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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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2015 Spotlight on the Arts

This year's all-day Student Spotlight Main Event on Nov. 5 will include dance, drama, improv acts and music performances ranging from a percussion trio to a jazz quintet and an a cappella group of ecology students. The Hodgson Wind Ensemble will appear for the second consecutive year for a… Read Article

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4 Minutes 33 Seconds Competition

Georgia Museum of Art director Bill Eiland will serve as emcee for the competition.

The competition is an experiment in itself and a wonderful way to tap (and to reward) the creativity of some of our best graduate students.

The Franklin College wishes everyone a great Fall break… Read Article

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Unified Microbiome Initiative

Leading scientists are urging for the creation of a major initiative to better understand the microbial communities critical to both human health and every ecosystem:

In two papers published simultaneously in the journals Science and Nature, the scientists called for a government-led… Read Article

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Franklin College Kudos

The Georgia Debate Union won the recent intercollegiate tournament at Vanderbilt University - details on that, along with a few other honors and accomplishments from the month of October:

Two teams representing the Georgia Debate Union, which organizes and fields competitive policy debate… Read Article

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Noted and Quoted, October 2015

Franklin faculty engagement and the impact of public scholarship on policy debates to understanding the news takes shape in media around the world. A sample from the month of October:

Evidence of water found on Mars, reports the Athens Banner-Herald. Monday’s announcement by NASA “… Read Article

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