Center for Advanced Ultrastructural Research Center for Applied Isotope Studies Center for Archaeological Sciences Center for Asian Studies Center for Biological Resource Recovery Complex Carbohydrate Research Center Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry Center for Economic Education Center for Environmental Biotechnology Fanning Leadership Center Gerontology Center for the Study of Global Issues, GLOBIS Housing and Demographics Research Center (HDRC) Center for Humanities and Arts Center for Insurance Education and Research Dean Rusk Center for International and Comparative Law James M. Cox Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research Center for International Trade and Security Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center for Marketing Studies Center for Metalloenzyme Studies (CMS) The Plant Center
Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center Center for Private Enterprise Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science Selig Center For Economic Growth Center for Simulational Physics Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO) Business Outreach Services
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Center for Advanced Ultrastructural Research
Director: Dr. Mark A. Farmer, 542-4080
The Center for Advanced Ultrastructural Research serves the University System by providing a repository of facilities
and expertise to assist in pursuing research and instructional needs employing light, fluorescence, and electron
microscopy. Facilities include two TEMs, one SEM, two confocal microscopes, X-ray microanalysis, and image
processing and analysis workstations. Formal courses in electron microscopy are offered through the Division of
Biological Sciences.
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Center for Applied Isotope Studies
Director: Dr. John E. Noakes, 542-1395
The Center for Applied Isotope Studies is a multidisciplinary group dedicated to research and development in nuclear
analytical methods and system technology. The primary activities of the center are to work cooperatively with the
academic, scientific, and industrial communities through programs of applied and basic research. Emphasis is placed on
applied research, assisted by a unique array of nuclear analytical tools, directed toward the resolution of critical
contemporary problems. One of the highest priorities of the CAIS is to direct its programs of research to address
environmental problems and issues, focusing on the development of new analytical methods and systems technologies
for scientific and industry application. A state-of-the-art service laboratory is maintained by the CAIS for radiocarbon
dating, stable isotope measurements, trace element determinations, and low-level detection of radionuclides for
environmental monitoring and assessment. The CAIS also serves as a reference center, available to UGA students and
faculty, for research design in nuclear methods. The Center is located at the University's Research Park in the Center for
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Center for Archaeological Sciences
Director: Dr. George A. Brook, 542-2856
The Center for Archaeological Sciences promotes and coordinates research between the humanities--archaeology,
anthropology, and art history--and the sciences--geology, geography, physics, geochemistry, chemistry, and biology.
The center coordinates the research of University scholars in fields relating to archaeology and art history, facilitates
collaboration with experts outside the University, serves as a resource center of laboratory equipment and technical
support for archaeologists and art historians worldwide, and coordinates an interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate
certificate program in archaeological sciences.
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Co-Directors: Dr. Thomas Ganschow, 542-2053; Dr. Shanta Ratnayaka, 542-5356
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Director: Lars G. Ljungdahl, 542-7640
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Co-Directors: Dr. Peter Albersheim, 542-4404; Dr. Alan Darvill, 542-4411
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Director: Dr. Henry F. Schaefer III, 542-2067
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Director: Dr. Elmer D. Williams, 542-7265
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Director: Dr. Robert E. Hodson, 542-7849
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Director: Melba Cooper, 542-1108
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Director: Han S. Park, 542-6633
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Director: Dr. Sandra G. Gustavson, 542-4290
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Director: Dr. Lee Becker, 542-5023
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Director: Dr. Brent Berlin, 542-9079
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The Selig Center houses the Georgia Economic Forecasting Project, which is primarily concerned with projecting
Georgia's future growth. The Center holds a series of economic outlook conferences in Albany, Atlanta, Augusta,
Brunswick, Columbus, Macon, Savannah, and Thomasville. The conferences and the Georgia Economic Outlook
publication provide forecasts and detailed commentary on eight economic sectors: agriculture, construction, public
utilities, financial markets, manufacturing, services, hospitality, and trade. The Georgia Economic Forecasting Project
also forecasts U.S. and regional retail sales, with special emphasis on the back-to-school and holiday shopping seasons,
as well as total and black buying power for the U.S., all states, and Georgia's eight MSAs and 159 counties.
The Selig Center is a primary source of economic information for business leaders, the media, government agencies,
and the general public. The Center serves as an advisor/consultant to many groups, including the Atlanta Committee for
the Olympic Games, the Georgia World Congress Center Authority, the Northeast Georgia Surface and Air
Transportation Commission, the 316 Alliance, Inc., Georgia Trend magazine, the Athens Convention and Visitor's
Bureau, and the Athens Chamber of Commerce.
