Kudos, September 2021

Alumni on and off campus headline our kudos over the month of September. Congratulations on the wonderful accomplishments near and far celebrated here on campus:

On Tuesday, Sept. 21, the Franklin College celebrated staff excellence at a socially distant event at the Innovation Hub

R. Wood Studio celebrates 30th anniversary and grand reopening (Rebecca Wood, BFA ’77) – R&B

David Froetschel (BFA ’13) wins Lyndon House Arts Center solo exhibition – R&B

UGA’s first Black graduate releases autobiography "The Quiet Trailblazer" – Mary Frances Early graduated with a master’s degree in music education in August 1962

Psychology Ph.D. candidate Violeta Rodriguez was awarded a National Institute of Mental Health grant to assess parenting practices among Black, Hispanic and Asian families

Native American Studies Institute gift to boost tribal student body presence at UGA

UGA earns No. 16 ranking among nation’s best public universities – UGA Today

UGA to co-lead new NSF center devoted to ocean’s microscopic world, led by Regents' Professor Mary Ann Moran – Research UGA

Belen Cassera will lead a research team that will test two new drugs for the treatment of malaria, funded by a $3.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health

Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Trethewey (AB ’89) to headline Southword Abridged – The Chattanooga Pulse