UGA Today
- Men’s Basketball: NCAA First and Second Rounds. Georgia is in the Washington, D.C. regional with a first-round game Thursday against Xavier. The other Thursday game is Purdue-Baylor, with the winners playing on Saturday. Thursday’s game tips-off at 12:20 p.m. Through Saturday. Washington, D.C.
- Academic Honesty Awareness Week Forum. Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Instruction. Part of the University of Georgia’s Academic Honesty Awareness Week, which lasts through Friday. An educational forum that includes President Adams, Coach Richt, Provost Mace and others to discuss the importance of academic honesty and academic integrity at the University. 6 p.m. 213 Student Learning Center. Contact: honesty@uga.edu
- “Primates in Vietnam: Locomotor Adaptations of Langurs in Southeast Asia.” The Anthropology Society brings Dr. Craig Byron from Mercer University. 7 p.m. in Baldwin Hall, Room G-20. Contact: Meredith Tise at mtise@uga.edu.
- Society for Management Information Systems meeting. PricewaterhouseCoopers will be presenting. PwC is one of the Big Four accounting firms specializing in Audit and Assurance, Tax and Advisory services. Come enjoy a presentation from PwC by members of the PwC team and free food provided by SMIS. Members of SMIS are invited to attend a social at Speakeasy directly following the presentation. 7 to 8 p.m. Caldwell 2004. Contact:
clayhr04@uga.edu.
- Guided Tour: Collecting European Art. Sponsored by the Georgia Museum of Art. 2p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. Contact: collardj@uga.edu
- Sponsored – Lecture: Islam 101. Sponsored by the Muslim Student Association. Presentation of the religion of Islam by the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta. 7:30 a.m. to Noon. 251 Student Learning Center. Contact:
suhaz@uga.edu
- World Cafe Lunch: India. Sponsored by the Office of International Education. A monthly series of brown bag lunches providing an informal opportunity for directors of existing study abroad programs and faculty interested in teaching or directing study abroad or exchange programs to meet colleagues with an interest in your world region(s). March’s spotlight region is India. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Office of International Education, Bank of America Building 3rd floor conference room. Contact:
706-425-2946, adrianna@uga.edu
- Blood Drive. Sponsored by the American Red Cross, Lambda Sigma Upsilon and Lambda Theta Phi. Noon to 5 p.m. Ramsey Student Center. Contact:
678-227-4650
- Lecture: Preservation of Cultural Heritage in Palestine. Sponsored by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. Willson Center Distinguished Lecturer Khaldun Bshara, of the Riwaq-Centre for Architectural Conservation in Ramallah, delivers the lecture. 4 p.m. 248 Student Learning Center. Contact:
706-542-3966, jdingus@uga.edu
- Innovations at the Interface: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Engineering, Research and Society. Sponsored by the Faculty of Engineering. Monthly seminar series continues with Dr. Edward J. Bouwer of Johns Hopkins University and his talk, titled Prospects for Managed Underground Storage of Recoverable Water. 4 p.m. 214 Student Learning Center. Contact: 706-542-7825, aflurry@uga.edu
- Film: Unnatural Causes. Sponsored by the Knight Chair in Health and Medical Journalism and the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Join the OneAthens Health Team for the screening and a panel discussion featuring activists from Clarke Central and Cedar Shoals. $25, free for students and local high school teachers with ID. 5 to 6:30 p.m. Athens Ciné. Contact:
706-542-5038, murrayd@uga.edu
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