News from the Chronicles - March 2013


IMACS Conference at UGA

The International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (IMACS) will hold its eighth annual international conference on Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Wave Phenomena: Computation and Theory at UGA, March 25-28. The conference will focus on computational and theoretical aspects of nonlinear wave phenomena. Interdisciplinary aspects of the subject will be emphasized, as well as the interaction between computation, theory and…


Franklin Visiting Scholar Series - Biotech and Public Health

The Franklin Visiting Scholar Series continues in April with a lecture by Obidimma Ezezika on effective strategies for improved public health through the adoption of biotechnology April 3 at 2 p.m. in room S175 of the Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences. A program leader in ethics at the University of Toronto's Sandra Rotman Centre, Ezezika is an adjunct faculty member at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.…


Poet, artist, and art critic Marjorie Welish to read at Ciné

Poet, artist, and art critic Marjorie Welish will read from her work on Monday, March 25 at 7 p.m. in the Ciné Lab located at 234 W. Hancock Avenue. Sponsored by the English department’s Lanier Speaker Series, the event is free and open to the public. Welish is the author of several books of poetry including: In the Futurity Lounge (2012), Word Group (2004), and The Annotated 'Here' and Selected Poems (2000), finalist for the Lenore Marshall…


Entrepreneurial Week at UGA

Entrepreneurial Week At UGA begins today the next seven days will be replete with events and activities featuring Franklin College students and faculty: Thinc at The University of Georgia is a new initiative that promotes entrepreneurship and fosters economic development in the region by providing inspiration and advice to those contemplating a plunge into the competitive and exciting world of entrepreneurship. Thinc. at UGA brings together…


Lavish Elegance

Undergraduate research is one of those great ideas in academia that UGA has utilized to create something truly special. The Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunites was launched way back in the olden days of 1999 and in less than 15 years has solidified a process by which our undergraduates can pursue research projects and experience in tandem with their degree programs. This year's CURO symposium is in April 1, and the great Fran Teague…


Swindler: This ≠ That

artist residency in Venice, Italy. A printmaker, Swindler is one of our great young art faculty members. And who among us doesn't love Venice? This should be good.  


Discovery may create path to fuel from CO2


Javanese pop

A rare musical performance on Saturday, March 30 at 8 p.m. in Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, connecting the cultures of Java, Indonesia and Athens, Georgia. The pieces performed will be reimaginings, remixes, and intermixes of the traditional music of Java, Indonesia, recorded by ICE graduate research assistant Kai Riedl and engineer Suny Lyons of the band Electrophoria. In addition to Electrophoria performing a handful of songs from…


Public archeology dig

On Saturday March 16, Jennifer Birch, assistant professor in the department of anthropology, and students from the Student Association for Archaeological Sciences hosted a public archaeology day for the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society. The dig took place at the Raccoon Ridge site, north of Madison, GA. This location was the site of two prehistoric village occupations, one dating to the Late Woodland period ca. AD 900-1150 AD and the other…

hugh studio portrait
Ruppersburg named University Professor

The University of Georgia bestowed one of its highest honors for faculty upon our senior associate dean, Hugh Ruppersburg: Ruppersburg, a long-time faculty member in the English department who also has held leadership posts in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, has been named University Professor. The honor, first awarded in 1974, is bestowed selectively on UGA faculty who have had a significant impact on the university in addition to…

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