the popular quintet, the Canadian Brass. Reports in the Athens Banner-Herald, Red & Black, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Macleans (Canada), Associated Press, GPB. (9/9/09)
• The Georgia Cancer Coalition lauds four at UGA, including Natarajan Kannan, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, reports the Atlanta Business Chronicle.  (9/9/09)
• Written by Stephanie Jackson, a fourth-year student of journalism and English, writes a ‘how-to’ guide on reading web-based news in the Athens Banner Herald. (9/8/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald features a number of UGA connections in a series on young influential Athenians including Jenni Austin, an English grad who works for the Athens Justice Project; Dan Geller, a biochemistry alum who is also a research engineer at UGA and a local deejay; Mike Pilcher, an English alum who directs corporate communications at Athens Regional; and Reign Streiter, another English grad, who now works in real estate. (9/8/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald announcers the fall observatory nights at the Department of Physics and Astronomy.  (9/8/09)
• Athens Banner-Herald reports on UGA discovery of naphthalene, a chemical found in mothballs, in deep-space dust clouds. Chemistry professor Michael Duncan led the research team. (9/4/09)
• Bruce Burch, Director of the Music Business Program, is quoted in a CNN.com article about the relevance of the Beatles in today’s society and the role electronic media plays in that popularity. (9/4/09)
• History professor Bethany Moreton is interviewed on LiketheDew.com, and also discusses her book on Wal-Mart and its role in Christian Free Enterprise. (9/1/09)
• United Methodist Reporter interviews psychology professor and department head W. Keith Campbell about his narcissism research. (8/31/09)
• UGA cellular biology professor and department head Mark Farmer pens an op-ed in the Athens Banner Herald claiming that vaccination is vital in fighting the H1N1 virus. (8/31/09)
• UGA cellular biology professor and department head Mark Farmer pens a letter lamenting the distrust many people have for true science in the Athens Banner Herald. (8/24/09)
• Newsday.com also reports on relics uncovered beneath New College during the renovations. (8/24/09)
• The Red & Black reports on renovations and audio upgrades in many of the auditoriums in the biological sciences building. (8/21/09)
• The Augusta Chronicle reports on the relics found beneath New College- the former home of many Franklin College offices. (8/19/09)
• A Washington Post story quotes UGA assistant professor of geography Amy Trauger on the changing roles of women in agriculture. (8/10/09)
• The Philadelphia Enquirer quotes geography Professor J. Marshall Shepherd in an article questioning whether cities can deflect rain storms. (8/10/09)
• Study predicts hotter summers, but not all experts agree with the report’s forecast, according to the Athens Banner-Herald. In the article, David Stooksbury, state climatologist and UGA professor, says the report is flawed. UGA professors Marshall Shepherd, Jim Porter and Thomas Mote also are quoted. (8/5/09)
• The Washington Times profiles author professors across the country who have performed research on Wal-Mart. Bethany Moreton, assistant professor of History and Women's Studies at UGA is mentioned. (8/4/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald announces the open house for the Oconee Youth School of Performance where two of the new teachers, Mallory Baxley and Emma Jenkins, are UGA dance majors. (8/4/09)
• Margaret Strickland, a 2009 photography graduate from the Lamar Dodd School of Art, recently had two of her works purchased for the permanent collection in the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Strickland was interviewed in the Athens Banner Herald about her work. (7/30/09)
• A team of UGA scientists, including physics professor David P. Landau, creates a computer simulation that sheds light on how a crucial protein – glycophorin A – becomes a part of living cells. The folding of such proteins on cell surfaces is key to the study of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. Science Daily reports. (7/30/09
• Some $2 million in federal grants to study grasses with biofuel potential go to UGA professors Andrew Paterson and Charles Brummer. Other UGA biofuels research is also featured in today’s ABH report. Paterson is a join professor in the genetics, plant biology and crop and soil sciences departments. (7/30/09)
• Athens’ new Hotel Indigo to donate $100,000 to the university’s music business program next month when the hotel opens.  The new hotel boasts a 7,000-square-foot music venue, the R&B reports. - R&B editorial (7/29/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald writes a feature on UGA math professor Robert Rumely, who is teaching a class based on the research value in origami. (7/27/09)
• Kathrin Stanger-Hall, assistant professor for the Division of Biological Sciences & Plant Biology Department at the University of Georgia, is quoted in an article from the Gwinnet Daily Post about a large annual gathering of fireflies in a Lilburn woman’s backyard. (7/26/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald features a UGA Summer Academy program for local high school juniors and seniors to delve more deeply into science and math topics not typically covered in high school. Many Franklin science faculty are involved. (7/23/09)
