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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
Biomass

UGA, NREL researchers create novel genetic method

Researchers from the University of Georgia, in conjunction with researchers at the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), have developed a new genetic engineering technique that dramatically improves an enzyme’s ability to break down biomass.

Ellen… Read Article


Study Abroad in Cortona

One of the great opportunities afforded to many of our students during the summer is the chance to study abroad in various locations. Often we hear stories and see pictures of our students learning and traveling to far away places via social media and through correspondence with students and… Read Article


CRISPR-Cas Protein Roles and Teamwork

The cover of Molecular Cell in which the paper was originally published.

In this initial adaptation phase, one of two different Cas4 proteins recognizes a signaling placeholder in the sequence that occurs adjacent to the snippet of DNA that is excised.

When the Cas1 and Cas2… Read Article

oceans

World Oceans Day

Every June 8 we celebrate World Oceans Day, a day that was created to raise awareness about how we as a planet can help preserve our oceans. At Franklin College, we are fortunate to have many researchers who study our oceans and speak out. This year, the theme of the day in celebration is… Read Article


Recent Alumni Take on Fringe Festival in Orlando

Earlier this month, we were delighted to learn that three recent alums from the department of theatre and film studies were featured in a piece in the Orlando Sentinel about their participation in the Orland Fringe Festival.     As the feature article notes:

Put together three college… Read Article

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