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Research on common bacterium opens door to fighting gastric cancers RESEARCH NEWS

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$1.3M grant from NIH will be used for new statistical tools By Jessica Luton jluton@uga.edu

UGA’s Ping Ma will use a new grant to crunch big data numbers, which is not uncommon for a statistics professor. What is unusual is that his work may help save lives. Ma has been awarded $1.3 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health to develop statistical tools to further clarify the causes of many diseases, including cancer, heart disease and agingrelated illnesses. Over four years, Ma and his team of researchers will look at something known as small RNAs, hoping to unravel their regulatory role on abnormal variations in genetic transcription. Present in all living cells, RNA, or ribonucleic acid, is incredibly

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Going public

Commit to Georgia Campaign will launch Nov. 10 with campus celebration By Elizabeth Elmore eelmore@uga.edu

The University of Georgia is embarking on the most ambitious fundraising campaign in its history. Over the past four years, during what is referred to as the quiet phase, more than $650 million has been raised, funding 48 endowed faculty positions, providing more than 25,000 individual scholarships and supporting facilities such as the Veterinary Medical Center, Delta Hall, the Business Learning Community and the Indoor Athletic Facility. This success is just the b ­ eginning. On Nov. 10, the university will launch the public phase of the Commit to Georgia Campaign with a kickoff celebration in Tate Grand Hall from noon to 2 p.m. The purpose of the event is to thank the UGA community for its unyielding support during the quiet phase and to build excitement around the priorities

of the campaign moving forward. The public phase of the campaign is focused on three priorities: • Opening Doors and Removing Financial Barriers. The top priority is to raise private support for scholarships and need-based aid to ensure that all academically qualified students—regardless of their financial background—have access to a UGA education. • Enhancing the Learning Environment. The goal of this priority is to prepare UGA graduates to lead in their careers and serve in their communities by expanding experiential learning opportunities and student-faculty mentorship and enhancing academic facilities. •Solving Grand Challenges. The third priority illustrates UGA’s commitment to advancing the state of Georgia and the state of the world by increasing See CAMPAIGN on page 8

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important in the human body. Small RNA primarily acts as a messenger for DNA and regulates various biological processes. Ma, a professor in the statistics department of UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, is lead investigator on the project. He will work to analyze big data sets that contain biomedical information on various diseases and create smart algorithms. His goal is to allow researchers to accurately analyze large sets of data without the need for expensive supercomputers. “Multiple interconnected research programs for tackling the challenge of big data have been actively pursued by my lab,” he said. “An example of exciting progress, achieved through a collaborative See GRANT on page 8

CELEBRATING OUR ETHICAL CULTURE WEEK

Internal Auditing Division promotes ethical culture By Krista Richmond krichmond@uga.edu

Financial wrongdoing that led to the termination of three employees. The misrepresentation of a home address by a student to qualify for in-state tuition that led to an investigation by the UGA Police Department. The falsification of work hours by employees that led to stronger monitoring by department managers. These are all examples of investigations UGA’s Internal Auditing Division has completed. According to Matthew Whitley, the division’s director, a little bit of prevention can go a long way to stop infractions before

they happen. To help promote an ethical culture on campus and raise awareness about ethics resources available at UGA, the division is hosting Celebrating Our Ethical Culture Week Nov. 14-18 in conjunction with the University System of Georgia’s International Fraud Awareness Week. “People think we are in the business of catching fraudsters, but really our hope is to educate and prevent fraud,” said Whitley. “We’d much rather prevent fraud and educate people about how to create an ethical culture so that we don’t have to deal with the aftermath.” The highlight of Celebrating

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A new home base: Student veterans bring OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL DIVERSITY range of backgrounds, experiences to UGA Freedom Breakfast features By Aaron Hale

keynote from Atlanta pastor

Undergraduate Jamal Shelton spent most of his military career performing the difficult, but necessary, task of handling the remains of U.S. Marines killed in service. Shelton, who plans to apply to the Terry College of Business, spent much of his time in the Marine Corps’ Mortuary Affairs unit in Marietta. But he also did a tour in Afghanistan. His unit handled the evacuation and receiving of remains of fallen service members in Afghanistan before they were returned to their families at Dover Air Force Base. “The job was probably one of

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the most respectable and honorable things that I will ever do in my life,” Shelton said. “I was proud to be that buffer—that first line in the long process of giving the fallen hero a

proper burial.” Shelton is one of about 250 student veterans who bring a range of backgrounds and See VETERANS on page 8

The Rev. Raphael Gamaliel Warnock, senior pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, will give the keynote address for the 14th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Breakfast Jan. 13 at 7:30 a.m. in the Grand Hall of the Tate Student Center. Sponsored by UGA, the Athens-Clarke County Unified Government and the Clarke County School District, the MLK Freedom Breakfast commemorates the life of the late civil rights

leader. This year’s theme is “The Power of the Dream: Inspiring a Nation from the Pulpit.” “The university is extremely proud Rev. Warnock to host the Rev. Raphael Warnock for our Martin Luther King Jr. F ­ reedom Breakfast,” said M ­ ichelle Garfield Cook, associate provost and chief diversity officer. See BREAKFAST on page 2

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Around academe

Maryland pilot program replaces algebra class with statistics

To make its math courses more relevant to the future careers of its students, the University System of Maryland is piloting a program that allows liberal arts students to take a remedial statistics class instead of algebra, according to The Baltimore Sun. The result of a $3 million federal grant, the program will be implemented at 12 institutions where the administrations will follow the progress of students enrolled in the remedial course into a traditional statistics class. Administrators hope to have more than 1,500 students take the pilot course.

Colorado State University uses online tool to help with counseling services Colorado State University is now using an online platform to help address an increasing need for counseling services, according to an article in Inside Higher Ed. The portal, called YOU@CSU and created with Grit Digital Health, uses basic questions to assess students’ mental and physical health and prompts them to available on-campus resources. Students can use YOU@CSU to not only find counseling services but also to find career advice and organizations that fit their interests.