• The Red & Black quotes retired history professor F. Nash Boney about the presence of the Navy in Athens during World War II.  (7/23/09)
• UGA Music Business Director Bruce Burch is mentioned in a Gainesville Times article about Atlanta-area song writer Shawn Mullins. (7/23/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald reports that men have been hit hardest by the economic recession. UGA department head and professor of sociology William Finlay is quoted. (7/22/09)
• A team of scientists including UGA biochemistry and molecular biology professor Michael W. Adams develops a fast and efficient way to determine the structure of proteins, shortening a process that often takes years into a matter of days. The report is in Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News. (7/21/09)
• “Has moon trip’s power to inspire waned?” asks the Athens Banner Herald in a story that  quotes UGA astronomer Loris Magnani about today’s students’ blase attitude toward space exploration. (7/20/09)
• Lamar Dodd School of Art graphic design professor Ron Arnholm has created a new version of his Legacy typeface, reports International Typeface Corporation on-line. For more, see the LDSOA website. (7/14/09)
• “The faculty of the future: Leaner, meaner, more innovative, less secure” reads the headline in a series of essays in the Chronicle of Higher Education including one by Joseph C. Hermanowicz, a UGA associate professor of sociology. (paid subscription required to view full article) (7/13/09)
• The Macon Telegraph quotes UGA meteorologist and geography professor Marshall Shepherd in an article refrencing a report that predicts an even hotter Southeast in the decades to come. (7/13/09)
• UGA chemist and professor John Stickney is quoted in a report by MSNBC on new technology that could use animal waste to power anything from electronic devices to farms. (7/9/09)
• UGA’s Franklin Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship among programs nationally featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education that gives Ph.D. graduates a leg up in the job market. (paid subscription required to view full article) (7/7/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald features psychology grad David Bach, who recently won $1.28 million in the World Series of Poker. (7/2/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald gives a feature on local photographer Jason Thrasher. Thrasher documents everything from weddings to local bands and has a BFA in photography from the Lamar Dodd School of Art. (7/2/09)
• UGA history professor Stephen Mihm gives his take to NBC New York on a report about Bernie Madoff’s place in history among other financial ‘scoundrels.’ (6/30/09)
• The Washington Post quotes UGA assistant professor of geography Amy Trauger on the increase in farming among women. “Many younger women choose farming to do something positive for the environment by employing sustainable farming techniques,” says Trauger. (6/29/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald reports on recent research by professor Jason Locklin and graduate students Nicholas Marshall and Kyle Sontag in the chemistry department. Their research could lead to the creation of biological fuel cells that be used inside the human body. (6/29/09)
• The Washington Post’s story on VORTEX2, the largest tornado research project in history, includes details from geography professor Marshall Shepherd’s research on the effects droughts have on tornados. (6/29/09)
• “AthFest an economic jolt nicely timed,” the Athens Banner Herald reports.  UGA alumnus George Fontaine, head of Texas-based New West records, is a major sponsor.  Retired art professor Art Rosenbaum earned cheers from the audience with his simple folk songs accompanied by banjo and harmonica. (6/26/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald mentions retired UGA art professor Art Rosenbaum is in their overview of Athfest. (6/26/09)
• “A new study by researchers at the University of Georgia pins down, possibly for the first time, how drought conditions in an area’s fall and winter may affect tornado activity the following spring,” reports ScienceDaily. The research was performed by Marshall Shepherd in the geography department. (6/25/09)
• The Red & Black reports on the successful move by the Institute for Women’s Studies out of the Benson building. The Institute is now housed in Gilbert Hall. (6/25/09)
• “Researchers at the University of Georgia made a breakthrough that could lead to the creation of biological fuel cells that could power pacemakers, cochlear implants and prosthetic limbs,” reads the Atlanta Business Chronicle. The report is on research by UGA chemist Jason Locklin and graduate students Nicholas Marshall and Kyle Sontag. The story is running widely in science-related media. (6/23/09)
• 2008 Lamar Dodd School of Art graduate, Comusina Celan Hardman, is gaining international notoriety for her paintings in which she puts a modern twist on classic folk and fairy tales. The Athens Banner Herald has the story. (6/22/09)
• “School leaders should continue supporting extracurricular programs and activities,” writes Carla R. Monroe, UGA research scientist in the Institute for Behavioral Research, in an Atlanta Journal Constitution op-ed. (6/16/09)
• The Athens Banner-Herald reports on UGA’s celebration of the expansion and renovation of the physics and astronomy building. Department head Bill Dennis is quoted. (6/16/09)
