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September 2022
Signature Lectures: Kristin Leachman, contemporary artist
“Longleaf Lines and the Fifty Forests Project” Location: Georgia Museum of Art, M. Smith Griffith Auditorium Leachman’s paintings are noted for repositioning abstraction, figuration and geometry, making seamless connections between the subliminal and sublime. Her current project, “Fifty Forests,” explores both pattern and symbolism in the growth formations of trees throughout America’s 50 states, including most recently the old-growth longleaf forests of Georgia. Leachman also designed “Senzeni Na?” (“What Have We Done?”), an Academy Award nominee for Best Live Action…
Find out more »Signature Lectures: Valerie Boyd Tribute
Georgia Writers Hall of Fame: Valerie Boyd Tribute Who: Rosalind Bentley, Karen Good Marable, Latria Graham, Tayari Jones, and Shay Youngblood, writers who collaborated with noted author and former UGA faculty member Valerie Boyd Location: Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries, Room 285 Atlanta native Valerie Boyd was a writer, teacher, editor and acclaimed biographer of Zora Neale Hurston. Her 2003 book, “Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston,” was celebrated as “the definitive Hurston biography for many…
Find out more »October 2022
Signature Lectures: Mason Public Leadership Lecture
Who: Shan Cooper, founder and Chief Executive Officer, Journey Forward Strategies, LLC Location: University of Georgia Chapel Cooper’s work focuses on the intersection of business and people strategies. Her company, Journey Forward Strategies, is a consulting firm specializing in leadership development and organization effectiveness. She has received numerous honors, including the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Women of Influence Lifetime Achievement Award, Georgia Trend Magazine’s Most Respected Business Leader Award, and the American Association of University Women’s Woman of the Year Award.…
Find out more »November 2022
Signature Lectures: Scott A. Hershovitz, University of Michigan
Who: Scott A. Hershovitz, Thomas G. and Mabel Long Professor of Law, University of Michigan on “Nasty, Brutish and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids” Location: Peabody Hall, Room 115 Hershovitz is director of the Law and Ethics Program and professor of law and philosophy at the University of Michigan. He is the author of “Nasty, Brutish and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids,” an NPR Best Book of 2022. The book uses deft storytelling and a sharp…
Find out more »Signature Lectures: Georgia Writers Hall of Fame, John Lewis Tribute
Who: Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell, co-author and illustrator of John Lewis’s “March” trilogy; moderated by Charlayne Hunter-Gault Location: Richard B. Russell Building, Special Collections Library, Room 285 Inspired by Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis joined the Civil Rights Movement and became one of the founding figures of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) while attending Fisk University. With SNCC, Lewis led and participated in peaceful protests against segregation, including sit-ins at segregated lunch counters and Freedom Rides on…
Find out more »Signature Lectures: 2022 D.W. Brooks Lecture and Awards
Who: Alison Van Eenennaam, professor of cooperative extension, animal genomics and biotechnology, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, on “Science Friction: Can effective communication save genome editing from the fate of GMOs?” Location: Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Mahler Hall A professor of cooperative extension in animal genomics and biotechnology at the University of California, Davis, for 20 years, Van Eenennaam’s current research projects include the development of genome editing approaches for cattle. She has given more than…
Find out more »Signature Lectures: Johnstone Lecture at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia
Who: Cassandra Quave, curator of the Herbarium and associate professor of dermatology and human health, Emory University, giving the Johnstone Lecture: “The Plant Hunter: A Scientist’s Quest for Nature’s Next Medicines” Location: State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Conservatory Great Room Quave leads anti-infective drug discovery research initiatives and teaches courses on medicinal plants, microbiology and pharmacology. As a medical ethnobotanist, her work focuses on the documentation and pharmacological evaluation of plants used in traditional medicine. Quave’s research is supported by the…
Find out more »Signature Lectures: Coulson Lecture on Combustion in a Sustainable World
Who: Stephen Klippenstein, Argonne National Laboratory Distinguished Fellow, on “Combustion in a Sustainable World: From Molecules to Processes” Location: Interdisciplinary STEM Research Complex, Building 2, Room 1023 Stephen Klippenstein’s cutting-edge, computational chemistry research has significantly impacted a wide range of fields, including sustainable energy, combustion, interstellar chemistry and atmospheric chemistry. He has earned numerous prestigious honors including the Spiers Memorial Lecturer from the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Polanyi Medal from the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the Zeldovich Gold Medal…
Find out more »April 2023
2023 CURO Symposium
The 2023 CURO Symposium will be held April 3-4, 2023, at the Classic Center in Athens, Georgia. The annual CURO Symposium highlights excellence in undergraduate research at the University of Georgia by offering an opportunity for students to communicate their own research to our broader community. All undergraduates pursuing faculty-mentored research—regardless of discipline, year, experience, honors/non-honors status, and whether they have been enrolled in CURO coursework (i.e., -R suffix courses)—may apply to present their research at the symposium. Presentations are…
Find out more »May 2023
UGA Undergraduate Commencement
2023 UGA Commencement Ceremonies Thursday, May 11, 2023 Master’s: 9:30 a.m., Stegeman Coliseum Doctoral: 2:00 p.m., Stegeman Coliseum Friday, May 12, 2023 Undergraduate: 7:00 p.m., Sanford Stadium For more information, visit https://commencement.uga.edu/.
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