Prevent mold in your home

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The key to controlling mold and mold spores in your home is to control the moisture and do it quickly, said UGA Cooperative Extension expert Pamela Turner. Mold can cause fungal allergy and respiratory infections or worsen certain illnesses like asthma, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To prevent mold from growing in your house, UGA Extension experts suggest following these steps to reduce moisture levels: • Turn on the exhaust fan in the bathroom when you take a shower and leave it on for about five minutes after you shower. • Turn on the kitchen exhaust fan when you are cooking. • Check and repair any leaky kitchen and bathroom faucets as well as other plumbing. • Remove at least one-third of the contents of your closets to provide increased airflow and reduce the risk of mold. • Make sure water does not pool around the foundation of your house. If it does, clean, repair or replace gutters and make sure downspouts direct the water away from the foundation. Also, check the grading of the soil around the foundation of your house. It should have a gradual slope away from the foundation. Source: UGA Cooperative Extension

Chambliss Leadership Forum event features former US House speaker By Leanna Brown lkbrown@uga.edu

John Boehner, former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, was the featured guest at the Oct. 25 Chambliss Leadership Forum fundraising event held in honor of former U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss and his wife, Julianne. This marks the third event of the Chambliss Leadership Forum, which has raised more than $500,000 to provide scholarships for UGA students to spend a semester in Washington, D.C. “Julianne and I are excited to be able to give back to our alma mater by helping provide such an invaluable experience to UGA students,” Chambliss said. “Thanks to many generous friends and colleagues, we are thrilled to announce that the first class of Chambliss Fellows will head to Washington next semester.” The first Chambliss Fellows, who will be selected through a competitive process, will be announced later this year. The students will be provided academic assistance to live, work and pursue their passion in Washington, D.C. “The Chambliss Leadership Forum will allow outstanding UGA students to participate in life-changing experiential learning opportunities in our nation’s capital,” said UGA President Jere W. Morehead. “I am deeply grateful to Sen. Chambliss and Julianne and to the many supporters who have helped

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to launch this exceptional initiative.” Artist Steve Penley, also a featured guest, donated an original piece auctioned off to benefit the scholarship fund. The Chamblisses and Boehner were joined by current UGA students and supporters of the Chambliss Leadership Forum for a discussion about the challenges facing future leaders. “Meeting the unique challenges facing our nation today means we need to advance a unique class of leaders,” Boehner said. “The Chambliss ­Leadership Forum seeks to do just that,

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so I am honored to be a part of it and support my friend, Saxby Chambliss.” Presenting sponsors were Altria, General Dynamics, Home Depot and Northrop Grumman. The event also was supported by The Coca Cola Company, Southern Company, Georgia Crown, Invesco, Lockheed Martin, Ray Goff and Mary Harrison and Steve Penley.

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COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENT AND DESIGN

Lecture offers a glimpse into Magazine ranks CED water quality expert’s research in top 10 nationally By Leigh Beeson lbeeson@uga.edu

Water microbiology expert Joan B. Rose has devoted her career to answering three questions: How is water quality changing? What effect do these changes have on human health? And how can the latest technology help explore the water environment and address the challenges presented by changing water quality? Rose, who holds the Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research at Michigan State University, gave the Georgia Power College of Public Health Endowed Seminar in Environmental Topics Oct. 21 as part of the fall 2016 Signature Lecture series. “Starting in about the 1950s and 1960s, we began to see dramatic change in our world,which included a marked acceleration in population growth,the development of land for agricultural purposes and the use of pesticides and fertilizers,” Rose said. “Those changes inevitably affected the water supply, and now we’re living in a...very different water environment.” One of the most recent e xamples of how the water ­

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UGA President Jere W. Morehead, fourth from left, and former Sen. Saxby Chambliss and Julianne Chambliss, center, hosted former Speaker of the House John Boehner, fourth from right, at the Chambliss Leadership Forum event. Students in attendance were, left to right, Houston Gaines, Sara Katherine Bowen, Erin Munger, Anna Braue, Elizabeth Holland and Chris Devine.

e­ nvironment affects human health is the Flint, Michigan, water crisis, which exposed thousands of people to high levels of lead when the city switched its water source. The water sickened many residents and may have been the source of an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease. “Perhaps we should be more embarrassed and more ashamed of allowing something like [the crisis in] Flint, Michigan, to happen in this day and age in the United States,” Rose said. “But it turns out there’s probably a lot of small, poor communities, particularly in the Southeast—and I’ve already heard from communities in Mississippi and other places—that are experiencing some problems similar to [what happened in] Flint.” Rose uses metagenomics, which involves analyzing genetic material found in the environment, to analyze the water microbiome. “This technology offers the ability to better assess water systems and their effects on human, animal and environmental health,” she said. “The world desperately needs to solve water-­ contamination issues in the future.”

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The UGA College of Environment and Design earned top 10 rankings in four categories in DesignIntelligence magazine’s 2016-17 edition of America’s Best Architecture and Design Schools. “These latest rankings reaffirm the quality of our College of Environment and Design and just how innovative its degree programs are,” said Provost ­Pamela Whitten. The America’s Best Architecture and Design Schools survey is conducted annually, and this year nearly 3,000 hiring professionals from the disciplines of architecture, interior design and landscape architecture participated. In the landscape architecture program, UGA’s undergraduate program ranked fifth in the nation and its graduate program ranked ninth. DesignIntelligence also recorded responses from 40 academic leaders for its Landscape Architecture Deans Survey. In that survey, UGA’s undergraduate landscape architecture ­degree program ranked third. In the Landscape Architecture Skills Assessment, which tallies responses from hiring professionals to determine which collegiate programs are strongest in educating for various skill areas, UGA ranked fifth for computer applications. “In this era in which multiple professions and institutions are discovering the creative power of ‘design thinking,’ it is quite an honor to have our students and faculty counted among the very best,” said Dean Daniel Nadenicek.

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“Rev. Warnock has an extensive history of being a strong community leader, and I look forward to hearing what he has to share with our community.” Warnock has served the Ebenezer Baptist Church, spiritual home of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., since 2005. Since he arrived at Ebenezer, the church has added 3,000 members. Several new ministries—Worship on

Wednesdays, EbenezerFest, Cutting Through Crisis, Faith & Fitness, Jericho Lounge, Young Adult Ministry and After Midnight—also have been launched. Warnock led the church through a fundraising campaign to build the Martin Luther King Sr. Community Resources Complex. Warnock received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Morehouse

College in 1991. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary. Warnock also received a Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy degree in systemic theology from Union Theological Seminary. Tickets are $25 and $200 for tables of eight. Tickets will not be sold the day of the event. Ticket information is online at http://diversity.uga.edu/.

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Digest OLLI@UGA to present discussion about 2016 presidential election

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UGA, in partnership with the Athens Regional Library System, will present “The 2016 Election: Looking Back, Looking Forward” Nov. 15 from 7-8:30 p.m. Open free to the public, the presentation will be given by Paul-Henri Gurian, a retired UGA political science professor. He will discuss how the 2016 presidential campaign differed from previous campaigns, how candidates and their campaigns influenced the election results, the accuracy of the political polls and forecasts, the potential impact of the relationship between the new president and the new congressional leadership as well as possible scenarios for the future of the two major parties.

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Robert Maier, left, and Ge Wang are working with Helicobacter pylori in the hope of determining new treatment and preventive measures in fighting gastric cancers.