The Selig Center is a founding member of the Association for University Business and Economic Research and is a
voting member of the National Retail Federation. The Selig Center is an official cooperating agency with the U.S.
Bureau of Economic Analysis and serves a similar function for the Construction Statistics Division, U.S. Bureau of the
Census.
The Selig Center publishes Georgia Business and Economic Conditions, a bimonthly business periodical, and the
Georgia Statistical Abstract, a comprehensive collection of basic business, economic, and demographic statistics. Visit
our home page on the World Wide Web at http://www.selig.uga.edu.
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A broad array of services are offered within four general programmatic areas: regional economic development
services, minority business enterprises, international expansion support services, and the Small Business Development
Center program. The staff of professional business consultants, most of whom hold advanced degrees in business and
management, not only offer consultation and educational opportunities to help with business start-ups but also aid larger
businesses by providing information and consultation on such topics as exporting. Among the many other services
offered are extensive research and marketing studies as well as geographical information system maps and statistical
reports for individual business-owners, who might be trying to decide whether to expand or relocate, and for community
leaders interested in improving local economies.
Center for Asian Studies
The Center for Asian Studies promotes and guides academic programs and exchanges on Asia for students and faculty.
The Asian programs focus on language and area studies and involve faculty and course offerings from various units of
the University. Specific activities include the following: (1) expanding and improving instructional programs in Asian
languages (presently Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) and area studies (presently East and North Asia) and promoting
and facilitating more exchange and involvement of students and faculty with Asia through exchange agreements
(presently China and Japan); (2) developing and arranging speakers' and visitors' programs of distinguished Asianists to
address and exchange ideas with students, faculty, and community on Asian topics; (3) promoting and facilitating
collaborative research activities and programs with Asian scholars and Asian research and educational institutions; (4)
developing library, audio-visual, and related instructional and research materials and facilities; and (5) planning and
applying for external funding for the expansion of Asian Studies at UGA.
Center for Biological Resource Recovery
The Center for Biological Resource Recovery is comprised of investigators from the departments of Biochemistry,
Botany, and Microbiology at the University and from the Richard B. Russell Agricultural Research Center. The Center
is committed to extending the biotechnology required for the utilization of microorganisms as inexpensive and
energy-efficient catalysts for converting our main renewable resource, biomass, to desired products such as fuel and
industrial feedstock chemicals. Studies include the physiology, biochemistry, genetics, and ecology of bacteria and fungi
that are important in agricultural and industrial processes involving fermentations, forestry, pulp and paper, agriculture,
and other biochemical industries.
Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
The Complex Carbohydrate Research Center (CCRC), a Department of Energy-funded
Center for Plant and Microbial Complex Carbohydrates and the only National
Institutes of Health Resource Center for Biomedical Carbohydrates in the
country, studies the structures and functions of complex carbohydrates from plants,
microbes, and animals. CCRC scientists investigate the chemistry, physiology,
and developmental and molecular biology of biologically important
complex carbohydrates. The center's 68,000 square-foot home on Riverbend Road
is well-equipped for studying complex carbohydrates.
CCRC scientists, representing
a broad range of expertise, develop and use advanced analytical techniques to analyze
the structures and functions of
carbohydrates, including mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic
resonance spectroscopy, computer graphics modeling, artificial neural networks,
tissue culture, immunocytochemistry, recombinant genetics, and chemical and
enzymatic synthesis.
The CCRC provides analytical services to scientists, offers
four one-week hands-on extramural laboratory training courses each summer, and
develops computer software to assist in the study of complex carbohydrates. CCRC
personnel are presently engaged in over 100 collaborations with scientists in North
and South America, Europe, and Asia. CCRC faculty hold joint appointments in the
departments of biochemistry and molecular biology, chemistry, botany, and plant
pathology; students can apply to conduct their graduate research, undergraduate
projects, or internships with center faculty. Postdoctoral fellows and visiting
scientists from around the world regularly come to the CCRC to gain expertise by
working on research projects of interest. The center is supported by federal, state,
and industrial funds and has annual research funds of about $4 million.
Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry
The Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry seeks to develop theoretical and computational methods through
mathematical models for describing and understanding the movement and function of electrons in molecules and to
apply the theoretical methods to significant problems of broad chemical interest. Some of the theoretical methods under
development include the configuration interaction, coupled cluster, and Brueckner methods and associated analytic
gradient techniques. Additional theoretical work involves density functional theory, the evaluation of electron repulsion
integrals, and the treatment of relativistic effects. Currently applications to several areas of chemistry are of special
concern:
Center for Economic Education
The Center for Economic Education, an ongoing program of the Department of Social Science Education, with
assistance from the College of Business Administration, exists to increase the level of economic literacy in Georgia
through the improvement of economics instruction in Georgia schools. The center provides in-service teacher training,
develops instructional materials, and encourages innovation in economics education.
Center for Environmental Biotechnology
The Center for Environmental Biotechnology, a part of the Institute of Ecology, is made up of an integrated team of
scientists, staff and graduate students. The center has as major objectives to address basic questions in microbial
ecology via a series of laboratory, field and modeling studies, to develop protocols for risk assessment and product
advisement using bioengineered organisms, and to develop long-term linkages between university researchers and
industrial users of bioengineered microbes and products.
Fanning Leadership Center
The Fanning Leadership Center's mission is to develop effective leaders for the betterment of Georgia communities. The
center develops and conducts leadership programs and curricula for potential, emerging, and established adult and youth
community leaders, serving communities statewide with training and technical assistance. Collaborating with five other
public service units and faculty from several schools and colleges on campus, the Fanning Leadership Center fosters a
multidisciplinary approach to leadership development. The center serves as a central source of university-based
knowledge and information about community leadership. Its newsletter, published three times annually, reaches over
12,000 readers.
Gerontology
The University of Georgia has a strong commitment to gerontology training. At present, training in gerontology is
primarily at the graduate level although some opportunities for undergraduates are available. The Gerontology Center
directs graduate training and awards a Graduate Certificate of Gerontology.
Center for the Study of Global Issues, GLOBIS
The Center for the Study of Global Issues (GLOBIS) serves as a mechanism for coordination and promoting
international and interdisciplinary research, service and instruction in global studies. The focus of GLOBIS is on issues
that are distinctly international, comparative or transnational in character such as the environment, political and
economic development, human rights and social change. The primary goals of GLOBIS are to work toward the
establishment of new theories and practical policies to confront the most pressing problems of the day and to enrich the
training of students in global studies. These goals are met by conducting research and educational activities that
examine recent global economic, political and socio-cultural trends. GLOBIS organizes conferences, sponsors lectures
by visiting scholars and hosts scholars wishing to do research at the University of Georgia. GLOBIS also runs the
annual summer study abroad program in Verona, Italy, and administers the Certificate in Global Studies to qualified
undergraduate and graduate students throughout the University. The Center's programs are located on campus at the
University of Georgia and abroad at regional offices in Verona, Italy and Kyoto, Japan. These branch offices operate as
GLOBIS' coordinating centers for the conduct of off-campus research and educational programs conducted in Asia and
Europe. Thus, all of the Center's activities are truly international and interdisciplinary because of the participation of
UGA faculty and students from many disciplines, but also participation of professional colleagues and students from
other countries.
Housing and Demographics Research Center (HDRC)
Directors: Dr. Anne L. Sweaney, 542-4877; Dr. Robert Cleveland, (912) 743-0370
The Housing and Demographics Research Center (HDRC) provides sound housing research, promotes a more rational regulatory environment for the building community, and disseminates research findings to policy-makers, interested parties and the general public. The HDRC was created in partnership with the Research Center of the National Association of Home Builders and was officially recognized as a center in June of 1996. It is part of a network of housing research centers located regionally at major research universities. The faculty have garnered support from the Athens-Clarke County Government, Department of Community Affairs, Georgia Department of Human Resources, Georgia department of Transportation, the National Association of Housing Counselors and Agencies, Inc., and SMART House Limited Partnership, Inc. among others
Center for Humanities and Arts
Director: Dr. Betty Jean Craige, 542-3966
The Center for Humanities and Arts promotes scholarly inquiry and creative activity in the humanities and the arts by
supporting faculty research grants, lectures, symposia, publications, visiting scholars, visiting artists, collaborative
instruction, and public programs, exhibitions, and performances. The humanities may be understood as investigation into
the philosophical, historical, social, ethical, legal, aesthetic, religious, and ideological implications of our knowledge of
the world; humanistic research includes many kinds of scholarship, such as history, criticism, theory, interpretation, and
translation. The arts may be understood as the expression of human experience in various modes, such as literature,
theater, music, dance, film, painting, printmaking, sculpture, and design. Under its Humanities-Science interface
Initiative, the Center facilitates intellectual exchange and scholarly collaboration among humanists, social scientists, and
scientists in the exploration of social and scientific values. In its Initiative for Global Understanding, the center addresses
cultural and political issues related to the emergence of a global society.
