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Franklin College is a hub for research, scholarly achievement and global reach in the arts, humanities, and sciences. Its nationally known faculty are frequently recognized for their research impact, while fostering entrepreneurial thinking among their students that helps shape each student’s educational journey. Our students are known for their innovative and creative ambitions and pursue them to their fullest extent here at the College. Upon graduation, they join the Franklin network of more than 100,000 worldwide, who lead in their respective fields and frequently share their experiences and knowledge in the UGA classroom. Read more about our faculty, students, alumni, and initiatives in the College below.

Students are invited to apply for a Fiction Writers Program internship which will allow them to review the work of some of the most talented aspiring contemporary writers in the world.

Students accepted for this internship will contribute to the review process for the 2027 Oxbelly Fiction… Read Article

Amanda Roberts Thompson, Carey Garland, and Victor Thompson, faculty in the Department of Anthropology in UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, are leading a three-year, $743,658 project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The project will preserve materials documenting… Read Article

Some giant planets appear to have formed millions of years faster than prevailing theories predict. With more than $365,000 in new NASA funding, University of Georgia astrophysicist Cassandra Hall is investigating how that could happen. 

Hall, an assistant professor of… Read Article

Last spring, Scott Noakes approached student Grace Maavere with a special project.

Maavere, an undergraduate majoring in marine sciences, had earned a fine arts degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design before coming to UGA. Noakes thought she was a perfect fit to realistically… Read Article

Elizabeth Stich, associate professor of dance at the University of Georgia, received the Outstanding Dance Education Researcher Award at the 2026 National Dance Education Organization Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The award recognizes her scholarship and innovative… Read Article