Society News from the Chronicles


UGA iPhone app

EITS and, importantly, some of our best students, have been building a campus app set to roll out next week: The app, available to anyone using iPhone, iPad or iPod devices, will allow users to track campus buses, plan their meals at dining halls and catch the latest athletic scores, among other…

April kudos

Honors and awards of every stripe have been announced for faculty, staff and students.  Vincent Starai was awarded $1,503,565 by the National Institutes of Health to investigate how the bacterium that causes Legionnaires’ disease, Legionella pneumophila, overcome the body’s defenses. Starai is…

In the News, April

Franklin College faculty continue to be widely quoted and featured in the news media. A sample from April: UGA researcher Vincent Starai, an assistant professor of microbiology, has been awarded a $1.5 million National Institutes of Health grant to study Legionnaires’ disease. …

Franklin student Philip Grayeski named Goldwater Scholar

Franklin's Philip Grayeski becomes UGA's 44th Goldwater Scholar: Grayeski, a junior Honors student majoring in genetics and chemistry at the University of Georgia, has been named a 2013 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar. Grayeski is among a group of 271 recipients of the one- and two-year scholarships…

2013 Udall Scholars

• Ian Karra, a junior from Roswell who is pursuing degrees in economics and finance from the Terry College of Business. Great news for our students and the institution. The Franklin College proudly honors the many outstanding students in our midst, and a Udall Scholar has particular resonance…