News from the Chronicles - February 2015

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Poe's Eureka

Happy Presidents Day. Scientific American has a great post about a little-known work by Edgar Allen Poe that presented a kind of preview of modern physics and cosmology: According to Robinson, Eureka has always been “an object of ridicule,” too odd even for devotees of Poe, the emperor of odd. But Robinson contends that Eureka is actually “full of intuitive insight”–and anticipates ideas remarkably similar to those of…

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$1.9 m grant for LACSI

Late start today... but here we go. What do you call a North American institution of higher learning that does NOT have an institute dedicated to Latin American and Caribbean Studies? Well, in so many ways, such a institution would be irrelevant in today's world, because the need for cross-cultural and language studies is only growing as part of any comprehensive educational experience. Thankfully, our LACSI continues to enhance UGA and the…

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CyanoTRACKER

An extraordinary new tool developed by some of our best researchers to protect Georgia's inland waterways by engaging the public that enjoys them the most: In August 2014, dangerous levels of a toxin produced by harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie compromised the water supply in Toledo, Ohio, as well as many other smaller cities and towns. The bloom, spawned by large concentrations of cyanobacteria that occur naturally in all ecosystems, produced…

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Das furchtbarste Beispiel

University Theatre takes up the real struggle of the 20th century's most notorious failed artist: the bold farce "Mein Kampf," written by George Tabori, the son of a holocaust survivor, on Feb. 19-21 and 24-28 at 8 p.m. with a matinee performance March 1 at 2:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Building's Cellar Theatre. In conjunction with this production, the UGA departments of theatre and film studies and German and Slavic studies are hosting an…


Conference on Holocaust theatre Feb. 26-28

In conjunction with the ongoing performances of "Mein Kampf" we mentioned yesterday (performances continung this weekend and Tues. through Sat. next week), the departments of theatre and film studies & German and Slavic studies will host of an international conference on Holocaust theatre featuring the work of playwright George Tabori: [The] international conference on "George Tabori and the Theatre of the Holocaust" Feb. 26-28. The…

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Experience UGA seeking Volunteers

The Office of Service Learning is planning an Experience UGA field trip for Clarke County second grade students. The field trip will take place over 4 days in April (7th-10th) during National Public Health Week. Each of the four days UGA will host ~250 students as they rotate through 4 stations focused on health. The four stations are: Physical Activity, Nutrition, Hand Washing & Germs, & Bullying Prevention. UGA undergraduates and…

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Russell Teaching Awards

Congratulations to Jennifer Palmer and Peter Jutras, two of this year's three recipients of the Richard B. Russell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching: The awards were established by the Russell Foundation and named for Richard B. Russell, the university alumnus who served Georgia in public office for 50 years, including almost 40 years as U.S. Senator. The awards, first presented in the 1991-1992 academic year, are administered…

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Table's Edge

Edge is interested in the stories that can be told about people through discussions about food and how those stories may help lead to better understanding across cultural lines. His organization's mission statement reads: "The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies and celebrates the diverse food cultures of the changing American South. We set a common table where black and white, rich and poor-all who gather-may consider our history and…

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Faculty in the Media, February 2015

Weather, unrest around the world, linguistics, anti-vaccine outbreaks, Franklin faculty expertise is in high demand across all media platforms. A sampling from the month of February: Q&A with Valerie Babb, Franklin professor of English and director of UGA’s Institute of African American Studies – Red & Black English professor Bill Kretzschmar was interviewed on CNN regarding linguistics analysis of an ISIS Jihadist who speaks on videos…

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Kudos, February 2015

Our congratulations and appreciation for the awards, presentations, new books and professional honors that distinguish Frankln faculty and their scholarship at home and abroad. A few recent examples: Assistant professor of history Jennifer Palmer and associate professor in the Hugh Hodgson School of Music Peter Jutras are 2015 recipients of the Richard B. Russell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Noel Fallows, professor of…

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