Faculty in the News, Jan - Feb

The work of Franklin College scientists and scholars continue to be reported widely. A sample from the past month:

 

 ‘Geolocation,’ an art project by Lamar Dodd School of Art photography lecturer Marni Shindelman that utilizes Twitter, was featured in web and print publications around the world including Wired.com, Business Insider, Yahoo! Canada, Gizmodo, The Verge, Andrew Sullivan: The Daily Beast, Animal New York, and the Athens Banner Herald

 

An Op-ed by geography professor Marshall Shepherd and associate professor of marine sciences Patricia Yager on the ‘Zombie theories’ about climate change was featured in the Athens Banner Herald.

 

A story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution featured the new Germanic and Slavic studies program in Freiberg, Germany

 

 NIH grant to chemistry professor Rich Dluhy and colleagues in the Veterinary Medicine to study emerging influenza with lasers was featured widely in outlets including the AJC and Grady News Source (video)

 

An art exhibition by LDSOA photography Fellow Kelly Kristen Jones was featured in a front-page article in the Athens Banner Herald

 

Public lectures, including the 11th annual Founders Day Lecture, by B. Phinizy Spalding Distinguished Professor in the History of the American South featured in the Athens Banner Herald and Flagpole magazine. Cobb was also mentioned in an article in the Memphis Commercial Appeal on the ascendance of Nashville

 

Research on a LED breakthrough by assistant professor of physics and astronomy Zhengwei Pan was reported widely, including in Gizmodo, Athens Banner Herald, ledinside.com, and cleantechnica.com. This research was also featured on the homepage of the National Science Foundation website.

 

The first installment of the Origins Lecture Series by physics and astronomy professor Loris Magnani was featured in the Red & Black

 

New therapies for sleeping sickness being developed by GRA Eminent Scholar and professor for cellular biology Robert Docampo was reported in the Atlanta Business Chronicle

 

Professor of philosophy Victoria Davion featured in a Chronicle of Higher Education article on women in the field of philosophy

 

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