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Franklin College research on common bacterium opens door to fighting gastric cancers By Leigh Beeson lbeeson@uga.edu

A common bacterium that more than half of people have in their gut can use hydrogen gas present in the gastrointestinal tract to inject a cancercausing toxin into otherwise healthy cells, according to a recently published study led by UGA researchers. The bacterium’s reliance on hydrogen presents a pathway to potential new treatment and preventive measures in fighting gastric cancers, which kill more than 700,000 people per year, said corresponding author Robert Maier, Georgia Research Alliance Ramsey Eminent Scholar of Microbial Physiology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. Previous studies solidified the relationship between stomach ulcers, cancers and certain strains of Helicobacter pylori, a stomach-dwelling bacterium that causes 90 percent of all gastric cancers. Earlier research also found a link between a toxin known as CagA, or

cytotoxin-associated gene A, and cancer formation. But the new study exposes how the bacterium uses hydrogen as an energy source to inject CagA into cells, resulting in gastric cancer, Maier said. “There are many known microbes in the human gut that produce hydrogen and others that use hydrogen. The implications of the study are that if we can alter a person’s microflora, the bacterial makeup of their gut, we can put bacteria in there that don’t produce hydrogen or put in an extra dose of harmless bacteria that use hydrogen,” Maier said. “If we can do that, there will be less hydrogen for H. pylori to use, which will essentially starve this bacteria out and result in less cancer.” Although many people carry the H. pylori bacterium, it can take decades for the infection to develop into cancer, providing an opening for aggressive preventive measures in people who have a high risk of developing tumors, said lead author Ge Wang, a senior

research scientist in Franklin College’s microbiology department. The presence of H. pylori strains with both CagA and high hydrogen-utilizing activity within patients can potentially serve as biomarkers for predicting future cancer development. “If hydrogen is in the gastric mucosa, of course a bacterium will use it,” Maier said. “It’s an excellent energy source for many bacteria out in nature. But we didn’t realize that pathogens like H. pylori could have access to it inside an animal in a way that enables the bacterium to inject this toxin into a host cell and damage it.” The study, “Hydrogen metabolism in Helicobacter pylori plays a role in gastric carcinogenesis through facilitating CagA translocation,” was recently published in the American Society for Microbiology journal mBio and was funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the University of Georgia Foundation. It is available online at http://tinyurl.com/jxt485q.

REGENERATIVE BIOSCIENCE CENTER

New Zika model may help provide quick answers By Charlene Betourney cbetourney@uga.edu

A newly published study from researchers working in collaboration with the Regenerative Bioscience Center at UGA demonstrates fetal death and brain damage in early chick embryos similar to microcephaly, a rare birth defect linked to the Zika virus, now alarming health experts worldwide. The team, led by Forrest Goodfellow, a graduate student in the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, developed a neurodevelopmental chick model that could mimic the effects of Zika in the first trimester. Historically, chick embryos have been extensively used as a model for human biology. Early last spring, Goodfellow began inoculating chick embryos with a virus strain originally sourced from the Zika outbreak epicenter.

“We wanted a complete animal model, close to that of a human, which would recapitulate the microcephaly phenotype,” said Goodfellow, who recently presented the findings at the Southern Translational Education and Research (STaR) conference. The RBC team, which included Melinda Brindley, an assistant professor of virology in the College of Veterinary Medicine, and Qun Zhao, an associate professor of physics in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, suggests that the chick embryo provides a useful model to study the effects of Zika, in part because of its similarity to human fetal neurodevelopment and rapid embryonic process. “Now we can look quickly, at greater numbers, to take a closer look at a multitude of different strains and possibly identify the critical window of susceptibility for Zika virus-induced birth defects,” Brindley said. “With this

approach, we can continue to further design and test therapeutic efficacy.” The challenge today is unpredictable disease outbreaks and how to ramp up process and production of therapeutic antibodies in preparation. Having an active pathogen threat like Zika that can jump across continents reinforces the need for therapeutic innovation. Early stage chick embryos are readily available and low in cost, Goodfellow said. Development within the egg (in ovo) provides an environment that can be easily accessed by high-speed automation. Poultry automation in the Southeast is impressive, and the industry is now using robotic technology, Goodfellow said. “With egg injection automation and embryo viability technology, we could test tens of thousands of potential therapeutic compounds in a single day,” he said.

The annual State of Technology at UGA presentation will be given Nov. 16 at 10:30 a.m. in the auditorium of the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries. All students, faculty, staff and campus technical personnel are welcome to attend this presentation and ask questions about technology services at the university. Timothy M. Chester, vice president for information technology, will give the presentation during this open forum to the university community. Presentation topics will include technology trends and initiatives at the university and TechQual+ survey results of UGA students, faculty and staff. Reservations are not required to attend.

UGA School of Law leads state in passage rate for bar examination

The UGA School of Law saw a high percentage of its graduates pass the July 2016 Georgia bar exam. The passage rate for first-time test takers from Georgia Law was 87.5 percent, 12.2 percentage points higher than the state average of 75.3 percent for ABA-approved law schools. For all Georgia Law graduates who took the July 2016 exam, 86.1 percent passed versus the state average of 71.1 percent. “Georgia Law is committed to providing our students with the knowledge and skills they need to be well-prepared once they graduate and begin their careers,” said Georgia Law Dean Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge. “These exam results show how our faculty’s dedication to first-rate legal training-combined with our students’ dedication to learning-are making us successful in this endeavor.”

Four join Peabody advisory board

The Peabody Awards has added four new members to its board of advisors, a group of entertainment and media industry leaders providing support for the program’s current and future initiatives. Launched in 2015, the board of advisors is separate from the traditional board of jurors that each year evaluates entries and bestows the prestigious awards for excellence in electronic media. The Peabody Awards are based at UGA’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. “As we continue to grow Peabody, the board of advisors bring knowledge and insight from their collective experience to help guide our various initiatives in celebrating stories that matter,” said Jeffrey Jones, director of the program. “We welcome these new members, and appreciate their efforts in helping Peabody further its goal of becoming a year-round organization that extends the social conversation around transformative media programming.” New advisory board members are Wendy Clark, CEO, DDB North America; Craig Erwich, senior vice president, head of content, Hulu; Kevin Reilly, president of TBS and TNT, chief creative officer, Turner Entertainment; and Zack Van Amburg, president, Sony Pictures Television.

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Icon of Modernism: Representing the Brooklyn Bridge, 18831950. Through Dec. 11. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu

Performing Arts Center to present Artrageous

The Stands: Environmental Art by Chris Taylor. Through Dec. 13. The Circle Gallery, Jackson Street Building. 706-542-8292.

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Keep Your Seats, memorabilia celebrating the 110-year history of the UGA Redcoat Marching Band. Through Dec. 23. Special collections libraries. 706-542-8079.

The UGA Performing Arts Center will present Artrageous Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. Artrageous is a one-of-a-kind experience that combines music, vocals and intricate choreography while a visual artist creates a masterpiece on stage. Artrageous began in the 1980s in Vancouver,

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Gifts and Prayers: The Romanovs and Their Subjects. Through Dec. 31. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu

Canada. The music-based troupe has performed at over 2,000 events throughout North America, Europe and Asia for the likes of Sir Richard Branson, Steve Forbes, Gen. Colin Powell and Harrison Ford. An Artrageous show incorporates art, music, theater, singing, dancing and audience interaction. The troupe pays tribute to a variety of art forms, icons and musical genres throughout the evening, culminating in a gallery of unique finished paintings.

