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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

Discovery about little-studied protein holds promise for drug treatments

More evidence that the front lines of research on life-threatening diseases are right here on the UGA campus and in the Franklin College. Insightful new work from a research group lead by faculty member Natarajan Kannan of the Institute for Bioinformatics and the department of biochemistry and… Read Article


Material Wonders at OCAF

Graduate students from the Lamar Dodd School of Art are part of an exhibition at the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, which begins on January 11 and runs through Feb. 15. The exhibition, Material Wonders, features student artists working in a variety of media and begins with a reception on… Read Article


UGA welcomes noted Russian expert on Memory Laws

The author of several books on French and Russian history and general historiography, Koposov’s works include “History and Politics in Russia,” “How Historians Think” and “Political Leaders of Antiquity, the Middle Ages and Modernity.” He also has written numerous articles on subjects such as… Read Article


Exploring early modern Spanish writing

Terrific story in this week's Columns about one of our romance language faculty members, her research and its impact. What is research in language studies? You might be surprised:

the average American's knowledge of Spain's imperial expansion probably ranges from a few names of… Read Article


January Kudos

We like to recognize our students, faculty and staff members who have won awards and commendations as the year progresses. A few of these from the past month include:

Faculty kudos:

Five UGA faculty members have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of… Read Article

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