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Is literature better when produced under pressure? Cultural or political censorship can be a crucible, a subject quite dear to the blog's heart. Without endorsing it, here's a recent CHE commentary on the subject that raises some interesting points:

In 1857, by contrast, Charles… Read Article

Our department of statistics serves as an important nexus - instructing majors and graduate students, master's students from other disciplines and providing modeling and analysis for research projects around campus. It's terrific reputation is well-earned and now that renown has dveloped into a… Read Article

Even during the summer, our faculty are in great demand in the media - at home and abroad. Martin Kagel, A.G. Steer Professor and head of the department of German and Slavic Studies, was recently featured as an expert on a documetary broadcast on German television (SAT3/ZDF), the primary German… Read Article

It is the time of year when so many of our students are expanding their academic horizons around the globe. From Costa Rica to Zanzibar, our classrooms are taking the shape of the world. Just yesterday, I ran into a colleague who had just returned from teaching in one of our programs and he was… Read Article

The new book by Russell Professor of History and department head Claudio Saunt in gaining great interest right out of the gate, and for good reason:

This interactive map, produced by University of Georgia historian Claudio Saunt to accompany his new book West of the Revolution: An… Read Article