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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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Global Outreach - East Africa

Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) is an educational non‐profit organization based in the United States providing leadership and management training for women in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). This week the African Studies Institute presents a panel presentation featuring HERS… Read Article

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The Science Learning Center

Students studying the physical and biological sciences will usher in a new era this fall with the opening of the Science Learning Center on South campus:

The Science Learning Center, a three-story, 122,500-square-foot building tailor-made for undergraduate science, technology, engineering… Read Article

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Così fan tutte Valentine's

The opera will be sung in Italian as originally written with English supertitles displayed on a screen above the stage.

A treat for you and your Valentine, no doubt. Congratulations to our students and professor Burchinal for continuing the fine tradition of bringing outstanding opera… Read Article

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Celebrating Dada

"So many people and so many messages," wrote the critic Robert Hughes about Hanover-based Dadaist Kurt Schwitters' 'Merz' works. From Picabia's fascination with machines to Duchamp's cajoling ridicule of art world norms, it's true that many still grapple with the implications of the Dada… Read Article

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Summer public history program in D.C.

Terrific new opportunity puts UGA students within walking distance of the nation's greatest historical resources:

A new University of Georgia program in public history is offering students the opportunity to learn about the professional side of their discipline—through archiving artifacts… Read Article

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