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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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Baldwin Hall expansion becomes anthropology project

The Baldwin Hall expansion construction site has garnered new attention over the last few months. The department of anthopology faculty and students will now curate and study the remains that have been recovered:

Work to locate and exhume remains from gravesites at the site has been… Read Article

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Georgia Debate Union at Miami University tourney

Teams representing the Georgia Debate Union earned second and fifth place at the University of Miami intercollegiate debate tournament recently held in Miami, Florida.  The college debate tournament featured over 30 teams from 12 colleges and universities across the Southeast, Midwest, and… Read Article

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Leap Year, explained

Professor Marshall Shepherd uses his Forbes column to embark on a perfectly understandable explanation of why we have seasons, the actual length of Earth's trips around the sun, et voilà, the need for a Leap Year:

Throughout the year, different parts of the Earth receive the Sun’s… Read Article

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Geolocation series continues

Art and social media continue their convergence in Dodd photography professor Marni Shindelman's ongoing series, Geolocation:

Every few weeks, I get an email reminder: “A lot has happened on Facebook since you last logged on.” I’m always disarmed by this phrase, which feels closer to “So… Read Article

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Molecular fingerprints track oil and dispersants

Oil-degrading marine microorganisms in the Gulf of Mexico are the focus of a broad array of research at UGA, and a new study documents biodegradation in deep seawater using ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry:

The challenging task of quantifying the chemical composition of oil and… Read Article

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