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What is Franklin Chronicles?
A successor to our print magazine, The Franklin Chronicles, this blog allows us to continue to communicate the importance of the arts and sciences to an expanded audience through a variety of means – articles and announcements, video, news and opinion – to pick up the conversation of why the arts, humanities and sciences matter so much at this juncture in the history of our university, our nation and the world. Read more
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Dodd Market

Ceramics, painting, drawings, photos, jewelry and more created by students in the Lamar Dodd School of Art make great gifts for others – or for yourself. On Friday, November 19 from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. on the first floor and in the courtyard of the Main Art Building, school of art students provide… Read Article

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UGA collaboration weaves story of Indigenous environmental relationships in a new book

A new children’s book published in three languages focuses on the Wounaan, Indigenous people of Panama and Colombia, and their relationships with birds. A collaborative effort, the book results from two projects supported by the Global Environment Facility and UNDP Small Grants Program and the… Read Article

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Jazz and Glees perform for Thursday Scholarship Series

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music Thursday Scholarship Series concert features the Jazz Ensemble and Glee Clubs in Hodgson Hall on Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m. The performance is part of the Spotlight on the Arts Festival.

The program opens with Jazz Ensemble I Big Band, which… Read Article

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Weekend Spotlight events

With Rent and UGA Opera Theatre lighting up campus stages tonight, Spotlight on the Arts continues all weekend.

And tomorrow, Saturday November 13 is Spotlight on the Arts Family Day 2021

Celebrate the arts at UGA. The 10th Spotlight on the Arts Festival Family Day will… Read Article

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UGA wins Best Delegation Award at 2021 Regional Model African Union

A delegation of seven students and scholars representing the University of Georgia at the 24th Annual Southeast Model African Union (SEMAU) simulation in Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, Nov. 3 – 6, 2021 won the “Most Outstanding Delegation Award.” 

The… Read Article

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