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Pioneering physicist to deliver Chhabra-Landau Lecture at UGA

Steven R. White, one of the world's leading physicists who is the inventor of the Density Maxtrix Renormalization Group, will deliver the 2026 Chhabra-Landau Lecture on Feb. 26 at UGA.

White, Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine, is a… Read Article

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New CRISPR screening is the first of its kind specific to human muscle cells

UGA researchers have created a first-of-its-kind CRISPR screening platform for human muscle cells, identifying hundreds of genes critical to skeletal muscle formation and uncovering the potential cause of a rare genetic disorder. The findings come from two companion papers published in Nature… Read Article

Downed trees and power lines left behind after a hurricane.

New study shows first responders face another danger: heat

A new study by Franklin College climate researcher Andrew Grundstein shows that hurricanes may leave behind another danger beside flooding and power outages: heat. 

Grunstein's study, in Geohealth, found that emergency response workers in southeastern Texas were working in dangerous… Read Article

Cassandra Hall standing in a field with vivid sky behind her.

Franklin College’s Cassandra Hall receives a Cottrell Scholar Award

Cassandra Hall, a computational astrophysicist in Franklin College’s physics and astronomy department, has been named a recipient of a 2026 Cottrell Scholar Award for an outstanding proposal combining research and science education from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement. … Read Article

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Franklin faculty among teams receiving seed grants from the Institute for Artificial Intelligence

Faculty from the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences are contributing expertise in statistics, computer science, AI, and data science to seven of the eight projects selected for funding in the latest round of seed grants from UGA’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IAI).

The… Read Article