Center for Insurance Education and Research
The Center for Insurance Education and Research is designed to conduct research on questions of short- and long-term
interest to the insurance community and to provide periodic seminars and conferences on issues facing that industry.
The center also sponsors continuing education programs for the insurance industry in Georgia and gives financial
support to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty of risk management and insurance.
Dean Rusk Center for International and Comparative Law
Director: Professor Thomas J. Schoenbaum, 542-5140
The Dean Rusk Center for International and Comparative Law was founded in 1977 as part of the School of Law to
improve the effectiveness of relations among citizens, private sector entities, and government at the local, state, federal,
and international levels. Using advanced electronic, information-processing techniques, the center's professional staff
and part-time researchers mobilize university, business, and governmental resources to develop theoretical and practical
approaches to improve the efficiency of governance, trade, and investment. On occasion the center also helps implement
the approaches by providing the private and public sectors with essential manpower and information. In the past the
Dean Rusk Center has developed several major initiatives for federal action concerning North American cooperation
and overseas trade regulation and representation. It has also analyzed new approaches for expanding Georgia
agricultural exports. The center publishes research reports, holds conferences, and sponsors research for Georgia
citizens that cover fiscal and monetary policy, international arrangements, and domestic affairs.
James M. Cox Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research
The Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research serves to facilitate international mass
communication training and research programs in which scholars from the United States and foreign countries, students,
and mass communication professionals can cooperate. The center helps to coordinate efforts to improve the state of
knowledge in the field and to encourage practical training, education, and service projects.
Center for International Trade and Security
Director: Dr. Gary K. Bertsch, 542-2985
The Center for International Trade and Security is an interdisciplinary and interuniversity research, teaching, and service
project designed to promote more informed trade and security policies and further national and state economic and
security interests. Its primary function is to study and produce policy-relevant research on U.S. and international
economic and security issues. The center encourages and coordinates collaborative research, teaching, and service
related activities within the university, the state, nation, and international community. Through e-mail (cits@arches.uga.edu)
and the home page (www.uga.edu/~cits), the Center provides networking and information worldwide.
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Program Coordinator: Dr. Fausto O. Sarmiento, 542-9079
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLAC) coordinates interdisciplinary research, programmatic
campus outreach and public service programs dealing with science, environment, and culture of Latin America and the
Caribbean. CLACS is a catalyst of scholarly discussion of Hispanic and Latino issues in Georgia and bridges the gap of
language and culture with countries of the region, promoting academic exchange programs, summer institutes, field
courses, and collaborative agreements among prestigious Latin American universities and UGA. The Center offers a
certificate program in Latin American Studies for undergraduate students and Field Travel Awards for graduate students
to do research in Latin America. Through lectures, seminars, panels, travelogues, film festivals, Ronda Latina, Hispanic
gala and exhibitions, CLACS brings together faculty from all UGA colleges and schools engaged in work related to this
region. By means of the e-mail list (clacs-l@uga.cc.uga.edu) and the home page (www.uga.edu/~clacs) the Center
provides networking and update information for the Latin Americanists on campus.
Center for Marketing Studies
Director: Dr. Thomas W. Leigh, 542-3540
The Center for Marketing Studies, established in 1986, seeks to advance professional marketing education and to
identify and develop new programs and methods which will better serve the marketing community's needs for education
and information. The Master of Marketing Research Program, a nationally recognized graduate program, is
administered by the center which is part of the Terry College of Business. The center also works to maintain and
strengthen relations with the business community.
Center for Metalloenzyme Studies (CMS)
Co-Directors: Dr. Michael K. Johnson, 542-1949; Dr. Michael W. Adams, 542-1949
The Center for Metalloenzyme Studies (CMS) was established to encourage cooperative research on related biochemical
problems by gathering basic knowledge about the working of metalloenzymes that catalyze a variety of life-supporting
reactions like nitrogen fixation, sulfur metabolism, carbon monoxide metabolism, and hydrogen production. Using the
latest technologies and state-of-the-art analytical equipment, faculty researchers and postdoctorate and graduate students
are able to teach and train in genetics, enzymology, fermentation technology, and anaerobic techniques.
