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Franklin College is a hub for research, scholarly achievement and global reach in the arts, humanities, and sciences. Its nationally known faculty are frequently recognized for their research impact, while fostering entrepreneurial thinking among their students that helps shape each student’s educational journey. Our students are known for their innovative and creative ambitions and pursue them to their fullest extent here at the College. Upon graduation, they join the Franklin network of more than 100,000 worldwide, who lead in their respective fields and frequently share their experiences and knowledge in the UGA classroom. Read more about our faculty, students, alumni, and initiatives in the College below.

Very interesting work in the context of a significant increase in the melting of glacial land ice on the island of Greenland due to atmospheric warming:

a team of researchers led by faculty at the University of Georgia has discovered the fate of much of the freshwater that pours… Read Article

Zomlefer, the curator of UGA's Herbarium and an associate professor of plant biology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, got to work hand-in-hand with the State Botanical Garden last fall through a Public Service and Outreach Faculty fellowship. She led a number of projects, from… Read Article

Marine sciences professor Patricia Yager is part of an incredible story of the unlikely discovery of a reef system near the mouth of the Amazon River:

A new reef system has been found at the mouth of the Amazon River, the largest river by discharge of water in the world. As large rivers… Read Article

The Creative Writing Program presents its yearly faculty reading, tonight from 7 – 9 p.m. at Cine in downtown Athens. This widely-published and award winning group of writers and scholars include LeAnne Howe, Reginald McKnight, Ed Pavlić, Jed Rasula, Andrew Zawacki, and… Read Article

CRISPR-associated proteins are some of the most promising new tools providing a way to make gene deletions, corrections of mutations and additions of new genes in any genome. Outstanding undergraduate researcher Erin Hollander, a junior Honors student majoring in biochemistry and genetics,… Read Article