• The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports on the 45th annual Georgia Author of the Year Awards where UGA English professor Ed Pavlic won for his poetry. (6/16/09)
• Bruce Burch, director of UGA’s Music Business Program, is quoted in a Flagpole article about a new project by the local Athens Boys and Girls Club. The organization is trying to get kids interested in music and performing and has created their own professional studio space on site for that purpose. (6/12/09)
• University of Georgia officials will dedicate a 140-book collection donated by retired UGA history professor F. Nash Boney today in the Miller Learning Center, the Athens Banner Herald reports. (6/12/09)
• “One of the University’s oldest buildings [New College] will receive a $3 million makeover this summer, with construction lasting throughout the academic year,” the Red & Black reports. New College is the former home of many Franklin administrative offices. (6/4/09)
• UGA comparative literature professor James H. S. McGregor’s new book ‘Paris From the Ground Up’ is reviewed in the New York Times. “McGregor … is at his best when elaborating on the technical aspects of Paris’s buildings,” the review says. (6/3/09)
• The Georgia Department of Natural Resources announces a new online website from the Georgia Museum of Natural History that is a thorough and authoritative source on freshwater fish in the state of Georgia. The website’s address is: http://fishesofgeorgia.uga.edu/. (5/29/09)
• The Oak Ridger mentions UGA physics professor Gary Love in an article about how the Tennessean Oak Ridge High School Class of ’59 has made its mark on the world. (5/27/09)
• CNN.com quotes Bruce Burch of the UGA Music Business program in an article about classic pop bands uniting to tour this summer and creating new hits along the way. (5/26/09)
• Vietnam veteran and art professor Karl Michel finds solace and answers in his art. The report is in the Athens Banner Herald. Michel has his MFA from UGA. (5/26/09)
• Just-published research from the Jonathon Crystal in the psychology department may help understand how Alzheimer’s robs sufferers of episodic memory. The report is in Medical News Today. (5/22/09)
• Most popular names for babies are the unusual ones, perhaps a link to rising narcissism, according to a study co-authored by UGA associate professor of psychology W. Keith Campbell, reports the Daily Record. (5/22/09)
• 2007 UGA graduate Adam Wexler creates gorankem.com, an online music platform for 400,000 artists and some 7 million songs where listeners are encouraged to rank the songs of their favorite artists. The Athens Banner-Herald has the feature on the real estate alum who is also one of the first graduates of the Music Business Program. (5/21/09)
• Charles Wadsworth, 80, who studied under UGA School of Music founder Hugh Hodgson from age 12 to 19, retires after three decades as artistic director of the Spoleto Festival’s chamber music series. The story is a New York Times feature. (5/18/09)
• The Atlanta Journal Constitution and WTVM also report on New College’s $3 million renovation (New College formerly housed many Franklin College administrative offices.) (5/18/09)
• “Nonprofit benefits as sales of hybrid flower blossom,” reads an Athens Banner Herald headline. Former UGA horticulture professor Mike Dirr and daughter Susy are featured. (5/18/09)
• “UGA giving New College old look”, reports the Athens Banner Herald. “$3 million and a summer of renovation work could bring the bloom of youth back” to the 177-year-old North Campus landmark. Until recently, many Franklin College administrative offices were housed in New College.  (5/15/09)
• Frederick Burchinal and the Hugh Hodgson School of Music are mentioned in an open thank you letter in the Athens Banner Herald to Beechwood Cinema for offering live televised transmissions of New York opera performances. (5/15/09)
• “Put primary care doctors at the center of reform” – “As a future physician in Georgia, I care deeply about the reshaping of our health care system,” writes UGA alumnus and Rhodes Scholar Deep Shah in an Atlanta Journal Constitution op-ed. Shah is a biology and international affairs alum. (5/12/09)
• The Toronto Star profiles UGA psychology professor Keith Campbell’s research into narcissism in the current generation and the long term effects we can expect to see from it. (5/11/09)
• The Atlanta Journal Constitution sits down for a Q&A session with UGA speech communications alum and former Bulldog football player Omari Hardwick. Hardwick has recently gotten into acting and television. (5/8/09)
• Dwight Freshley, UGA emeritus professor of speech communication pens an editorial letter in the Athens Banner Herald about learning a lesson on race. (5/5/09)
• UGA Rhodes Scholar Deep Shah returns to his high school.  “He’s been seen on TV commercials and glossy recruitment ads for UGA, a valedictorian turned Rhodes Scholar with an impressive future ahead,” the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. Shah was a biology and international affairs major. (5/1/09)
• The Red & Black reports on the life of Mike Kernis, a psychology professor who recently passed after battling a long illness. (4/29/09)
• The UGA Costa Rica campus and the Lamar Dodd School of Art are mentioned in an Athens Banner Herald announcement for a watercolor exhibit that opens May 7 at the Georgia Club.  (4/24/09)
