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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
brain map

NIH grant helps fund new map of human brain

 


Fall Commencement

Congratulations to all of our fall 2013 graduates in the Franklin College and UGA:

Approximately 2,176 University of Georgia students will be eligible to receive degrees at the 2013 fall semester Commencement ceremonies on Dec. 13 in Stegeman Coliseum.

An estimated 1,667 students… Read Article


WUGA TV documentary premiere: "Two Powerful Women"

The presence of a broadcast television station on our campus is a great asset of which we are only beginning to scratch the surface. But another step in the right direction is producing terrific original programming featuring UGA units, faculty and expertise, and the latest new piece premiers… Read Article


New Imaging capabilities reported in study from cell biologists

Polycystic kidney disease is one of the most common life-threatening genetic diseases, affecting an estimated 12.5 million people worldwide, and but one of multiple conditions researchers have connected to defective cilia. UGA researchers recenty published a study describing how cilia are… Read Article


Negotiations in Verse

The current edition of the NEH's Humanities Magazine features great friend of the blog and creative writing professor emeritus Coleman Barks:

Poetry in the Muslim world takes on many forms and touches upon myriad sentiments and sensibilities. Its roots lie in the epic and in romances,… Read Article

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