Professor Stephen Mihm shares a history of how summer vacation took hold on the pages of Bloomberg:
By the early 20th century, the idea that parents and children alike needed to rest their brains and commune with the great outdoors had become an article of faith among the middle class.… Read Article
The first African American woman to earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic swim team, on which she won a silver medal in the 2004 games in Athens, Maritza McClendon rounds the Franklin College graduates in the 2017 class of the Alumni Association 40 Under 40:
Born in Puerto Rico in 1981, Maritza… Read Article
The University of Georgia Alumni Association 40 Under 40 Class of 2017 celebrates Emory University School of Medicine faculty member and Franklin alumnus Dorian Lamis:
Dr. Lamis is a licensed clinical psychologist, completing both his internship and postdoctoral training at the Emory… Read Article
Founding Partner of Chester Jennings & Smith LeRoya Chester Jennings of Atlanta (B.S., psychology, '01) is among the University of Georgia Alumni Association 40 Under 40 Class of 2017:
a former prosecutor who has worked in various prosecuting agencies - the City of Atlanta, the… Read Article
Student-focused research in the Archeology Field School summer program provides an opportunity for hands-on learning in surveying, mapping, documentation and excavation methods in an active archeological recovery environment in southwest Georgia.
For the last five years, assistant… Read Article
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