• UGA's psychology professor W. Keith Campbell co-authored a book which is featured in USA Today about the rise of narcissism in today’s youth. (4/22/09)
• Local author and Franklin College Assistant Dean of Public Information, Philip Lee Williams, is profiled in the Athens Banner Herald for his recent ventures into poetry. (4/22/09)
• The UGA Music Business Program is mentioned in an Athens Banner Herald article about the second annual Athens Americana music festival. (4/22/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald reports on UGA’s STEM program which allows students with math and science related majors to explore teaching in local Athens schools. (4/21/09)
• The Post Searchlight announces that a Bainbridge College building will be named after their former president Edward D. Mobley. Mobley earned his bachelor and master’s degrees from UGA in music. (4/21/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald highlights poet and former UGA English professor Coleman Bark’s poetry reading at the Botanical Gardens. (4/20/09)
• Coastal Courier reports on a Series of seminars on environmental issues held in Hinesville. Ray Bodrey, a non-point pollution specialist with the UGA Marine Extension Service, is mentioned. (4/20/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald profiles religion professor and local musician Kai Reidl on his work with remixing recordings from Indonesia. (4/17/09)
• Athens Banner Herald reports on the stage production of UGA English professor John Vance’s play, “Snow,” based on the classic story of Snow White. Vance likes to write tongue-in-cheek twists on classic fairy tales. (4/16/09)
• The Sun News reports that the Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s Bulldog Brass Society will close out the concert association season in Warner Robins. (4/15/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald profiles the annual Lamar Dodd School of Art MFA show. (4/14/09)
• Poet and retired UGA English professor Coleman Barks is mentioned in a Star Tribune article reporting on a conference being held in honor of Minnesota poet Robert Bly. (4/14/09)
• Jace Weaver, director of the Institute of Native American Studies at UGA, is quoted in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution article about Georgia’s key role in the story of war on Indians. (4/13/09)
• Individual.com reports on the large crowd UGA chemistry professor Henry Fritz Schaefer drew with his God/science speech. (4/13/09)
• "Deep sea mud volcano microbes studied," headlines a Webindia123.com article about the completion of a study “of microbes living in deep sea volcanoes, where conditions may resemble extraterrestrial environments.” UGA marine sciences professor of Samantha Joye led the study. (4/10/09)
• Smart Money magazine quotes mathematics professor Jason Cantarella on green gadgets. (4/10/09)
• Retired UGA anthropology and history professor Charles Hudson will appear in the first of two segments of a major PBS series titled, “Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People,” according to State-Journal.com. (4/9/09)
• UGA art professor Paul Kos is quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle article about Asia’s influence on modern art. (4/7/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald announces sophomore genetics major Muktha Natrajan as a 2009 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar. (4/6/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald mentions several Franklin College faculty members who were recently presented with Creative Research Awards from UGA. (second story on page) (4/6/09)
• The Atlanta Journal Constitution profiles Miss Georgia USA and UGA speech communications major Kimberly Gittings in their Sunday conversation series. (4/6/09)
• The Augusta Chronicle reports on opportunities to show off fine arts to visitors during Masters Week. Retired UGA painting professor Art Rosenbaum will be featured. (4/3/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald profiles the newest performance by the dance department that showcases songs and choregraphy from the 1940s. (4/2/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald profiles a local Athens high school teacher who has brought a group of her students to UGA and Franklin College's Marine Sciences department for further study in oceanography in preparation for a regional bowl. (3/31/09)
• “The University’s Complex Carbohydrate Research Center was granted $3.1 million to continue research on complex carbohydrates of plants and various microbes that interact with plants, thanks to the U.S. Department of Energy.” the Red & Black reports. (3/31/09)
• The Atlanta Journal Constitution speculates on former governor Roy Barnes seeking his old job again. Barnes is a history graduate from the Franklin College. (3/30/09)
• Campus Cats coordinator Kelly Bettinger, a UGA wildlife biologist in the plant biology department, is quoted in an Athens Banner Herald story describing the campus feral feline problem as a life-or-death issue. (3/30/09)
• “University faculty members continue to speak out against the controversial WSB-TV report that claimed many professors abused state funding for travel while abroad,” the Red & Black reports. Two Franklin professors, Fred Mills and Richard Neupert were featured in the story. (3/27/09)
