News from the Chronicles - April 2013

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Crimes of War

Criminal Justice studies, SPIA and the department of sociology are bringing an interesting guest to campus for the Talarico Lecture on April 26: John Hagan, the John D. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and Law at Northwestern University, will deliver the Susette M. Talarico Lecture at the University of Georgia April 26 at 3:30 p.m. in Dean Rusk Hall’s Larry Walker Room. His lecture, titled “Who Are the Criminals? Iraq and the Crimes of Pre-…


Stickney, 2013 Distinguished Research Professor

One thing we missed in the rundown of the Faculty Awards banquet is the announcement of the 2013 Distinguished Research Professors. Among the three awardees is one of our favorite researchers and teachers from the department of chemistry, John Stickney. Stickney has received worldwide recognition for his contributions to the field of electrochemistry. He singlehandedly invented a method of producing extraordinarily thin semiconductors created…

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'UGA-1785'

NASA and a Franklin alumnus have made a very magnanimous gesture toward the College and UGA: The University of Georgia and its Franklin College of Arts and Sciences received the honor after the Kepler mission, NASA's first mission capable of finding earth-size planets, confirmed in 2012 the existence of three new planets in the system known as Kepler-37. This year, NASA authorized the nickname designation of this planetary system as UGA-1785.…


Reflections on the Latin American Natural Environment

This Friday April 26th, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute inaugurates an interesting new juried exhibtion to bring attention to art and the natural environment: "Reflections of the Latin American Natural Environment," a national juried exhibition of contemporary art, [will be on view] from April 22 to May 17 in its offices at 290 S. Hull St. An artists' reception will be held April 26 from 4-6 p.m. in the UGA Latin American…


Underwater Archeology in Prehistoric Scotland

A crannog is a kind of artificial island, usually found on lakes, rivers and estuaries in Scotland and Ireland, that were used as dwellings over five millenia from the European Neolithic Period. On Wednesday April 24, The Archeological Institute of America, along with the Lamar Dodd School of Art, the classics department and the department of archeology present a lecture on this and other prehistoric mysteries of Scotland. The lecture, at 5:30…


Origin of Mankind


African American Choral Ensemble concert Sunday

From its rich beginnings in the early 70's as the Pamoja Singers, the University of Georgia African American Choral Ensemble (AACE) has endeavored to keep concert halls and churches filled with the powerful sounds and wealth of indigenous musical treasures birthed from the African American experience. Since its earliest days at UGA, AACE has been a beacon tower of fellowship for the university community. Herein, people of many cultures come to…

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Big Data

We're told how it's going to change everything, and truly we now exist in a sea of information: This explosion of data is relatively new. As recently as the year 2000, only one-quarter of all the world’s stored information was digital. The rest was preserved on paper, film, and other analog media. But because the amount of digital data expands so quickly -- doubling around every three years -- that situation was swiftly inverted. Today, less…


Online Course for Summer 2013

The Franklin College and UGA are venturing into online offerings like never before. For summer 2013,  a great selection of courses is available to help students stay on track for graduation even if they are studying abroad, involved in an internship and/or working a summer job. Have a look. Sign up. Stay on track.

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Human Nature

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