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Whirling Dervish and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
 The Whirling Dervishes of Turkey and the Bellydance Superstars. Paula Poundstone and the Capitol Steps. Ricky Skaggs and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. All coming soon, thanks to performing arts centers at local universities. "These campuses bring an eclectic mix of music, dance and theater to intimate venues at affordable prices," says Joseph R. Bankoff, Woodruff Arts Center president and CEO. "They are a big part of Atlanta's cultural draw, not to mention a source of liveliness and livelihood in their local neighborhoods." Several venues recently announced their 2007-08 seasons. Take a look at what's on stage at a campus near you. >
Coming Together to Plan for Flu Pandemic
Responding to public-health warnings of "It's not a matter of if, but when," more than 30 Georgia colleges and universities came together at Agnes Scott College last week to help one another plan for an influenza pandemic. Campus health, safety, student affairs, communication and human resources staff identified two keys to a successful plan: leadership from top administrators and effective communication to all audiences. They learned that plans should give ethical guidelines and show how to reach everyone from students and parents to hospitals and campus neighbors. More >
Georgia State Astronomers Reach the Stars . . .
 Using a telescope array that is arguably the most powerful of its kind in the world, an international team of scientists at Georgia State University's Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) in California has captured the first detailed picture of a hydrogen-burning star other than our Sun.  Altair is one of the brightest stars visible from Earth and one of the closest. More >
Other GSU astronomers have determined the properties of a massive pair of young stars locked in a violent solar wrestling match 165,000 light years from earth. More >
. . . and Tech Trains NASA Managers to Reach Farther
NASA has hired the Georgia Institute of Technology's College of Management to provide leadership training for engineers, scientists and technologists who will be instrumental in extending the agency's reach deeper into space. More >
If Only They Could Do That with Kudzu
 High gas prices helped fuel international news coverage of a recent announcement that University of Georgia researchers have developed a new biofuel from wood chips – one that can blend with biodiesel and petroleum diesel to power conventional engines. The Athens Banner-Herald called it an example of the kind of university research that "many people would do well to remember before writing off an institution of higher education as a waste of their tax dollars."
UGA's Bioscience Star
University of Georgia Eminent Scholar and entrepreneur Steve Stice, director of UGA's Regenerative Bioscience Center, is featured on the cover of the June Georgia Trend magazine. Read the article >
World-Renowned Geneticist Moving to Atlanta
Victor Corces, chair of the biotechnology program and director of undergraduate studies at Johns Hopkins University, will join Emory University in the fall as chair of the department of biology. More >
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Photo credits: Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, NASA, National Science Foundation, Oglethorpe University, Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University, University of Georgia, University of West Georgia.
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