• Red & Black columnist Marc McAfee discusses a recent report by WSB-TV that targeted travel by UGA faculty members.  “Justin Farmer is trying to get a seat at the anchor desk, and Cagle is trying to get a seat at the governor’s desk.  Both shot their mouths off for headlines, without knowing how hard it would unfairly hit the university,” McAfee writes. Two Franklin professors, Fred Mills and Richard Neupert were featured in the story. (3/26/09)
• “The economy shouldn’t force the state to cut funding for fine arts programs,” says a Red & Black editorial.  Addressing a recent WSB-TV report alleging travel by fine arts professors to be frivolous, the R&B says, “This economic climate has fostered a witch hunt mentality in which news organizations are seeking out ways to show how capricious the government and those in policy-making positions act with taxpayer money.” Two Franklin professors, Fred Mills and Richard Neupert are featured in the story. (3/24/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald reports on a new interest in Athens in community vegetable gardens. Catarina Passidomo, an anthropology graduate student, is quoted discussing why people are becoming more interested in growing their own produce. (3/24/09)
• Diverse Issues in Higher Education cites a UGA study that found colorblind climates in the workplace harm both minority employees and the organization for which they work. Victoria Plaut, assistant professor in psychology, is the lead author of the study. Other authors include Kecia Thomas, a professor of psychology and Senior Advisor to the Dean for Diversity Leadership, and Matt Goren, a doctoral student in psychology. (3/23/09)
• A recent WSB-TV Channel 2 news report aimed to uncover how professors in the University System spent state funds while traveling left many faculty and administrators disappointed and offended, the Red & Black reports.  An R&B editorial calls the story “reckless reporting.” Fred Mills, an internationally known trumpeter and professor at the School of Music, and Richard Neupert, a worldwide specialist in French cinema and professor in film studies, were two of the many professors featured in the report. (3/23/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald profiles four writers who will be inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame this week. One of the inductees is Coleman Barks, the Rumi scholar, poet, and former professor in the English department. (3/23/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald mentions Wendy Dustman and Rebecca Baggett’s recent awards for outstanding advising services from the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. Dustman works in the microbiology department and Baggett advises out of the Franklin College. (third story on page) (3/23/09)
• Internationally acclaimed pianist and one-time UGA student Charles Wadsworth will return to campus at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 29 to celebrate his 80th birthday and host a special free concert at Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. The Athens Banner Herald has further details. (3/23/09)
• Kathryn Refi, who received an MFA from UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art, is among the finalists in the Gibbes Museum of Art’s Short List of Finalists for the Factor Prize. The report is in Art Daily. (3/20/09)
• U.S. Department of Energy renews $3.1 million grant to UGA’s Complex Carbohydrate Center, a four-year extension for continued operation of the DOE’s Center for Plant and Microbial Complex Carbohydrates, reports the Athens Banner Herald. Regent’s Professor Alan Darvill is the co-founder and director of the CCRC and the grant’s principal investigator. (3/19/09)
• The Moultrie Observer features Moultrie native and UGA mathematics alumnus Roger Hunter. Hunter currently works for NASA and helps search for Earth-sized planets. (3/19/09)
• Barnesville.com reports on Barnesville native Miriam Rowe’s interest in jewelry and metalworking and includes a piece about her recent trip to Cortona, Italy the Lamar Dodd School of Art’s campus there. Rowe will graduate with a BFA in jewelry and metalworking this May. (3/18/09)
• Michael Shetterley, chef at the Classic Center, is featured in the Athens Banner Herald for his other love, painting. Shetterly graduated with an MFA in painting from the Lamar Dodd School of art in 1994.  (3/18/09)
• Researchers at the University of Georgia, the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta, and the Medical College of Georgia have revealed a direct relationship between two specific antibodies and the severity of Alzheimer’s disease symptoms, raising hopes that a diagnostic blood test for the devastating disorder is within reach.  Reports in Science Daily, NewsTrack India and elsewhere. Co-author L. Stephen Miller, professor and director of clinical psychology training, is quoted. (3/13/09)
• “Is Madoff Wall Street’s greatest villain?” asks a New York Times “Room for Debate” essay on Madoff’s guilty plea. UGA history professor Stephen Mihm contributes to the commentary. (3/13/09)
• UGA anthropologist Stephen Kowalewski is quoted in a National Geographic report on the Zapotec dig examining pre-Columbian southern Mexico. (3/10/09)
• UGA assistant professor of art, Martijn van Wagtendonk, is featured in the Athens Banner Herald. van Wagtendonk currently has a large installation at the Atlanta Museum of Contemporary Art. (3/10/09)
