In celebration of World Oceans Day, Jacques Cousteau's birthday and the new "Sea Jellies of the Georgia Coast" exhibit, the University of Georgia Marine Extension Service will host free hands-on education programs June 9 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Marine Education Center and Aquarium on Skidaway Island.

The University of Georgia College of Education will host a one-day conference focusing on strategies to prevent and handle bullying situations in schools and communities on June 1 at the UGA Hotel and Conference Center at the Georgia Center. The program will feature researchers and practitioners from the fields of education, counseling, law and public health.

In coordination with this week's screening of the new documentary film "Bully" at Ciné in Athens, the Public School Risk Institute and the University of Georgia College of Education will present a community panel discussion May 16 from 7-9 p.m. to help raise awareness of the need to make schools safer for all students.

The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will hold a summer film series in June in conjunction with its "John Baeder" exhibition. Each of the films investigates an aspect of southern culture or the American roadside diner experience. The films to be screened are "The Rise of the Southern Biscuit" (June 7), "Waitress" (June 14), "Junebug" (June 21) and "Diner" (June 28). All films will be shown at 7 p.m. in the museum's M. Smith Griffith Auditorium, and are free and open to the public.

Almost 200 speech language pathologists, audiologists, educators and students from across the state will hear the latest research and best practices in their fields at the University of Georgia's fourth annual Communication Sciences and Special Education Summer Institute at the UGA Hotel and Conference Center at the Georgia Center June 13-15.