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First Honor Graduates

At commencement ceremonies on May 10, UGA recognized 13 students with the distinction of First Honor Graduate. Ranked in the top 1 percent of the 4,000-plus member class, these students have earned an outstanding achievement of maintaining perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point average throughout their undergraduate studies. Seven of the 13 are Franklin College students (now alums). Full list of names with images and hometown at the link.…

Morehead, Adams and Smitha Ganesha
2013 Truman Scholar Smitha Ganeshan

Franklin College Honos' student and anthropology major Smitha Ganeshan is the 18th UGA recipient of the Truman Scholarship since 1982 and the only recipient in Georgia this year. [The] Harry S. Truman Scholarship recognizes juniors with exceptional leadership potential who are committed to careers in government and elsewhere in public service. Ganeshan is a graduate of Northview High School in Johns Creek and a recipient of UGA's Foundation…


April kudos

Honors and awards of every stripe have been announced for faculty, staff and students.  Vincent Starai was awarded $1,503,565 by the National Institutes of Health to investigate how the bacterium that causes Legionnaires’ disease, Legionella pneumophila, overcome the body’s defenses. Starai is an assistant professor who holds a joint appointment with the departments of microbiology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and infectious…


March Kudos

Congratulations and thanks for all you do. Associate professor in the department of plant biology Peggy Brickman was one of two UGA professors to be named 2013 Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professors. Senior associate dean Hugh Ruppersburg was named University Professor. The honor, first awarded in 1974, is bestowed selectively on UGA faculty who have had a significant impact on the university in addition to fulfilling…


Summer Kudos

Olympic medals, a Humboldt Research Award, Georgia History Book of the Year award and NSF CAREER Awards were among the many honors received by Franklin College students and faculty this summer. These include:   Faculty Kudos Stephen Berry has been named the inaugural holder of the Amanda and Greg Gregory Chair in the Civil War Era Gary Douberly and Tina Salguero, Assistant Professors of Chemistry, will each receive $750,000 for five…


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