Human Nature News from the Chronicles
Part 1 of 3 - Academic Innovation
Franklin College has introduced a three-part Innovation Initiative guiding its efforts and focus into the next era of American higher education. The initiative consists of three pillars designed to complement each other and work together: 1) Academic…
On Wednesday, February 26, philosophy department Ambassadors Zoe Simmons and Nathan Haynes had the chance to talk with UGA alumnus Gregory Moss (A.B. Philosophy '07; A.B. German '07; M.A. Philosophy '07; Ph.D. Philosophy '14), currently an assistant professor at the Chinese University at Hong…
Ashley Galanti, a Ph.D. candidate in biomedical engineering in the UGA College of Engineering is working to create a device that can detect early signs of seizures and alert users in advance. Her journey into research and entrepreneurship wasn’t sparked by academic ambition alone but rather by…
How do we define fiction? Can these definitions be applied across time and culture? Do we even need an all-encompassing definition of fiction? Hannah Kim, assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Arizona, explored these questions from a transhistorical and transcultural perspective in…
Leigh Spann (BS '01) served as the morning meteorologist for WFLA, Tampa Bay’s NBC affiliate, for the last 17 years. Over that time, she and her community weathered sunny days and severe storms like Hurricane Milton, which packed 100+ MPH winds and a possible storm surge of more than 15 feet:
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