Tickets for the performance are $36-$41. They can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center, online at pac.uga.edu or by calling the box office at 706-542-4400. UGA students can purchase tickets for $6 with a valid UGA ID, limit one ticket per student. The Artrageous performance supports the arts education initiatives of the UGA Performing Arts Center and AthFest Educates.

Living Color: Gary Hudson on the 1970s. Through Jan. 8. ­Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu Storytelling: The Georgia Review’s 70th Anniversary Art Retrospective. Through Jan. 29. ­Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu Driving Forces: Sculpture by Lin Emery. Through April 2. ­Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662. hazbrown@uga.edu On the Stump—What Does it Take to Get Elected in Georgia? Through Aug. 18. Special collections libraries. 706-542-5788. jhebbard@uga.edu

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7 GEORGIA WRITERS HALL OF FAME INDUCTION* Five new members, including the first African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize, have been elected to the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame at the University of Georgia Libraries. 10 a.m. Auditorium, special collections libraries. 706-542-8079. jclevela@uga.edu CHARTER LECTURE “Aging and the Immortal Germline,” Cynthia Kenyon, vice president of aging research for Calico LLC. Part of the 2016 fall Signature Lecture series. Sponsored by the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. 2:30 p.m. Chapel. D.W. BROOKS LECTURE AND AWARDS “1,000 Days to Change the World: Stories from the Fight Against Early Childhood Malnutrition,” Roger Thurow, senior fellow in global food and agriculture for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Part of the fall 2016 Signature Lecture series. Sponsored by the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. 3:30 p.m. Mahler Auditorium, Georgia Center. CONCERT Students from the Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s Brass area

play a variety of works for chamber music. 5 p.m. Edge ­Recital Hall, Hugh Hodgson School of Music. ccschwabe@uga.edu CONCERT* The Dardanelles perform. $36-$41; $6 for UGA students. 8 p.m. Hodgson Concert Hall. 706-542-4400. ugaarts@uga.edu

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UGA Senior Exit Dance Concert set for Nov. 9-11 By Emily Daniels and Jessica Luton edbd1173@uga.edu, jluton@uga.edu

The UGA department of dance will present its 2016 Senior Exit Dance Concert Nov. 9-11 at 8 p.m. in the New Dance Theatre, located in the dance building on Sanford Drive. The Senior Exit Dance Concert is a compilation of the growth and versatility that each dance major has attained in the last four years. From various music and dance styles to a multitude of props such as buckets, mirrors and staves, each work represents a puzzle piece of the larger picture that makes up the dance department’s graduating seniors. The show will present a spectrum of creativity and passion for dance that each choreographer has carried along through their undergraduate journey. Nine B.F.A. candidates will demonstrate their artistic style, passion and vision through the art of dance. Each will present their creative progress as dancers, performers and choreographers with works of complex themes and dynamic movement. B.F.A. candidates include Mitzi Anderson, Emily Daniels, Leigh Ducas, Meg Gourley, Francesca Mokry, Becca Patsalos, Madison Schrama, Tylar Smith and MaryBeth Stinson. Anderson’s choreography explores the effects of body image that stem from societal pressures, comparison to others and the interpretation of one’s mirror image. Daniels’ choreography will focus on the concept of human relationships in her work, emphasizing that comfort zones in life cause conflict and disconnection. Ducas’ work derives its message from the exploration of joy and happiness and the ability people have to consciously choose to remain happy in the face of any difficulties they may encounter. Gourley’s project explores the dichotomy between the transition and the arrival, working with a continuing flow of one movement into another while maneuvering the dancers in a large pattern through the space and beyond the fourth wall. Mokry’s work focuses on the concept of conformity through unifying and repetitive movement. Patsalos’ choreography will provoke the concept of nothingness and mindfulness, emphasizing how the two of them coexist. Schrama will be centralizing her dynamic movement vocabulary around the concept of time and how personal experiences can associate with it. Smith will engage the audience with a piece devoted to victims of the sex trafficking industry. Stinson’s piece will convey a psychological exploration of how Francesca Mokry people’s thoughts affect their behaviors and actions. The work will perform at the explores three states of mind and what it feels and looks like for Senior Exit Dance dancers to enter and exit a particular feeling, mood or mindset. Concert with Tickets can be purchased at the Tate Student Center cashier’s eight other B.F. A. window, charged by phone at 706-542-4400, purchased online candidates. at www.pac.uga.edu or purchased with cash, major credit card or personal check at the door. Ticket prices are $8 for students and seniors and $12 for general admission. Parking is available at the South Campus parking deck next to the Georgia Center for Continuing Education or in lots adjacent to the dance building. Joseph Stunzi

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Join us for a special tour, story time in the galleries and an art making activity just for little ones. This 40-minute program is designed for families with children ages 18 months to 3 years. Space is limited; email callan@uga.edu or call 706-542-8863 to reserve a spot. 10 a.m. Georgia Museum of Art. TUESDAY TOUR* A free, guided tour of the exhibit galleries of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies. Participants should meet in the rotunda on the second floor of the special collections libraries. At the end of the tour, visitors will be allowed to visit the normally closed-to-the-public subterranean vault. 2 p.m. 706-542-8079. jclevela@uga.edu READING* The Creative Writing Program is hosting a reading. Doctoral candidate Gabrielle Fuente’s first novel, The Sleeping World, is forthcoming from Simon & Schuster. Faculty member Magdalena Zurawski’s poetry collection Companion Animal was awarded the 2016 Norma Farber First Book Award by the Poetry Society of America. 7 p.m. Cine, 234 W. Hancock Ave., Athens. ENSEMBLE CONCERT* The UGA Wind Symphony will perform standard and new repertoire for wind bands. 8 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. ccschwabe@uga.edu

THEA 4800/AFAM 4250 also will take place. 5:30 p.m. Second floor, special collections libraries. 706-542-5788. jhebbard@uga.edu BOOK EVENT* Ted Geltner, author of Blood, Bone and Marrow, the recently released full-length, authorized biography of Harry Crews, will give a talk sponsored by the University of Georgia Press and Avid Bookshop. The event also will include a reception and book signing as well as a rare public screening of the “lost” 1993 documentary Harry Crews: Guilty As Charged. $5. 6:30 p.m. Cine, 234 W Hancock Ave. CONCERT* The UGA Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by special guest Lt. Gen. Valery Khalilov, former senior director of music of the Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of Russia. $20; $6 for with UGA student ID. 8 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. 706-542-4752. ccschwabe@uga.edu

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 VETERANS DAY Classes in session; offices open. BULLDOG BRASS QUINTET FALL RECITAL* 6 p.m. Ramsey Concert Hall. ccschwabe@uga.edu

TOUR AT TWO* Jenny Gropp, managing editor of The Georgia Review and ­curator of the exhibition Storytelling: The Georgia Review’s 70th Anniversary Art Retrospective, will give a special tour. 2 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 706-542-4662.

