Program for advising students named winner of national award Web-based advising application, developed by members of the information technology staff and the Office of Academic Advising and Graduation Certification in the University of Georgia’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, has been named winner of a national Outstanding Advising Technology Award.

Geert-Jan Boons named franklin professor of chemistry Geert-Jan Boons, a professor at the University of Georgia’s Complex Carbohydrate Research Center (CCRC), has been named Franklin Professor of Chemistry.

Microbiologist Dan Colley awarded Brazil’s highest scientific honor Dan Colley, director of the University of Georgia’s Center for Tropical and Emerging Diseases (CTEGD) and professor of microbiology, has been awarded the Brazilian Presidential Medal for Scientific Merit.

Marine Scientist Di Iorio receives early career development award Daniela Di Iorio, an assistant professor of marine sciences at the University of Georgia, has been awarded a prestigious Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Sea Dreams: Undergraduates visit coastal regions Katherine Teare-Ketter’s eyes simply sparkle as she describes what her students experience during her summer course in marine biology offered to undergraduates at the University of Georgia.

UGA professors elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Michael A. Duncan, Distinguished Research Professor of Chemistry at the University of Georgia, and Patricia Adair Gowaty, UGA Distinguished Research Professor of Ecology, were last year elected as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the largest general scientific association in the world.

UGA professor takes part in discovery of new primate A University of Georgia anthropologist is part of an effort that has discovered the first new monkey species found in Africa since 1984.

Well-preserved layer of material ejected from Chesapeake Bay meteor strike discovered People in Georgia’s Dodge and Bleckley counties have for years picked up small pieces of natural glass called “Georgiaites,” which were produced by an unknown asteroid or comet impact millions of years ago.

Two Franklin students share another honor in common: Goldwater Scholarships Two Franklin College students who are or have been Midterm Foundation Fellows, Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO) apprentices and Presidential Scholars at UGA now share something else in common—they are both 2005-2006 Barry M. Goldwater Scholars.

UGA School of Music named for Hugh Hodgson The University of Georgia’s School of Music was named in February for Hugh Hodgson, a renowned Athens resident and UGA professor who founded UGA’s music department and championed music appreciation and performance throughout the state.

Hubbell named winner of major British ecological award Stephen P. Hubbell, a Distinguished Research Professor of Plant Biology at the University of Georgia, has been named winner of the Marsh Award—the top honor given each year by the British Ecological Society (BES).

Amphitheater at UGA honors late Alan Jaworski Dedicated last spring, an ampitheatre on UGA’s South Campus has been named for the late Alan Jaworski, a popular university professor who was head of the botany department.

History professor and Pulitizer Prize- winner receives honorary degree Edward J. Larson, Russell Professor of American History at the University of Georgia, was presented with an honorary doctorate in humane letters at Ohio State University’s Dec. 12 commencement ceremony.

UGA scientist receives $2.6 million grant University of Georgia marine scientist Mary Ann Moran has been awarded a grant of more than $2.6 million by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to continue her research on marine bacteria that are important in the cycling of carbon and sulfur in the coastal ocean.

Reacting to the Past Educators have long known that small children can learn through playing games. It turns out the same thing is true of college students, and the Franklin College is part of a pioneering effort to prove it.

Rhetoric doctoral program in speech communication named tops in U.S. The doctoral program in rhetoric in the University of Georgia’s department of speech communication has been named America’s best. The number-one ranking was announced in fall 2004 during the annual meeting of the National Communication Association in Chicago.

Juliet? Can we talk? Forget Romeo. Secret romantic relationships are hot, right? Movies and television dramas are full of them, and they almost always seem intense, the gateway to a new life filled with promise if not outright ecstasy. If you believe that, two psychologists who have published research on the subject have a word of advice for you on Valentine’s Day: Get a life.

Salmonella uses hydrogen as an energy source New research, headed by microbiologists from the University of Georgia, show for the first time that Salmonella—a widespread and often deadly bacterial pathogen—use molecular hydrogen to grow and become virulent.

UGA professor named Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Henry F. Schaefer III, Graham Perdue Professor of Chemistry at the University of Georgia, has been named a Fellow of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Plant geneticist Susan Wessler named Regents Professor Susan R. Wessler, Distinguished Research Professor of Plant Biology at the University of Georgia, has been named a Regents Professor by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents.