News from the Chronicles - January 2013


Material Wonders at OCAF

Graduate students from the Lamar Dodd School of Art are part of an exhibition at the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, which begins on January 11 and runs through Feb. 15. The exhibition, Material Wonders, features student artists working in a variety of media and begins with a reception on January 11 at 6 p.m. It is important for young artists to get out in the community and begin developing relationships as individuals with their work. This is…


Discovery about little-studied protein holds promise for drug treatments

More evidence that the front lines of research on life-threatening diseases are right here on the UGA campus and in the Franklin College. Insightful new work from a research group lead by faculty member Natarajan Kannan of the Institute for Bioinformatics and the department of biochemistry and molecular biology: Enter protein kinases. Like specialized traffic signals, this huge class of proteins is critical for many aspects of cell communication…


"Colleges in Your Backyard"

It is generally safe to say that college applications and admissions processes have become more complex over time, especially with the array of online tools now available. It can be 'easier' to apply and check the status of your applications, sure, but there is still a great amount of information about financial aid, scholarships and the institutions themselves tucked away in all the online resources. Students need to know where to look - and…


Landscape for the Night

"Landscape for the Night," a kinetic sculpture by LDSOA associate professor Martijn van Wagtendonk, is featured on the front page of the Athens Banner Herald today. It's a great work, a terrific notice for one of our very talented faculty members, a great show and the second time in several days that art work related the Lamar Dodd School of Art has been above the fold on the front page of the local paper. Substantive, good news - not "good" but…

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Art project links Twitter and users' Geolocation

Lamar Dodd School of Art photography lecturer Marni Shindelman has an interesting new art project that has re-introduced art to social media:   An exhibition of the project, “Geolocation: Tributes to the Data Stream,” opened on Thursday at United Photo Industries in New York and runs through Jan. 28. Ms. Shindelman called Twitter “a huge, vast sea of digital noise.” “But it’s important that it exists,” she said, “and I think our…


Students help in the shift toward sustainability on campus

According to its own waste characterization study in 2006, the state of Georgia estimates that each year it spends $100 million to throw away $300 million worth of recyclables. Now the UGA Office of Sustainability is enlisting, and rewarding, students across campus in the effort to cut down on the waste: The University of Georgia Office of Sustainability has awarded $26,000 to seven student projects as part of its annual Campus Sustainability…


Campus Preview Day at Griffin

The UGA-Griffin campus hosts its annual Preview Day on Feb. 12 from 5-7 p.m., where prospective students can learn more about the degree programs available there: UGA-Griffin offers undergraduate degree completion programs in general business, consumer economics, microbiology, special education and agriculture to students who have completed at least two years of undergraduate coursework. In addition, the campus offers graduate degree programs in…


Newly discovered receptor may be key to new therapies for sleeping sickness

A discovery by UGA researchers may soon lead to new therapies for African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness: The scientists at UGA's Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases discovered a specific receptor tucked away in an organelle inside the disease-causing trypanosome parasite that regulates the release of calcium, which is responsible for numerous critical cell functions required for parasite growth and replication. "This…


Malaria expert to deliver Ritter lecture Jan. 29

UGA welcomes one of the world's most tireless researchers on malaria to present the annual Ritter Lecture: Alan Cowman, head of the Division of Infection and Immunity at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and a professor in the department of medical biology at the University of Melbourne, Australia, will talk on "Moving and Renovating: Invasion and Remodeling of the Human Erythrocyte by the Malaria Parasite." The lecture is…

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Scientists unveil new LED material

It often seems as though major developments in energy efficiency or conservation are so elusive that the entire pursuit may appear to be futile. But we are surrounded by smaller steps forward, almost on a daily basis. UGA researchers report today on one small step with major implications: University of Georgia scientists have fabricated what is thought to be the world's first LED that emits warm white light using a single light emitting material…

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