2016 CAES ALUMNI AWARDS BANQUET Join the CAES Alumni Association in an evening of celebration recognizing the Award of Excellence, Young Alumni Achievement Award and CAES Alumni Association Scholarship recipients. The induction ceremony for the 2016 Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame individuals also will be held. $60, individual tickets. 6 p.m. Classic Center, 300 N. Thomas St. 706-542-3390. rpeoples@uga.edu

HORN STUDIO RECITAL* 5 p.m. Edge Recital Hall, Hugh Hodgson School of Music. ccschwabe@uga.edu

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL vs. South Carolina State. $5. 7 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 706-542-1231.

SAXOPHONE STUDIO CHAMBER MUSIC* Saxophone students of Connie Frigo, associate professor of saxophone, in various ensembles will perform classics from the saxophone chamber music repertoire. 6 p.m. Ramsey Concert Hall. ccschwabe@uga.edu

CONCERT* The Hodgson Singers’ fall concert, “Americana,” is a celebration of American composers and American musical styles. $12; $6 for students with UGA ID. 8 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. 706-542-4752. ccschwabe@uga.edu (See story, above right.)

TUBA EUPHONIUM ENSEMBLE* The UGA Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble, directed by David Zerkel, professor of tuba and euphonium, will present its fall concert of serious original compositions for tuba ensemble, transcriptions of orchestral literature and lighter arrangements. 8 p.m. Ramsey Concert Hall. ccschwabe@uga.edu

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SENIOR EXIT DANCE CONCERT* Through Nov. 11. Performances at 8 p.m. A reception will follow the Nov. 11 performance. $8 students and seniors; $12 general admission. 8 p.m. New Dance Theatre. 706-542-4415. ugadance@uga.edu (See story, left). UNIVERSITY THEATRE* Polly Teale’s inventive adaptation of Jane Eyre. Runs at 8 p.m. Nov. 9-11 and 2:30 p.m. Nov. 13. $16; $12, students. 8 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre. 706-542-4400.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 FALL EXHIBITS RECEPTION Special collections libraries will host its biannual reception celebrating new exhibits. The event will include live music, light refreshments and gallery activities. A special performance of On the Stump: What Does it Take to Get Elected in Georgia by the students of

WORKSHOP* Featured on HGTV, Bim Willow has been building furniture for 30 years. He specializes in making rustic and bent willow furniture. During this workshop, Willow will guide each participant as they create their own piece of furniture to take home. All materials will be provided with the registration fee, but ­participants are asked to bring gloves and a hammer. Upon registration, participants will choose which piece to build and will be charged based on the piece chosen. Varies depending on piece chosen. 9 a.m. Visitor Center, State Botanical Garden. 706-542-6156. garden@uga.edu FOOTBALL vs. Auburn. Time to be announced. Sanford Stadium. 706-542-1231.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL vs. Mercer. $5. 2 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 706-542-1231. CONCERT* Maestro Robert Spano is on the podium as the ASO surveys an array of “Fire” works in this innovative program that includes

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Hodgson Singers feature baroque, bluegrass music By Clarke Schwabe ccschwabe@uga.edu

The UGA Hodgson Singers’ fall concert will employ a variety of styles to showcase the abilities of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s premier choral ensemble in Hodgson Concert Hall Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. “I’m really excited about the concert,” said Dan Bara, director of the Hodgson Singers. “The choir is sounding excellent this year.” The program will open with a set of four Latin motets on Nativity and Holy Week themes from the baroque and 21st centuries. “These works were written by composers from the U.S., Lithuania, the Czech Republic and Germany and feature an interesting diversity of styles and textures,” Bara said. The second half of the program will celebrate American music and will feature a staple in the choral repertoire, Samuel Barber’s “Reincarnations,” a triptych set to the poetry of James Stephens, whose subjects come from Irish poetry and history. “The Peace of Wild Things” for chorus and piano, a recent work by Jake Runestad, will follow before the program turns to a set of folk tunes, hymns, arrangements and even two pieces from Timothy Powell’s new bluegrass set, “Dear Appalachia,” that will feature the UGA Bluegrass Band. The concert will close with “Soon I Will Be Done,” a new double choir spiritual arrangement by Stacey Gibbs that Bara describes as “virtuosic.” Tickets to the concert are $12 each or $6 with a UGA student ID and can be purchased at pac.uga. edu or the PAC box office. Those unable to attend can watch the concert live on the Hodgson School’s website at music.uga.edu/streaming. This concert is presented as part of the university’s 2016 Spotlight on the Arts festival.

Scriabin’s Prometheus: The Poem of Fire and Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. $31-$72; $6 for UGA students. 3 p.m. Hodgson Concert Hall. 706-542-4400. ugaarts@uga.edu

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14 SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS INITIATIVE SEMINAR “Why Genetically Modified Crops May Not Solve World Hunger: Lessons from Argentina,” Pablo Lapegna, sociology. This monthly seminar series, sponsored by the Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, is designed for UGA faculty to share their related research and activities with other faculty, staff and students. There will be ample opportunities for questions and cross-disciplinary discussion. 3:30 p.m. 103 Conner Hall. 706-542-8084. sustainag@uga.edu CONCERT The Hodgson Graduate String Quartet. 3:35 p.m. Ramsey Concert Hall. ccschwabe@uga.edu MEN’S BASKETBALL vs. UNC Asheville. Part of the CBE Hall of Fame Classic. $15. Stegeman Coliseum. 706-542-1231. CONCERT The African American Choral Ensemble’s fall concert. 8 p.m. Ramsey Concert Hall. ccschwabe@uga.edu

COMING UP SEMINAR Nov. 15. “What Can Pollinators Tell Us About Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Real-world Landscapes?” Rachel Winfree, Rutgers University. 4 p.m. 201 ecology building. 706-542-7247. bethgav@uga.edu CONCERT Nov. 15. The Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s associate professor of viola, Maggie Snyder, is joined by a number of guest artists for a special recital. This recital will be streamed live via the School of Music’s website at music.uga.edu./streaming. 6 p.m. Ramsey Concert Hall. ccschwabe@uga.edu INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK KEYNOTE SPEECH Nov. 15. Yeonmi Park, a North Korean defector and human rights activist, will deliver this year’s International Education Week keynote speech. 7 p.m. Grand Hall, Tate Student Center. CONCERT Nov. 15. The Hodgson Wind Ensemble will perform musical gems from the last 100 years with a guest appearance from David Zerkel, the UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s professor of tuba and euphonium, and Lt. Gen. Valery Khalilov, visiting guest conductor and former senior director of music of the Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of Russia. $12; $6 with UGA student ID. 8 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. 706-542-4752. ccschwabe@uga.edu STATE OF TECHNOLOGY ADDRESS Nov. 16. Timothy M. Chester, vice president for information technology, will give his annual State of Technology at UGA presentation. 10:30 a.m. Auditorium, special collections libraries. 706-542-8831. kerriuga@uga.edu (See Digest, page 3). *Part of UGA’s 2016 Spotlight on the Arts festival