• “Prevalence of child marriage in India fuels pregnancy, fertility risks,” reports The Hindu. Anita Raj, who received an MSc and PhD from UGA in psychology, is quoted. (3/10/09)
• Author Philip Lee Williams is profiled in an Athens Banner Herald review of his latest book, “Elegies for the Water.”  Williams is assistant dean for public information in UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. (3/9/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald profiles ex-Athenian and Lamar Dodd School of Art alum Derek Yaniger. Yaniger’s work is heavily influenced by retro art from television and advertising from the sixties and he has worked for both Marvel Comics and Cartoon Network. (3/9/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald reports on Latin’s new popularity in the classroom. Rick LaFleur, a UGA classics professor, is quoted. (3/5/09)
• “What Do Truckers Have to Do With Country Music, Food Prices, and Politics?” asks the New York Times.  Shane Hamilton, UGA assistant history professor, is mentioned in regards to his recent book on the history of trucking in the U.S. (3/3/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald profiles Athens Communitiy Theatre’s current play, The Mother of God Visits Hell, which was written by UGA drama alum Daniel Guyton. (3/3/09)
• WXIA-TV reports on Art Rosenbaum’s Grammy award. Rosenbaum is a retired art professor at UGA. (2/26/09)
• “UGA team to help build Cherokee village,” reads a headline from the Cherokee Phoenix. Jace Weaver, director of the UGA Institute of Native American Studies is mentioned. (2/27/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald reports on star gazers prepping for a comet watch at the UGA Observatory. UGA astronomy professor Loris Magnani is quoted. (2/25/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald profiles the University Theatre’s upcoming production of “The Changeling.” (2/25/09)
• “Body Copy,” a first published novel by UGA English alumnus Michael Craven, is reviewed in AdWeek.  Craven, who works in a New York advertising agency, used that experience as the setting for his murder mystery. (2/24/09)
• UGA Women’s Studies Student Organization demonstrates on Tate Plaza in support of a women’s center for the campus.  Budget cuts are slowing discussion of such a center, officials tell the Red & Black.  Editorial: “We applaud the WSSO for keeping Adams accountable, but asking for a new space isn’t feasible just yet.” (2/24/09)
• The Athens Banner-Herald reports that “Even people with a gene that predisposes them to alcoholism or drug abuse are more likely to say ‘no’ if they were raised by good parents, University of Georgia researchers have found.” Steven Beach, a psychology professor and director of UGA's Institute for Behavioral Research is quoted. (2/23/09)
• “Dream invites walk-ins to escape from real world,” reads an Atlanta Journal Constitution feature on the current exhibit by art professor Martijn van Wagtendonk. (2/23/09)
• “Practicum Series to implement the Regional Plan of Coastal Georgia Regional Development Center,” reports The Weekly. UGA Marine Extension is mentioned. (2/20/09)
• “As the University plans to bulk up its engineering program during the next few years with the addition of new majors, some professors are taking the program a step further by fusing engineering with humanities courses,” the Red & Black reports. Art education professor Tracie Costantino is quoted. (2/19/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald reports on Heather McIntosh’s Aux Arts Festival, an experimental music festival that involves students from the Ideas for Creative Exploration (ICE) program and the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, of which McIntosh is a graduate. (2/19/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald features Tuesday’s tribute to Otis Redding, who recorded one of his earliest hits in a studio on the UGA campus.  The event was organized by UGA’s Music Business Program and WUGA radio. (2/18/09)
• UGA astronomy professor J. Scott Shaw pens a letter to the editor in the Athens Banner Herald discussing NASA’s role in the evolution versus creation dialogue. (2/18/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald gives note on its Quick Glimpse page of four UGA anthropology students who recently won National Geographic internships. (2/18/09)
• The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant of $6.7 million to a consortium of universities headed by UGA for research on the effects of climate change and urbanization in the southern Appalachian Mountains, reports the Red & Black. The lead investigator of the project is anthropology professor Ted Gragson. (2/17/09)
• An Athens Banner Herald letter to the editor discussing evolutionary theory mentions chemistry professor Henry F. Schaefer. (2/17/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald and the Red & Black report on the tribute to Otis Redding held recently at the Georgia Center. Bruce Burch, director of the Music Business Program and the event's principal organizer, is quoted. (2/17/08)
• The Red & Black profiles plant pathology professor Richard Hussey and his research that combats parasitic worms in plants. (2/16/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald announces the UGA Observatory’s planned open house in February. (2/16/09)
• “UGA art professor Joseph Norman’s students have painted murals in Ecuador, Cuba and Costa Rica. For the first time, they’re now painting one in their own back yard,” reports the Athens Banner Herald. (2/13/09)
