Chair of our biological sciences division in the Franklin College Mark Farmer is a regular contributor to public debates on support for science in the classroom and lab. Yesterday in the pages and pixels of the Athens Banner Herald he weighed in on the creeping politicization of the NSF:
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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
Graduate students often participate in conferences, in formal presentations and conversations about their work with other participants during poster sessions and other events. Most frequently, academic conferences are organized by discipline but the UGA Graduate Student Association tried… Read Article
Some great new research published out of the department of sociology, concerning the signals teachers get from students and how teacher perceptions shape student performance:
Elementary school students bring varied skills and experience to the classroom, commonly referred to as cultural… Read Article
The Franklin College and UGA are venturing into online offerings like never before. For summer 2013, a great selection of courses is available to help students stay on track for graduation even if they are studying abroad, involved in an internship and/or working a summer job.
Have… Read Article
We're told how it's going to change everything, and truly we now exist in a sea of information:
This explosion of data is relatively new. As recently as the year 2000, only one-quarter of all the world’s stored information was digital. The rest was preserved on paper, film, and other… Read Article