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Amy Reschly, a professor in the College of Education’s educational psychology department, was recently elected a member of the Society for the Study of School Psychology. This elite group of scholars is devoted to recognizing and promoting scholarship and research. Three to five new members are admitted each year, with a limit of 150 total. Reschly joins 129 other members. Lee Pierce, a former doctoral student and lecturer in the communication studies department at the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, recently received the National Communication Association’s 2016 Gerald R. Miller Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award. Given annually, the award recognizes new communication scholars who completed ­outstanding dissertations during the previous academic year. Pierce was recognized for her ­dissertation “Syntaxing the Nation: Temporality and Rhetoric in Contemporary U.S. Political Culture.” The National Communication Association advances communication as the discipline that studies all forms, modes, media and consequences of communication through humanistic, social scientific and aesthetic inquiry. Tony Szempruch is a 2016 recipient of the American Society for Cell Biology’s Kaluza Prize. Given in collaboration with Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, the prize honors academic excellence in graduate student research. Szempruch won the award based on work in Steve Hajduk’s lab in the biochemistry and molecular biology department in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. In studies on African trypanosomes, the cause of human African sleeping sickness, Szempruch discovered that these parasites release extracellular vesicles that transfer virulence factors between parasites and can interact with host cells to cause pathology. His discoveries offer opportunities to develop new strategies for diagnosis and treatment of diseases caused by trypanosomes. Szempruch will receive a cash prize of $1,000 and a travel award to attend the 2016 ASCB meeting in San Francisco where he will be recognized at a special presentation before the Keith Porter Lecture. Dr. Andrew R. Moorhead, an associate research scientist and parasitologist at the College of Veterinary Medicine, was elected to the board of directors for the American Heartworm Society during the organization’s recent 2016 Triennial Symposium. Moorhead is the director and principal investigator for the Filariasis Research Reagent Resource Center (http://www.filaAndrew Moorhead riasiscenter.org/), which is funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and housed at UGA. The FR3 provides filarial parasites to researchers throughout North America who are involved in the quest to further scientific understanding of heartworm disease. Founded in 1974, the AHS aims to further scientific knowledge of heartworm disease, inform its members and the veterinary community of new developments, and to encourage and promote effective procedures for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of heartworm disease. In addition to his service as director and principal investigator for the FR3, Moorhead teaches parasitology courses at the veterinary medicine college. Based in the infectious diseases department, he joined the college in 2008. Kudos recognizes special contributions of staff, faculty and administrators in teaching, research and service. News items are limited to election into office of state, regional, national and international societies; major awards and prizes; and similarly notable accomplishments.

Emily Schattler, shown with her dog, Bailey, seeks to help effect positive change in people’s lives.

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Mission of business manager at Odum School: Make things better By Krista Richmond krichmond@uga.edu

Emily Schattler loves helping people. Whether it’s assisting a graduate student with paperwork for a grant or working to improve lives on a mission trip, her goal is to make things better. “I just really love being a small part of making a difference in the world around me,” she said. “Just helping effect positive change in people’s lives and just seeing faces after we’ve been able to meet a need really fulfills something in me.” In her current position as a business manager III, she’s able to do just that for the students, staff and faculty in the Odum School of Ecology. In addition to being the school’s human resources liaison and processing payroll, she helps manage the school’s finances, including grants. She’s also part of the Business Services Advisory Group, which plays a role in some policy and business process changes at UGA. Changes have included the implementation of improved and updated UGA forms, the creation of electronic journal vouchers and other systems, the streamlining of UGA vendor negotiations, new petty cash procedures and processes for tracking hours for temporary employees. Schattler also serves as a grants team member on the OneSource PeopleSoft implementation project where she is helping identify UGA business needs for grant accounting and tracking and

effort reporting. Her ability to help things run a little more efficiently and effectively has made an impact. She received the Purple Heart Award, which is given by the school’s graduate students to the person who’s gone above and beyond for their benefit, and was named Employee of the Year a couple of years ago. That passion to help people extends beyond campus. In May 2014, Schattler went on a mission trip to Peru through her church and fell in love with the country and its people. After returning home, she was still determined to help them. “There are lots of children there who have been abandoned,” she said. “When I came home, it was on my heart, and I talked to my husband. We’d talked about adopting in the past but didn’t think we could afford it, so we’d resigned ourselves to the fact that we weren’t going to be parents, other than to our furry kids. But we just looked at each other and said, ‘Let’s do this.’ ” It’s been a grueling process that’s lasted nearly two years so far, Schattler said, but they’re hoping to finalize the adoption of three siblings in the next few months. “I thought that we were going down there to help people and change lives, and it was my life that was changed completely,” she said. Even with her growing family, Schattler enjoys spending as much time outdoors as possible, riding horses and

FACTS Emily Schattler

Business Manager III Odum School of Ecology M.S., Animal Science, UGA, 2008 B.A., Mass Communication, Brenau University, 1994 At UGA: 14 years

taking care of her animals. “I grew up in the kind of house where we’d show up, and there’d be a box of puppies on the doorstep, and everybody knew we’d take care of them,” she said. They’ve had horses, chickens, cats and dogs—including her dog, Bailey, a border collie, who has been with her for 16 years. They own a small farm outside of Commerce, and for a time lived in the 19th-century farmhouse while restoring it. When she’s not enjoying the outdoors, she’s finding ways to express herself creatively. “Everybody in my family sings and plays instruments,” she said. “My parents are both gone now, but they instilled that love of creativity in us.” Schattler plays four instruments­— the piano is her favorite—and plays and sings at church and in a couple of Christian rock bands. In all that she does, Schattler exudes that same passion for improving the things around her.

GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Historical group honors UGA Press, professor In a ceremony held Oct. 21, the Georgia Historical Society presented two of its most prestigious awards to a UGA faculty member and the University of Georgia Press. John C. Inscoe received the John Macpherson Berrien Award for Lifetime Achievement in and service to Georgia history. Established in 2000, the award is named for one of the founders of GHS, who also was the organization’s first president. Berrien also served in the U.S. Senate and as a U.S. attorney general. A faculty member in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Inscoe is the Albert B. Saye Professor of History and University Professor at UGA, where he has taught for 32 years. He

is the author of four books, editor of 10 others and the writer of 46 articles, essays and book chapters. He has served as the editor of the online New Georgia Encyclopedia since 1999. He edited the Georgia Historical Quarterly for 11 years and was secretarytreasurer of the Southern Historical Association from 2000 through 2014. The Lilla M. Hawes Award is given for the best book in Georgia county or local history published in the previous year. This year it was presented to author Ashley Callahan and the University of Georgia Press (publisher) for Southern Tufts: The Regional Origins and National Craze for Chenille Fashion. Callahan has a master’s degree in the history of American decorative arts

from Parsons School of Design and the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum and a bachelor’s degree in art history from the University of the South. An independent scholar and former curator of decorative arts at the Georgia Museum of Art, Callahan is the author of Georgia Bellflowers: The Furniture of Henry Eugene Thomas, Modern Threads: Fashion and Art by Mariska Karasz and Enchanting Modern: Ilonka Karasz. Since its founding in 1938, the primary mission of the University of Georgia Press has been to support and enhance the university’s place as a major research institution by publishing outstanding works of scholarship and literature by scholars and writers throughout the world.

