News from the Chronicles - September 2012


Lola Brooks, Dood Chair Lecture

The 2012-2013 Dodd Professor in the Lamar Dodd School of Art, jeweler Lola Brooks, will present the Dodd Chair Lecture on Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 5:30 pm in room S151 of the school of art. The lecture is free and public is invited to attend. Brooks is an artist of international renown, whose work can be found in galleries and collections across the country including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. She was at UGA a couple of years ago as…


'In The Next Room' begins Sept. 20

cell structure graphic on greg background
Cell signaling iBook features faculty partnership from across campus

 

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Hispanic Heritage Month

 

professor and her co-author in the lab.
New drug targeting utilizes nanoparticles

  The nanoscale continues to unlock dynamic potential of research into therapeutic drug delivery: researchers at the University of Georgia have refined the drug delivery process further by using nanoparticles to deliver drugs to a specific organelle within cells. By targeting mitochondria, often called “the powerhouse of cells,” the researchers increased the effectiveness of mitochondria-acting therapeutics used to treat cancer, Alzheimer’…


English alums collaborate on Cofer book

  The contributors include award-winning poets, fiction writers, and scholars of American Literature, Latino/a Studies and Women’s Studies, which makes this collection a unique and much-needed addition to the scholarship of Hispanic, Caribbean, Puerto Rican, multicultural, and women’s literature. Congratuations to Cofer, Lopez and Crumpton on this project and kudos to the English department for continuing to develop outstanding writers…


Wind Ensemble on the Lawn

One week from today on Friday, September 28, the UGA Wind Ensemble will present another free concert on the lawn on the north campus quad: The event hearkens back to the turn-of-the-century tradition of afternoon band performances in the park and will include patriotic selections including John Phillip Sousa marches. The wind ensemble, which has approximately 60 members, will perform "Summon the Heroes," written by film composer John Williams…


Dailey receives $1.5 million NIH grant

UGA microbiologist Harry Dailey has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study a class of previously unidentified of anemias:   Dailey will receive funding over the next four years from the highly competitive SHINE—Stimulating Hematology Investigation: New Endeavors—program supported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, or NIDDK, part of the National Institutes of…


'The Future of Food' workshop, Oct.1

As world population stretches past seven billion, many questions come to the fore about how to support so many people. For example, what if everyone elsewhere in the world consumed meat at the rate of the developed world? Does growing crops for transportation fuel put pressure on food crops? To address these questions and more, The University of Georgia Center for Integrative Conservation Research will host a free workshop to explore the links…


Georgia Writers Hall of Fame celebration

The Georgia Writers Hall of Fame was established in 2000 as part of the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library to honor Georgia writers and in doing so, introduce the public to the Hargett's rich collection of materials from Georgia's literary and cultural history. The annual ceremony, this year at the newly-christened Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Librairies, celebrates each year's annual inductees. This year's event is…

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