News Archive - 2026

Christian Langer standing in a library
More than monuments: Christian Langer uncovers the Egypt that time forgot

Christian Langer has been fascinated with ancient Egypt since he was 3 years old. His parents read to him all manner of books cultural and scientific, and as time went on, he became captivated by stories of millennia-old pharaohs and mummies. So when he decided to study Egyptology in college, it was a shock for him to learn there was much more to the Land of Pyramids than, well, pyramids. “I think people don’t have an understanding that all…

Students researching in the forest
Fostering the spirit of ideation and collaboration

UGA and Rowen partnerships connect students and industry professionals for innovative research Amere 39 miles down University Parkway from the University of Georgia lies Rowen, the state’s largest knowledge community. Rowen boasts 2,000 acres of land on the eastern edge of Gwinnett County, sitting nearly equidistant from Georgia’s leading research universities. Led by a not-for-profit foundation, Rowen’s mission revolves…

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Franklin statistics faculty earn recognition, appointments, and research support

Faculty in the Department of Statistics at the University of Georgia's Franklin College of Arts and Sciences continue to earn recognition for their scholarship, leadership, and research. Professor Lynne Billard has been honored by the AI Institute at the University of New South Wales in Australia. The institute is organizing a symposium titled "Statistical Analysis of Distributional Data" in recognition of Billard's contributions to symbolic…

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