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SBDC helps teach veterinary students about emergency preparedness By Christopher James chtjames@uga.edu

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From left: UGA’s Jason Christian, Mariana Ozier, Mitchell Massengill and Alec Trexler are assisting with a project on a possible mixed-use development and aquatics center in Griffin.

Engineering students help determine infrastructure needs By Christopher James chtjames@uga.edu

UGA senior Mariana Ozier looked like a professional engineer, scribbling notes as she walked a site pegged for redevelopment in Griffin. She and Spalding County Community Development Director Chad Jacobs discussed zoning, building plans and possible locations for a storm water detention pond. It was exciting to be part of a group that was working on a real project, not just something from a textbook, Ozier said. “Just getting to see how we can help make it happen and how our work is going to impact what they want to do is pretty cool,” she said. “I do feel like a professional engineer.” Ozier, along with UGA College of Engineering classmates Mitchell Massengill and Alec Trexler, were in Griffin as part of their capstone senior design course. They are assisting with a project on a possible mixed-use development and aquatics center. The students’ job will be to help determine the infrastructure needs for the development and their estimated costs.

Engineering expertise is one of many university resources that the UGA Archway Partnership offers to communities across the state. Archway’s collaborations with the College of Engineering have led to many opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to get hands-on experience before they join the workforce. “It’s engaging not just a couple of students but an entire class of students,” said Angel Jackson, an Archway operations coordinator. “At the end of the day, the community benefits because it gets phenomenal project deliverables, but the students also benefit from working on real-world projects, outside the classroom and with actual clients, so it’s a great winwin process.” The projects build on theoretical classroom work. Jason Christian, an assistant professor who co-teaches the class with Assistant Dean Stephan Durham, said real-life complexity forces students to use problem-solving skills they don’t develop in the same way when all the numbers work out on an exam. “If you look at engineering programs across the country, most will have a

WEEKLY READER

New book details GM soybean expansion Although Argentina’s use of genetically modified soybean seeds has spurred a major agricultural boom, it also has had a negative impact on many communities. UGA’s Pablo Lapegna explores the ways in which these communities have coped with GM soybean expansion in his new book Soybeans and Power: Genetically Modified Crops, Environmental Politics, and Social Movements in Argentina. An assistant professor of sociology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Lapegna also is on the faculty of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute. A launch event for Soybeans and Power will be held Nov. 9 at 4 p.m. in Room 268 of the Miller Learning Center. Soybeans and Power: Open to the public, the program will Genetically Modified Crops, include a q ­uestion-and-answer session Environmental Politics, and Social Movements in Argentina with Lapegna and a panel discussion with Patricia Richards, a professor of sociolBy Pablo Lapegna ogy and women’s studies, and Jennifer Jo Oxford University Press Thompson, an assistant research scientist in the College of Agricultural and EnviHardcover: $99 ronmental Sciences and an adjunct faculty Paperback: $27.95 member in the anthropology department.

capstone class, but the projects are typically created by the mentors or instructors,” Christian said. “This is unique. I’ve never seen it where we’re sending our students out into the community.” The projects boost career prospects for students, he said. Future employers tell him they love hiring graduates who have interacted professionally with clients. For communities like Griffin, having the students do the initial research is a big help. “It’s an excellent resource to have. You get some good engineering input,” Jacobs said. “Moving forward, we can have some more concrete ideas. Will this site work? Will it not work? Here’s some things we need to think about before we start spending dollars that are dedicated to the project.” Since 2014, Christian and Durham have supervised 38 students in the completion of 13 Archway Partnership projects. For the 2016-2017 academic year, 10 projects from five Archway Partnership communities have been selected by 30 students who will focus solely on their respective project for the next two semesters until graduation in May.

Dr. Joanna Davis wishes she had the chance to talk to firefighters, police officers and first responders when she was a UGA student two decades ago. Thrust into disaster zones across the globe, the veterinarian learned on her own how important it is to plan for emergency situations. The UGA Small Business Development Center is helping the College of Veterinary Medicine’s current class of students come to that realization much sooner. “This was not even on our radar back in the early ’90s,” said Davis, an adjunct assistant professor who also works for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “Now for each graduating class, we want to instill them with this knowledge and confidence going forward.” Davis invited Mark Lupo, area director for the Columbus State office of the UGA SBDC, to speak to her class, “Veterinary Emergency Preparedness and Response.” Lupo led a three-hour session for the 45 students on planning and working with local emergency agencies in a disaster situation. About half the students expect to become small business owners and start their own private practice after earning a degree. That’s where the SBDC’s expertise can be particularly handy. Approximately every dollar spent on preparation leads to $7 in cost savings in emergencies, Lupo said. “I learned about just how many resources there are for all these disaster situations that we talk about,” said student Emily English. “I’m glad to learn there are resources out there in the community. It sounds like what we need to do to be prepared for these type of situations is utilize them ahead of time.” Lupo’s lecture ended with students talking their way through disaster scenarios with local law enforcement, fire department and emergency management officials in small groups. The situations included cybercrime, fire, floods and chemical spills. “It helps knowing beforehand what resources are there for you to contact and being comfortable to reach out to them,” Lupo said. “They’re very open to doing that because they need these veterinarians as a resource for their response plans.”

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Giving website launches for UGA campaign

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The Division of Development and Alumni Relations has launched a giving site timed to the Nov. 10 kickoff for the public phase of the Commit to Georgia Campaign. The site consolidates information and stories for donors to help them understand why they should give in addition to where and how they can give to the university.

Making the website and online donation form mobile-friendly was a top priority, and now it is much easier for donors to find answers to their questions or make an online donation from a phone or tablet. The goal of the site is to not only tell prospective donors about these priorities, but also show their importance through storytelling.

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support for faculty and staff to improve lives and communities for generations to come. “Our faculty, staff and students are the heart of UGA and the inspiration for this campaign,” said President Jere W. Morehead. “These priorities represent a commitment to amplify their impact not only on this great university but also on our state, nation and world. I look forward to celebrating the launch of the public phase with the campus community.” All members of the UGA community are encouraged to drop by the kickoff celebration. During the event, attendees will enjoy refreshments, a photo booth and an appearance by Hairy Dawg.

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Joe Mahoney, a management information systems major in the Terry College of Business, plans to use his UGA degree and military experience to begin his career in the business intelligence sector.

