News from the Chronicles - April 2013

Macbeth character on stage
By the prickling of my thumbs, digital 'MacBeth' this way comes

Beginning Thursday April 11, University Theatre offers a new and innovative take on one of the Bard's best: University of Georgia Theatre will conclude its 2012-2013 season with a media-rich production of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" directed by David Saltz. The play will be performed April 11-12 and 17-20 at 8 p.m. and April 14 and 21 at 2:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Theatre. Saltz, head of the UGA department of theatre and film studies, describes…


UGA iPhone app

EITS and, importantly, some of our best students, have been building a campus app set to roll out next week: The app, available to anyone using iPhone, iPad or iPod devices, will allow users to track campus buses, plan their meals at dining halls and catch the latest athletic scores, among other features. The Student Government Association, working with the university's central information technology department and coordinating with a number of…


Phinizy lecture April 19

UGA welcomes author and journalist Mellisa Fay Green to campus on April 19 to give the 20th Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture at 1:30 p.m. in the Chapel: Greene's lecture on "The Literature of Fact and Why Good Writing Still Matters" is free and open to the public. A brief reception will follow. "Like Melissa herself, her writing is brilliantly sensitive to the hilarious as well as the bittersweet. I am very grateful that she is joining the ranks of…


Amazing student: Paige Pulaski

The 'Amazing student' feature on the UGA homepage is a window onto some of the most accomplished students you will ever hear about. Featured this week is actress and student judge for the Peabody Awards, Paige Pulaski: All of the time that I’ve spent in the theatre department has led me to form intimate relationships with the performance, academic, design, administrative and custodial staff and faculty. There’s something about teaching a form of…

Morehead, Adams and Smitha Ganesha
2013 Truman Scholar Smitha Ganeshan

Franklin College Honos' student and anthropology major Smitha Ganeshan is the 18th UGA recipient of the Truman Scholarship since 1982 and the only recipient in Georgia this year. [The] Harry S. Truman Scholarship recognizes juniors with exceptional leadership potential who are committed to careers in government and elsewhere in public service. Ganeshan is a graduate of Northview High School in Johns Creek and a recipient of UGA's Foundation…


Every week is Earth Week

But in April we schedule events designed to highlight the importance of sustainable living: From April 22-27, the UGA Office of Sustainability, Students for Environmental Action and other campus and community organizations will host events highlighting opportunities ranging from alternative transportation and local food to water resource preservation and career insights from industry leaders. UGA Earth Week is held in conjunction with Athens-…


Shepherd in Ebony: how to be competitive in STEM career fields

Geography professor and president of the American Meteorological Society J. Marshall Shepherd has an article out in the current issue of Ebony magazine extolling how African Americans can be more competitive in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers of the future: As a professional in the atmospheric sciences,  I see how extreme weather like Superstorm Sandy, Hurricane Katrina and changing climate affect society.…


Sun Rays at Midnight: Holocaust survivor to speak on campus

In 1942 when he was just 20 years of age, Norbert Friedman was interned at a labor camp along with his father, uncles and all the able-bodied men of Wielopole, his grandparents' village in Eastern Poland. Four weeks later, 50 members of his family—including his mother, 10-year-old brother and grandparents—were killed in the Belzec extermination camp. Friedman weighed just 80 pounds when American soldiers found him in 1945, emaciated and legs…


Honors Week

The University is celebrating outstanding students, staff, faculty and alumni at events throughout this week. Among these events is the Faculty Recognition Banquet, which was held on Monday evening: Sponsored by the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, the event will recognize the winners of this year's awards for teaching excellence, including the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professorships and the…

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BFA Exit Shows

It's a busy time of year but don't forget to get out and see some art! It's the season for BFA Exit Shows in the Lamar Dodd School of Art. The Photography, Printimaking and Sculpture show is up for a couple of more days. Next up: Painting and Drawing, Jewelry and Metals, Art X. Image: poster of and by the sculpture students. See? Good work.

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