The Plant Center
Director: Dr. Lee H. Pratt, 542-3732
The Plant Center is designed to foster and support interactions between those members of the University of Georgia
research community who share a common interest in cellular and molecular aspects of plant growth and development, in
plant genome organization and function, in the application of molecular and genetic tools to improve cultivated plants,
and in organisms that interact with plants. The Plant Center hosts a regular seminar series, organizes an annual scientific
retreat to encourage the development of interdisciplinary research, and sponsors symposia and technical workshops.
Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center
Director: Dr. S.H. Kleven, 542-5644
The Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center carries out basic and applied research programs on the diseases which are
of economic importance to the poultry industry of Georgia. Diagnostic, laboratory, and consultative services are
provided to individuals and groups in all phases of poultry production.
Center for Private Enterprise
Director: Dr. Dwight R. Lee, 542-1311
The Center for Private Enterprise has as its major mission the furtherance of understanding of the principles of private
enterprise. The center engages in research studies that demonstrate the benefits of economic decisions made in a
competitive environment and in teaching undergraduate and graduate students the principles of private enterprise, the
theoretical underpinnings of market economies, and other appropriate subjects. In addition to its teaching research
functions, the center also carries on an active service program involving public lectures and seminars dealing with the
private enterprise system.
Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science
Director: Dr. Roy A. Welch, 542-2359
The Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science (CRMS) undertakes research and training in the fields of remote
sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), photogrammetry, digital image processing, and computer graphics,
particularly as applied to the physical and biological sciences. Typical research topics include quantitative
methodologies for measuring soil erosion from agricultural lands by photogrammetric techniques, mapping
environmental disturbances from aerial photographs and satellite images, development of integrated image
processing/GIS software and advanced technologies for monitoring the earth's surface from digital image data. Close
associations are maintained with remote sensing organizations and scientists in Canada, Europe, South America, and
Asia. The CRMS provides technical assistance to universities and to local, state, and federal agencies.
Selig Center For Economic Growth
Director: Jeffrey M. Humphreys, 542-4085
The Selig Center serves the state by bringing college resources to bear on economic growth and development. The Selig
Center brings widespread recognition to the University of Georgia through its economic forecasts, major studies,
publications, press releases, information services, and data products.
Center for Simulational Physics
Director: Dr. David P. Landau, 542-2908
The Center for Simulational Physics functions as a center for research and training in simulational science with emphasis
on the use of high performance computing within a distributed, heterogeneous environment. Because of this focus, close
interaction with the University Computing and Networking Services is maintained, and collaborative research programs
with major institutions in the United States and Europe are developed. Specially designed courses and a weekly seminar
series and annual workshop are organized. The center's staff consists of research and adjunct professors, visiting
research scientists, and postdoctoral associates.
Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO)
Coordinator: Dr. Pamela B. Kleiber, Assistant Director of the Honors Program, 542-0530
The Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO) is funded by a FIPSE (Fund for Improvement of Post Secondary Education) grant and is
administered by the Honors Program. CURO’s overarching goal is to support undergraduate research through various activities. CURO sponsors introduction
to undergraduate research seminars for qualified Honors and non-Honors students. CURO also sponsors an annual symposium that highlights the undergraduate
researchers and their faculty sponsors. CURO issues a Call for Abstracts each fall, inviting undergraduate researchers to submit an abstract of a paper, oral
presentation or poster session. Performing and visual artists are invited to participate as well. An artist’s statement regarding their work is requested in lieu of
an abstract. CURO also maintains a listing of University of Georgia faculty interested in working with undergraduate researchers. CURO administers the
nomination process for the Regents Undergraduate Research Awards.
Business Outreach Services
Director: Hank Logan, 542-6762
Business Outreach Services is devoted to improving Georgia's economy by educating and advising Georgians, both
individually and collectively, on ways to better manage their businesses and to further develop the economies of their
communities. The innovative, university-based extension service provides assistance through one-to-one consultation,
continuing education, and applied research to business-owners and aspiring entrepreneurs. The organization also offers
educational opportunities and consultation to community and regionally-based economic development groups.
Supported by the University of Georgia and the U.S. Small Business Administration, business Outreach Services
provides business-management and regional economic development assistance to Georgians through its network of 19
offices located throughout the state.