­experiences to UGA. In recent years, the university has made a concerted effort to support its student veterans through work spearheaded by Ted Barco, a 32-year veteran of the national security community and current director of UGA’s Student Veterans Resource Center. Launched in 2013, the SVRC aims to ease veterans’ transitions onto campus and to help them make the most of their UGA education through integrated services like its career-readiness programs. “As some of our student veterans move from a culture of structure to one of nuance, our programs strive to help them appreciate and then develop the trusted networks they will need to succeed at UGA and beyond,” said Barco. “These networks would not be possible without active partnerships, which we continue to build across UGA and the community.” There are signs of success with a graduation rate among UGA’s student veterans at 85 percent—well above the national average of 48 percent for veterans and on par with UGA’s nonveteran students. Shelton, who always dreamed of being a Georgia Bulldog, said his first few weeks at UGA were tough—especially with the size of the campus and so few familiar faces around him, a sentiment echoed by other student veterans. But having a place like the Student Veterans Resource Center and a student-run organization like the Student Veterans Association helped Shelton find people he could know and understand. “I know there is a home base here,” he said. The center is a home base for other student veterans, too. Because she is a few years older than most of her classmates, Maria Munoz, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, gets most of her social interaction from other student veterans at SVRC. “This place makes me feel like I belong on campus,” said Munoz, an anthropology major who expects to graduate in May. “This center has been critical for my continued success because of the resources and opportunities

offered to me.” Although she feels most comfortable with other student veterans, Munoz still has dived into the student experience at UGA. This fall, she joined the Student Government Association as a senator to provide a voice for veterans and other nontraditional students. Munoz also is strengthening her resume with undergraduate research through the Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities. Joe Mahoney, a combat veteran and management information systems major in the Terry College of Business, served seven years in the Army infantry, where he said he learned a lot about leadership. When he was discharged from military service, Mahoney worked at the UGA Police Department for five years as a detective in the investigation unit before committing to finishing his degree full time when his daughter, Lola, was born last year.The Student Veterans Resource Center has helped reinforce the belief that he needs to continue to challenge himself to ensure success. That’s why Mahoney already is looking for a summer internship and other experiential learning opportunities. “Lots of veterans think that because they’ve been to Iraq or Afghanistan, because they know what it’s like to go all over the world, that they don’t need an internship or that they don’t need these experiential learning pieces,” said Mahoney. “But an internship is a way for the industry that you’re going into to vet you. More than most people, veterans need an internship because it’s a way for them to avoid any misconceptions that the world has about veterans.” Once he combines a “pressure-tested ability to make decisions” with a highquality education and experiential learning opportunities, Mahoney believes he’ll have the chance to compete for jobs in his field. While student veterans may fall into the category of “unconventional students,” they really share some of the same goals as their classmates, Shelton said. “We’re just like any other student in that we’re trying to be successful,” he said.

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Alumni volunteers

The UGA Alumni Association is looking for passionate Bulldog alumni to serve on the leadership councils for the Women of UGA and Young Alumni affinity groups. If you are passionate about building a welcoming UGA community for all Bulldogs and enjoy helping fellow alumni connect to their alma mater, consider volunteering for an affinity group leadership council. Hone your leadership skills, plan the types of programs that you want to attend and create meaningful connections with fellow alumni. Applications close Dec. 31. All applicants must live in metro Atlanta. For more information, visit alumni.uga.edu/networks.

Capital campaign kickoff

All members of the UGA community—staff,

from page 1 project, is our finding that by sampling very small representative sub-data sets using smart algorithms, one can effectively extract almost all of the relevant information contained in the original vast data sets.” Using these statistical methods allows biomedical researchers who may not have direct access to supercomputers to analyze biomedical data accurately and scale outcomes to larger data sets. The results of developing useful statistical methods for analysis, he said, means that biomedical researchers can use their desktop computers, iPads and smartphones to analyze data. “The advent of new biotechnologies has great potential to view the gene expression at unprecedented detail and clarity, which opens many new doors for studying the mechanisms of alternative splicing of various abnormal splicing related diseases,” he said. “Given the huge volumes of data, we believe that this is an opportune time for taking an analytical approach to study small RNA’s regulatory role on alternative splicing.” Recent studies have indicated that over

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95 percent of human genes undergo alternative splicing. Aberrant splicing of ­ p re-mRNAs can cause various human ­ diseases. “Small RNAs regulate alternative splicing,” he said, “and enhanced understanding of the regulation of alternative splicing is crucial for finding therapeutic targets and providing better treatment.” Small RNAs, including microRNAs and short interfering RNAs, regulate gene expression through complementary base pairing with target RNAs. Together with their protein partners, small RNAs have been implicated in multiple aspects of gene functions. Very recently, siRNAs also have been implicated in alternative splicing processes in human cells, but the global regulatory role of small noncoding RNA on alternative splicing remains elusive. Advances in biomedical sciences and technologies in the past decade have created an extraordinary amount of biomedical data. Those advances offer an opportunity to tackle much larger and more complex research challenges.

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Our Ethical Culture Week will be a series of lectures. Brian Huth, application analyst principal with EITS, and Laura Heilman, IT security analyst associate with EITS, will talk about the “Mindset of a Hacker” Nov. 15 at 11 a.m. in Room 271 of the special collections libraries. Beth Bailey, senior associate director of the Office of Legal Affairs, will speak about “Doing What’s Right: Reporting What’s Wrong” Nov. 16 at 11 a.m. in Room 258 of the special collections libraries. Capt. Wes Huff with the UGA Police Department will discuss “The Impact of Culture on Ethics” Nov. 18 at 11 a.m. in Room 277 of the special collections libraries. UGA President Jere W. Morehead also is expected to speak about the university’s commitment to ethics during the Nov. 16 University Council meeting. Also during that week, look for digital posters around campus and an Archnews email with a list of ethics and fraud resources. In addition, Whitley will lead the workshop “Why Ethics Still Matter” Nov. 29 at 2 p.m. in Room AB of the Training and Development Center.

faculty, students and local alumni and friends—are invited to attend a celebration Nov. 10 to kick off the public phase of the university’s comprehensive capital campaign. The drop-in event will be held in the Tate Student Center Grand Hall from noon-2 p.m. The program, which will begin at 12:45 p.m., will include remarks from UGA President Jere W. Morehead. Attendees will learn more about the purpose and fundraising priorities of the campaign. They also will enjoy complimentary refreshments, an appearance by Hairy Dawg and a photo booth. No registration is required.

Holiday pottery sale

Attendees also will have the opportunity to participate in a universitywide art project that illustrates the commitments that faculty, staff, students, alumni and donors are making every day. Remarks will begin at 12:45 p.m. “We really want to engage the UGA community in understanding why and how the campaign will affect their work and the opportunities for students, faculty and staff,” said Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations Kelly Kerner. “This event will be a celebration, and it also will arm attendees with the knowledge to encourage participation in the campaign during the next four years.”

The UGA Ceramic Student Organization will hold its annual holiday pottery sale Nov. 30-Dec.1

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from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the first-floor lobby of the Lamar Dodd School of Art, 270 River Road. Work on sale will include small, hand-built sculpture as well as functional pottery: teapots, mugs, plates, vases and bowls. All work was made by ceramic students or faculty. Prices will range from $8-$100. Proceeds from the ceramic sale will support upcoming student educational field trips to ceramic conferences and will bring visiting ceramic artists to campus. Hourly parking is available at the deck next to the Performing Arts Center. For more information, contact Ted Saupe at tsaupe@uga.edu. Bulletin Board is limited to information that may pertain to a majority of faculty and staff members.