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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

Art's Expanding Mission

A colleague pointed me to this Times article elucidating the role university art museums are playing on college campuses everywhere:

 

In the 21st century, university art museums have become more aggressive in extending their missions and collections to reach deeper into… Read Article


Schaefer named SURA distinguished scientist


Rights of Nature

Tate Student Center

Image: Machu Pichu, courtesy of wikipedia commons and GNU Free Document License.

 


Faces of Divas

This event is free and open to the public.

Thursday, March 22, 8 pm, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. FREE

Image: The quintessential diva, Australian soprano Joan Sutherland, flanked by Luciano Pavarotti, left, and Spiro Malas performing Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment, 1966. Getty… Read Article


New Dean

The Franklin College has a new dean, Alan T. Dorsey, currently associate dean for natural sciences and mathematics at the University of Florida:

The appointment was announced by Jere Morehead, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, to whom Dorsey will report.  

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