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Oglethorpe Pals Around With Drew Charter
 Students at Atlanta's Drew Charter School have college pals from Oglethorpe University . Mentors in PALS (Positive Actions Lead to Success) meet regularly with sixth graders in Drew's after-school program, where the pairs learn more about one another and work together on projects. Oglethorpe's Center for Civic Engagement partners with Drew Charter in a host of ways, such as sending college students to tutor and play games. Tomorrow, Oglethorpe hosts Drew middle schoolers to learn how to get into and succeed in college. Oglethorpe was named for the second year to the U.S. President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
Zero-Emission Cars? It Could Happen
 Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a strategy to capture, store and eventually recycle carbon from vehicles to prevent the pollutant from finding its way from tailpipe to atmosphere. Tech researchers envision a zero-emission car and a transportation system completely free of fossil fuels. More >
Broadnax to Retire from Clark Atlanta
 Walter D. Broadnax has announced his retirement as president of Clark Atlanta University effective July 31. During his tenure since 2002, Clark Atlanta has gained in national academic standing, moved from a deficit to a surplus financial position, increased enrollment and earned Southern Association of Colleges and Schools reaccreditation for a decade, the maximum time SACS allows. More (PDF) >
Contemplating Good, Evil and Religious Extremism
Emory University will bring together scholars from Judaism, Christianity, Islam and other world religions March 3-4 for an international conference to examine religious extremism through a comparative perspective. More >
Also on March 3, Emory's "Life of the Mind" lecture, "Three (Rather Different) Ways of Imagining Good and Evil" will compare the apocalyptic view of good and evil with alternative ways of thinking. The series is free and open to the public. More >
Great Advice: What Should Next President Do?
  Former U. S. Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger, James Baker III, Warren Christopher and Madeleine Albright will convene in March in Athens to offer foreign policy advice for the next U.S. president. Co-sponsors University of Georgia and the Southern Center for International Studies will announce details for public tickets soon. More >
Preserving Black History
 To commemorate Black History Month, the director of the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services visited the Clark Atlanta University Art Galleries to draw attention to ways fragile works of African American art are being preserved. CAU's African American collection includes 950 works of art spanning seven decades and is rivaled by only a few university collections. More on the CAU galleries >
Georgia State Helping Combat Teacher Shortage
Georgia State University is partnering with DeKalb schools in a $1.9 million federal grant to place teaching graduates in high-need schools and retain them. Experts estimate Georgia will need 14,500 new public school teachers by 2010 if the state's retention rate does not improve. Georgia State is also piloting 100-percent online master's degree programs for teachers and for professionals who would like to become teachers, as well as an online doctoral nursing degree.
An Era of Renaissance at Morehouse
 Robert M. Franklin Jr. was inaugurated Friday as the 10th president of Morehouse College . Franklin's vision is that "Morehouse College will develop Renaissance men – leaders with a social conscience – who will champion the causes of equality, justice and peace in their communities and around the globe." The inauguration included a symposium on culture, spiritual values and the pursuit of excellence in higher education. Learn more about Franklin and see parts of the inauguration >
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