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Franklin College of Arts and Sciences researcher Rongjie (RJ) Liu earns NSF CAREER Award

Assistant Professor of Statistics in UGA's Franklin College Department of Statistics, Rongjie (RJ) Liu, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award to advance artificial intelligence (AI) tools for understanding neurological disease.

The NSF CAREER Award is among… Read Article

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UGA CyberArch prepares Franklin School of Computing student for future in Army Cyber Corps

A graduate student in the School of Computing (SOC) at UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences is helping shape the next generation of cyber defenders through hands-on work with UGA CyberArch, a program housed in the Carl Vinson Institute of Government. Richard Rabindran, who began in… Read Article

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Franklin’s new museum studies M.A. offers hands-on pathway into growing field

The history department in UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences is launching a new interdisciplinary M.A. degree in Museum Studies this fall. The first of its kind in the state, the program will prepare students to enter the museum profession through specialized training and hands-on… Read Article

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Tell me a story: Coleman Barks remembered in poetry and friendship

In Athens, May arrives with chapel bells, crowded sidewalks, final papers, graduation photographs, and the strange awareness that something important is ending just as something new begins. Few writers understood that feeling better than Coleman Barks. 

Barks, Athens poet,… Read Article

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Associate Dean Marshall Shepherd joins experts to discuss visual storytelling in forecasting

Data analysis and visualization skills are a hot commodity across job roles and industries. One of the most intriguing applications—weather forecasting—is also essential to public safety.

Marshall Shepherd, an associate dean for the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, joined experts… Read Article

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