By: Alan Flurry Congratulations to our colleagues, students and alumni on important recent accomplishments over the month of October: Liftoff: UGA’s first-ever satellite heads to space –WGAU,WSB,Trenton Daily News,Albany Herald,ABH, AJC, "Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory" by Claudio Saunt, Richard B. Russell Professor in American History, has been named as a finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction –UGA Today Saunt discusses "Unworthy Republic" –C-Span UGA names 20 new Foundation Fellows Seven undergraduates for the incoming class of 2020-2021 are attending UGA through the Ramsey Honors Scholarship, one of the highest awards the university grants its students MFA alumnus Taylor Shaw ('19) adds a groovy addition to Five Points with new mural –R&B UGA spring 2020 graduates recognized in delayed, socially distanced ceremony –R&B,AJC,UGA Today UGA Pamoja celebrates 50th anniversary and legacy of Pastor Nawanna Lewis Miller –R&B Focus on the faculty: Professor of dance, Lisa Fusillo loves seeing students thrive and excel, UGA-led research project, led by Distinguished Research Professor and Associate Dean Thomas Mote, focused on understanding the complexity of droughts Focus on the Faculty: Sally E. Walker, the inaugural Shellebarger Professor in Geology, gives students field research experiencesthrough which they propose hypotheses, collect and analyze data, and communicate their findings Drawdown Georgia, a movement to accelerate progress towards net zero greenhouse gas emissions, launched October 17 statewide The State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) has awarded $4 million to the UGA-based African Programming and Research Initiative to End Slavery(APRIES) to supplement the latter’s international human trafficking research and programming work Image: NASA Chronicles Tagging: National Book Award grant faculty scholarships mural