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Students chosen as mid-term Foundation Fellows

Three Franklin College students have been selected as mid-term recipients of the university's premier undergraduate scholarship:  The Foundation Fellowship offers unique academic, civic engagement and travel opportunities, including rigorous research projects and internship experiences. The…

Imaging axonal fibers

Something we almost missed: a terrific interdisciplinary study mapping the cerebral cortex in mammalian brains that sheds new light on its development and organization, was published in the December 2012 issue of Cerebral Cortex. This research brought together UGA faculty from the departments of…
Knox and Brustad conducting research using computers

Researchers use Facebook to analyze tornado debris

Social media has enabled the tracking and analysis of tornado debris by researchers in the department of geography: After tornadoes touched down in the Southeast on April 27, 2011, many people in the storm's path did the most logical thing they could-they posted images of the aftermath on Facebook…

In the News, March

Franklin faculty continue to be quoted widely in the news media. A sampling from March 2013: Research on potential triggers for eating disorders by associate professor Ping Shen featured widely in media including Yahoo! News, Medical News Today, Health Canal and others Research led by assistant…

Microbiology researchers publish discovery on Earth's oldest life forms

This is a big discovery: University of Georgia researchers discovered important genetic clues about the history of microorganisms called archaea and the origins of life itself in the first ever study of its kind. Results of their study shed light on one of Earth's oldest life forms. "Archaea are an…

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