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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
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Franklin College, UGA among top producers of Fulbright students for 2012-13

The internationalization of the UGA campus and student body continues apace:

The University of Georgia is 25th among research universities for the production of Fulbright Student Scholars in the 2012-2013 academic year, according to the latest ranking from the government's flagship… Read Article


NSF renews coastal research grant

The UGA Marine Institute on Sapelo Island was founded in 1953 and has been at the center of ecological research on salt-marsh coastal ecoystems ever since. That work, lead by our department of marine sciences, continues apace with the renewal of an important NSF grant:

A consortium of… Read Article


BFA Exit Show III: Ceramics & Scientific Illustration

The Bachelor of Fine Arts Exit Show, the culmination of years of study by students in Studio Arts in the Lamar Dodd School of Art, will be presented in its third iteration of the semester tonight featuring student work in ceramics and scientific illustration.

The opening reception is from… Read Article


Fall Commencement

The university will confer more than 2,200 degrees during fall Commencement ceremonies at Stegeman Coliseum on Dec. 14, Including almost 1,800 undergraduate degrees:

Arthur M. Blank, owner and CEO of the Atlanta Falcons and co-founder of The Home Depot, will be the speaker.

...… Read Article


Dave Brubeck at UGA

The Red & Black had a nice rembrance of jazz great Dave Brubeck, who died wednesday at the age of 91. The article recalls that Brubeck was a guest artist in residence at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music in Feb. 2008. We are lucky to have shared our campus and opened our stages and classrooms… Read Article

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