Franklin College faculty and alumni authored and were quoted in dozens of interesting news articles and stories throughout the summer, including some you may have missed:
Shades of sharecropping cast shadow over Bluffton restaurant’s solution to staffing crisis – Charleston Post and Courier quotes B. Phinizy Spalding Professor of Southern History Cindy Hahamovitch
Not just seeing: More research sheds light on…
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Interesting findings from Warnell School researchers that could have much broader implications (than just the sites mentioned) - natural wilderness areas need the protection of buffer zones:
Coveted for their beauty, these wilderness areas draw innumerable outdoor enthusiasts eager for a taste of primitive nature.
But University of Georgia researchers say these federally protected nature areas have a problem: Their boundaries have become prime…
Resource exploitation was the very basis for colonialism, as well as the cause for much of the development of the modern world as we know it, for better and worse. The thirst for land and resources continues around the world, especially in Africa, and people must constantly adjust to, assess and hopefully learn from its repercussions:
Sub-Saharan Africa has foreign investors flocking to buy its fertile land. Sometimes referred to as "land…