News Archive - 2012


Paddy Johnson at LDSOA

Writing about art is a dicey proposition, one that requires an encyclopaedic knowledge of what has come before as well as a clear mind to the critic's own tastes. Add in the ability to write clearly and, well, we can all see why there might be a dearth of art critics today. Paddy Johnson is someone who has cleared these hurdles and more, and she will be at the Lamar Dodd School of Art for critiques and a public lecture next week: the founding…

Larry Young in a blue shirt.
The mechanics of physical attraction

Lots of great speakers on campus during the last week of October. I'll talk about dance choreographer Liz Lerman next week but the deparment of psychology will also bring to campus a neuroscientist whose work identifies the neural and genetic mechanisms that underlie physical attraction, love and family bonds. The lecture, on Nov. 2 at 12:20 p.m. in room 148 of the Miller Learning Center, is free and the public invited to attend. Larry Young is…


Two Franklin faculty among four UGA profs accepted into SEC leadership program

Four UGA faculty members were recently accepted as Administrative Fellows in the Academic Leadership Development Program of the SECU, the academic unit of the Southeastern Conference: The Administrative Fellows will work with Libby Morris, vice provost for academic affairs who is overseeing the Administrative Fellows program, and meet periodically during the academic year to discuss readings on leadership. Each fellow also will develop a project…

lerman in studio with dancers in motion.
Choreographer Liz Lerman

Choregrapher, performer, educator and writer Liz Lerman is in residency at UGA this week and will give a public lecture on Thursday, Nov. 1 at 4 p.m. in room 248 of the Miller Learning Center. Lerman organizes highly collaborative works that cut across traditional disciplines and communities. In 1976, she founded the Washington, D.C.-based Dance Exchange, one the most innovative and creatively expansive dance companies in the world.  Her…


Shepherd and Knox opine on Sandy and forecasting in the AJC

How do we understand the potential of a megastorm like Sandy, currently battering the East coast of the U.S.? Geography professors Marshall Shepherd and John Knox explain in an Op-ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Advances in numerical weather forecasting during the past several decades have extended our ability to see into the future. In September 1938, before all of these advances, a hurricane devastated Long Island and much of New…


Franklin scientists continue to unravel stem cell mysteries

  New changes in molecular structures on the surface of stem cells, recently discovered by UGA researchers, may play a critical role in the specialization process of embryonic growth: Their study, published recently in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, demonstrated how the genetic expression of specific enzymes resulted in significant changes to the complex chains of sugar molecules that densely coat the outside of cells. Known as…


UGA dance present senior exit concert

The department of dance in the Franklin College presents its senior exit concert "Senior Remix: Over & Out" Nov. 8-10 at 8 p.m. in the New Dance Theater located in the Dance Building on Sanford Drive. The 2012 senior exit dance concert-choreographed by senior dance majors to demonstrate their artistic talents, dedication and passion for the art of dance-is part of the UGA Spotlight on the Arts festival. "I have had such an incredible…


$4.1 million from NIH to UGA researchers

More terrific news from Franklin College scientists in the CCRC: Ovarian and pancreatic cancers are among the most deadly, not because they are impossible to cure, but because they are difficult to find. There are no screening tests that can reliably detect their presence in early stages, and most diagnoses are made after the disease has already spread to lymph nodes and vital organs. But University of Georgia cancer researchers Karen Abbott and…


Rosenbaum mural dedication

The new mural by art professor emeritus Art Rosenbaum, depicting the political history of Georgia, will be officially dedicated in its new home inside the Richard B. Russell Special Collections Library with a reception at 5:30 p.m. today in the 2nd floor Russell Gallery. There will be remarks by curators and the artist about the tremendous new work by the tireless Rosenbaum, who has given so much to the university over his long career. This…


Election Night: Carmina Burana

"Carmina Burana" was written in 1936 and remains Orff's best-known work, although he also is well known for his innovations in music pedagogy. Over the course of 25 brief movements arranged in five major sections, the composition elaborates on themes common to the human experience-from the inconsistency of good fortune and wealth-to mankind's vices-from the brevity of life to the joy of rebirth at each spring thaw. The Spoltight on Arts…