Faculty Highlights
Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
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Paul Heald receives Google grant Tuesday, May 31, 2011 Allen Post Professor Paul J. Heald has been awarded a research grant from Google for his project titled "Do Bad Things Happen When Works Fall Into the Public Domain: An Experiment in the Market for Audio Books." The grant program is designed to facilitate more interaction between Google and academia while supporting academic research aimed at improving information access. |
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UGA experts available to offer commentary on the prosecution of Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic Tuesday, May 31, 2011 Diane Marie Amann, Emily and Ernest Woodruff Chair in International Law in the University of Georgia School of Law, is available to offer commentary on the laws of war as they relate to the current situation with Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic. Also, Amy Ross, associate professor of geography, is available to offer commentary on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY, often called the War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague), the crimes Mladic is alleged to have committed in Srebrenica, and the impact of this arrest on the landscape of international justice. |
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Cain mistakes Declaration of Independence language for Constitution Friday, May 27, 2011 Professor Donald E. Wilkes Jr. was quoted in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution regarding differences between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and the importance of those differences. The article appeared on 5/25/11. |
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Passage of time may be in Ratko Mladic's favor Friday, May 27, 2011 Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann was quoted in the Los Angeles Times regarding how the passage of time in the trial of Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic may or may not affect the likelihood of a conviction. The article was written by Carol J. Williams and appeared on 5/26/11. |
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Settlement reached in Eddie Long case Friday, May 27, 2011 Hosch Professor Thomas A. Eaton was quoted in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution regarding out of court settlements in civil lawsuits. The article was written by Shelia M. Poole and Christian Boone and appeared on 5/27/11. |