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Cadets’ strengths, weaknesses to be tested this summer

  University Air Force ROTC cadets will span the country this summer learning to free fall from airplanes and experiencing life on an Air Force base. Before being commissioned into the Air Force, all cadets must survive the rigorous field training camp. Cadets usually complete a physically demanding four-week camp between their sophomore and junior [...]

Opportunities for research abound in summer months

  One month from now, graduate student James Baldini will go underground. Baldini, who will study cave formations and live out of a tent in England, is just one of several students breaking out of the classroom this summer and doing field research. "The best part of the project is the whole adventure of it [...]

Written comments help professors to make sense of evaluations

  At the end of each quarter, students grade their professors in teacher evaluations. But does this process really make a difference? Besides providing instructors with feedback on their teaching methods, most departments use results from evaluations when making decisions on honors awards, salary raises and promotions. "The results of the evaluations are reviewed carefully," [...]

Student auction raises $12,000 for Habitat home

  When the finishing touches are put on the Habitat for Humanity house next spring, they will be paid for in part by the $1,200 raised at the Tate Student Center last week. The money was raised at a carnival and auction Thursday for what will be the first-ever fully student-sponsored Habitat for Humanity home. [...]

Recent ozone warnings in Atlanta pose no threat to Athens area

  Although an ozone warning never has been issued for Athens, several have recently been posted for the Atlanta area warning people to stay inside during the peak hours of sunlight. The warnings urge those at risk for respiratory problems – especially young children, the elderly and those with asthma – to stay inside during [...]

Pharmacy school dean to step down in June 1999

  The head of the College of Pharmacy will step down as dean in June 1999 to take a full-time teaching and research position. Stuart Feldman, dean of the college since 1991, announced his resignation in a letter to faculty and staff, saying there still is much work to be done in the year ahead. [...]

Grads publish book on arms control

  Without any funding, support or promise of publication, seven political science graduate students started writing a book on arms control in the former Soviet Union. More than two years later, their book has just been published by one of the leading academic publishing companies in the country. The book, titled "Arms on the Market: [...]

Professor helps manage wildlife at Hilton Head

  When the management of a community in South Carolina decided to do something about the overabundance of deer there, they looked to University wildlife management professor Robert Warren for help. Based on his research about the issue, a community management team will vote Thursday on a deer-management proposal attempting to reduce the deer population [...]

Sessions provide therapy through tunes

  It’s not ordinary group therapy, but the goals are the same. In music therapy sessions, participants may do the electric slide, learn how to tap out a rhythm on the tambourine or sing a favorite melody. By taking an element that is universal, about 40 music therapy majors use song and rhythm to reach [...]

Severe weather result of shift in jet stream

  With continued sunny skies and warm temperatures forecasted for today, the recent severe weather outbreaks are all but forgotten for at least a little while. But a large number of thunderstorms have pounded the Southeast this season, creating an unusually stormy spring. "This has definitely been an interesting year in the amount of severe [...]

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