• United Press International reports on the UGA study that shows good parenting can make up for the genetic tendency for substance abuse. Steven Beach, professor in psychology and director of the Insitutue for Behavioral Research, led the study. (2/13/09)
• The Flagpole features the Music Business Program's tribute to Otis Redding. Administrative director of the Music Business Program Bruce Burch is quoted. (2/13/09)
• Emory Thomas, a retired history professor at UGA, will speak at a Lincoln conference set for March at the University of Richmond. The Richmond Times-Dispatch has the report. (2/13/09)
• New England Research Institutes, Inc., appoints Dr. Ramses F. Sadek to Vice President of Biometrics, reports redorbit.com. Sadek has a doctorate in statistics and measurement from UGA. (2/13/09)
• The Gainesville Times reports on the naming of a governor’s fellowship to UGA alumna Jessica Robson. Robson holds a Speech Communication degree. (3rd story on page) (2/13/09)
• UGA associate ceramics professor Ted Saupe is quoted in an Athens Banner Herald feature on the efforts of Good Dirt Studio and Gallery to make enough bowls for the 11th Annual Empty Bowl Luncheon in March. (2/12/09)
• The annual Jack Davis lecture at the Lamar Dodd School of Art is mentioned in the Atlanta Journal Constitution in a list of fun things to do on Friday the 13th.  (2/12/09)
• The New York Times reports on psychology professor Steven Beach’s study which indicates that supportive and involved parents can “neutralize” the genetic risk factors for drug and alcohol abuse. (2/12/09)
• “The University will transition from a university-wide fundraising campaign to an individualized school and college-based effort this year,” reports the Red & Black. Franklin College’s director of annual giving and alumni relations, Ruhanna Neal is quoted. (2/12/09)
• The USA Today quotes UGA history professor Stephen Berry on the complex views of Lincoln in modern society. “All these contemporary concerns keep him relevant,” Berry says. (2/11/09)
• Science Daily reports on psychology professor Steven Beach's study that shows that a genetic risk factor that increases the likelihood youth will engage in substance use can be neutralized by high levels of involved and supportive parenting. (2/11/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald mentions Jessia Wohl, an MFA candidate in drawing and painting, who placed third in a graduate scholarship competition from myartspace.com. (3rd article) (2/11/09)
• The Athens Banner-Herald and the Walker County Messenger both report on retired art professor Art Rosenbaum’s Grammy win for his field recordings of traditional American folk music. (2/10/09)
• UGA researcher Jonathan Arnold is quoted in the Denver Post about his research into biological clocks. (2/10/09)
• Program coordinator for the Music Business Program Keith Perissi quoted in the Athens Banner Herald about UGA’s plans to honor soul singer Otis Redding at the Georgia Center. (2/10/09)
• The UGA Marine Education Center is mentioned in the Savannah Morning News referencing local third graders who visited the center to learn more about crab ecology. (2/10/09)
• UGA geneticist Jonathan Arnold is quoted on PHYSORG.com about his research on the internal clocks that keep all living things ticking. (2/9/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald reports on the Darwin Day festivities being held at UGA in honor of Darwin’s 200th birthday. Betty Jean Craige, director of the UGA Jane and Harry Willson Center for Arts and Humanities, is quoted. (2/9/09)
• The Red & Black reports on music professor Steve Dancz’s life-long interest in Tibetan Buddhism that has now culminated in a film. Dancz is a jazz studies director and one of the Music Business Program's founders. (2/5/09)
• Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News reports on the Georgia Stem Cell Initiative meeting on the MCG campus on February 10. UGA associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology Steve Dalton is speaking. (2/4/09)
• The Red & Black reports on the Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s new director, Dale Monson. Monson comes to UGA from Brigham Young University. (2/3/09)
• UGA plant geneticist Andrew Paterson is quoted in Science Magazine about his research into the sorghum plant. Among other things, Paterson explains how sorghum withstands heat and drought.  (2/3/09)
• Dan Colley, professor of microbiology and director of Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, has been selected as one of 25 health experts who will advocate for greater U.S. investment in global health research. The announcement is in the Athens Banner Herald. (last story on page) (2/2/09)
• UGA alumnus Deep Shah, now a Rhodes Scholar in Oxford, pens column in the Gwinnett Daily News on his experiences. Shah was an international affairs and genetics major at UGA. (1/30/09)
• EurekAlert reports on recent research by Andrew Paterson on the genome sequence of sorghum and its immense potential. (1/30/09)
• “Drugs have a heightened appeal for teens who inherit a certain gene variant, unless the youngsters also have involved, supportive parents,” reports ScienceNews. The study was led by UGA psychologist Gene Brody. (1/30/09)
• The head of Brigham Young University’s music school, Dale Monson, is named director of UGA’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music. The report is in the Athens Banner-Herald. (1/29/09)
