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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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Faculty profile: Cecilia Rodrigues

"I've always loved teaching and language, so the university was a natural path for me," Rodrigues said. "I feel a perfect connection with students that is so much more than just being in the classroom and doing research."

As campus communicators, we get to spend time with the most… Read Article


Art Tonight at Lamar Dodd

Tonight, the closing reception for “Spectra: Lamar Dodd School of Art Faculty Exhibition" will begin at 7 p.m. at the Dodd Galleries. It's your last chance to view this vast collection of Lamar Dodd faculty art.  Named for the broad array of styles conveyed, the exhibition presents… Read Article


Communication Studies Professor Gives Debate Insight

If you were among one of the 84 million viewers who watched the debate on Monday night, you may have had your own take on who "won" the debate. The debate was the most-watched Presidential debate in history and while many commentators and political science experts had their own assessment of the… Read Article


Shepherd, Garvin named SEC Academic Leadership Development Program Fellows

We are happy to announce today that two Franklin College of Arts and Sciences professors--Marshall Shepherd and Chris Garvin-- have been named SEC Academic Leadership Development Program Fellows: 

Marshall Shepherd, director of the atmospheric sciences program and the Georgia… Read Article

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Expanding opportunity

The news earlier this week of national recognition for UGA for its efforts to foster an inclusive campus [for the third year in a row, no less], dovetails nicely with the renewal of a major new NSF grant for a program that has helped triple minority enrollment in STEM fields at the… Read Article

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