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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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Science into Action: Shepherd on engaging the public

The Pew Charitable Trusts ran a great background feature and Q&A this week with Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences Marshall Shepherd, where he explains his flood-related research and the importance of experts interacting with… Read Article

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Amazing student Taylor Withrow

Sociology/political science double-major and future attorney Taylor Withrow has found her voice for justice at UGA:

As a CURO Honors Scholar, I spent the first week of my freshman year meeting with different professors in various different departments discussing research… Read Article

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Faculty lead effort on new Indo-European linguistics book

A new multi-volume book is widely considered the most comprehensive coverage of the field of Indo-European linguistics in a century:

The Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics is a collaborative, three-volume work of 120 scholars from 22 countries… Read Article

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Noted and Quoted, Summer 2018

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… Read Article

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Franklin Student Spotlight: Brianna Garcia

Meet second year Ph.D. student in the department of chemistry, Brianna Garcia.

Originally from La Verne, California, Brianna attended California State Polytechnic Institute, Pomona where she earned her B.S. in Chemistry (Biochemistry option). Now, at the University of… Read Article

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