• UGA student Opeoluwa Fawole, chosen for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Exceptional Research Opportunities Program, is profiled in today’s Red & Black. Fawole is a microbiology major in the Franklin College. (1/29/09)
• Andrew Paterson of the Plant Genome Mapping Lab makes headlines in Google News with his research on sorghum syrup. Paterson has found that the sorghum gene code could lead to drought-tolerant crops. (1/29/09)
• Marshall Shepherd, professor of atmospheric studies, is quoted in the Fall 2008 issue of Yale Environment magazine (pdf) discussing how city size can affect climate change. (1/27/09)
• An Atlanta Journal Constitution article on artist Alan Loehle references UGA painting professor Jim Herbert as an influence on Loehle's style. (1/23/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald  reports on alumnus Michael Fulford, who credits the UGA Dance Department and instructor Mark Wheeler for getting him involved in ballroom dancing. Now, Fulford’s performance group will be putting on a show at the Tate Center. (1/23/09)
• Director of the Music Business program Bruce Burch is highlighted in the Gainesville Times for his work with the John Jarrard benefit concert. The concert has garnered enough popularity that it could grow into festival. (1/23/09)
• Coleman Barks, the University of Georgia professor and poet who gained international acclaim for translating the works of a Persian mystic, will be inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame in March, the Athens Banner Herald reports. (1/21/09)
• UGA student Beau Gilmore’s work teaching children in Tanzania is highlighted in an Athens Banner Herald feature. Gilmore is a double major in biology and exercise science. (1/21/09)
• Dan Smith, a Lamar Dodd School of Art alum in painting, brings his love of cartoons and kids to canvas. His feature is in the Athens Banner Herald. (1/16/09)
• Derrick P. Alridge, UGA director of Institute for African-American Studies to speak at Kenyon College in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The report on area colleges honoring Dr. King is in the Mansfield News Journal. (1/13/09)
• The Red & Black reports on heightened park safety after the murder of Franklin College alumna Meredith Emerson last year. (1/13/09)
• Upcoming performance by UGA music professor David Starkweather is featured in the Athens Banner Herald. Starkweather also discusses his beloved hand-crafted 1830 cello. (1/12/09)
• The Rock Hill Herald cites a recent UGA study about narcissism on Facebook. The study was made by Laura E. Buffardi, a grad student, and W. Keith Campbell, an associate professor, both in the psychology department. (1/9/09)
• Corey Smith, a country music singer from Jefferson, talks to a music business class at UGA about his business model and methods. The report is in the Athens Banner Herald. (1/9/09)
• The Red & Black reports on the $18.7 million Gates grant received by UGA to study schistosomiasis, a worm infection prominent in Sub-Saharan Africa. Dan Colley of the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases is the professor spearheading the research. (1/7/09)
• “Two University professors were among 67 from across the country recognized at the White House at a Dec. 19 ceremony with President George W. Bush for their scientific research,” reports the Red & Black. Chad Fertig, assistant professor of physics, was awarded for his research into magnetism on the atomic level. (1/7/09)
• Palm Beach Daily News reports on UGA research that indicates a spike in asthma attacks after thunderstorms. Andrew Grundstein, the leader of the research, is a climatologist in the department of geography. (1/6/09)
• The Florida Times-Union mentions an appearance by UGA history professor and author James C. Cobb at the Coastal Georgia Historical Society's annual membership meeting in St. Simons. Cobb will be discussing topics from his newest book Georgia Odyssey.  (2nd item) (1/6/09)
• The Longmont Humane Society will rename its annual Walk for Animals and dedicate it to UGA alumna Meredith Emerson, a former Longmont resident who was abducted and killed in Georgia last year. The story is in the Longmont Times-Call . (1/6/09)
• “Most artists use a paintbrush or a camera,” but UGA digital media professor Michael Oliveri sometimes prefers a scanning electron microscope, reports Scientific American in a feature on Oliveri’s photos of nano-scale items. (1/5/09)
• Janet Frick, UGA psychology professor, is quoted in a Detroit News story on “how to get kids to help around the house.”  Frick says with small children, cleaning can be made into a game. (1/5/09)
• The Augusta Chronicle also quotes Jared Wood, the manager of the archaeology lab at UGA, in their story about the mystery surrounding the ruins of a North Georgia wall. (1/5/09)
• The Independent Mail mentions Southern Wesleyan University’s Fine Arts Series performance featuring lyric tenor Gregory Broughton. Broughton is an associate professor of voice in UGA’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music. (1/5/09)
• The Athens Banner Herald reports on the mystery surrounding some North Georgia ruins. Jared Wood, manager of the archaeology lab at UGA, is quoted. (1/2/09)
• Fox 5 News in Atlanta reports on the foundation started by friends of slain hiker Meredith Emerson. Emerson graduated with a degree in French language in 2005. (1/2/09)