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The geography of belonging: Franklin professor explores how music and literature create a sense of home

Nearly a decade after taking one of Associate Professor Sharina Maíllo-Pozo's literature courses, former student Zameena Mejía wandered into a record store in Amsterdam and spotted a vinyl album by Dominican merengue singer Fernando Villalona.  She bought it immediately.  The music transported her back to conversations from Maíllo-Pozo's class about Dominican literature, migration, and identity. Thousands of miles from home, the…
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Franklin senior builds global academic path to Marshall Scholarship

At Franklin, the ampersand reflects how students connect opportunities and build experience beyond the classroom Senior Finn Walsh has done just that during her four years at Franklin. A 2026 Marshall Scholar, she will graduate in May with a degree in genetics and a minor in Spanish. The scholarship provides up to three years of fully funded study in the United Kingdom and is among the most competitive awards for American students. This year, 43…
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Franklin senior Nathan Haynes explores big questions through multidisciplinary study

For Franklin senior Nathan Haynes, a multidisciplinary education felt like the natural path. He chose philosophy, he said, because it teaches people how to think about life, how we experience the world, and how we determine what has value.He added English as a double major to explore his strong interest in literary theory, where philosophical questions and storytelling intersect. He also pursued a Spanish minor, he said, to engage more…
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Study Away as a catalyst for career growth: Loren Peoples gains hands-on healthcare experience in Peru

A snapshot of the Class of 2026, this story reflects the Franklin experience at the University of Georgia. Studying away allows students to engage in experiential learning and gain a firsthand understanding of the interconnectedness of the world. Often these experiences shape students’ academic and professional paths in profound ways, such as it was for Franklin senior Loren Peoples, whose month spent in Peru reaffirmed her goal of pursuing…
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Curiosity and faith meet science in Madeleine Coleman’s multidisciplinary journey

One story among many, this feature spotlights a graduating student from Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia. When Madeleine Coleman arrived at the University of Georgia, she had an ambitious goal: to study Buddhist research in Tibet. Four years later, as a graduate of Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and Morehead Honors College, she will earn a degree in cognitive science and religion, along…
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Franklin genetics major named UGA's 10th Marshall Scholar

Finn Walsh will build on her studies in infectious disease post graduation as UGA’s newest Marshall Scholar. The senior from Atlanta will graduate in May with a bachelor’s degree in genetics and a minor in Spanish through the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. She has conducted undergraduate research through the Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities, with the majority of her work in the Odum School of Ecology. Up to 50 students are…
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Athens physician established local connection as Franklin undergrad

Chemistry major and Spanish minor Luci Cotten developed her love for Athens alongside her medical expertise. Now an internist with St. Mary's Medical Group, Dr. Lucia Cotten spends her days helping patients from the Athens area manage chronic medical conditions including diabetes, osteoporosis and thyroid disease. Her journey to medical school and beyond – a dream for so many – began with the combination of learning and campus community…
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UGA's Maíllo-Pozo earns national teaching award

University of Georgia faculty member Sharina Maíllo-Pozo has been awarded the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) 2025 Faculty Teaching Award.  The CLASP Faculty Teaching Award recognizes excellence in teaching courses designated for Latin American Studies in which the recipient has demonstrated sustained accomplishment in outstanding teaching effectiveness, including pedagogical style and student success stories;…
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Study Abroad in Buenos Aires frames bilingual experiences

Romance Languages graduate student and WUGA staffer Emma Auer reports from the department's study abroad program in Argentina, designed for career-shaping experiences among the people and culture in one of the most diverse cities in the Americas. Auer's report on Athens News Matters: Nearing midnight on a Tuesday, 20 or so University of Georgia fans stumbled towards the stadium doors. They’ve just spent two hours on their feet cheering and…
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Nora Benedict brings a digital dimension to book history

Books are a big deal. The invention of writing is one of the pivotal moments in the history of humanity, and—in terms of cultural significance—the distance from writing itself to the book is literally just the turn of a page. Books existed long before printing presses. As artifacts, they tell stories that range far beyond the mere words printed or written on their pages. Nora Benedict wants to tell those stories. An assistant professor of…
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UGA’s Natalie Navarrete named a 2023 Rhodes Scholar

University of Georgia student Natalie Navarrete was named a 2023 Rhodes Scholar this weekend, joining recipients from 64 countries around the world. Navarrete’s achievement makes UGA one of only three public universities in the U.S., in addition to the nation’s service academies, to have a Rhodes recipient and the only institution in Georgia this year. The Rhodes Scholarship is the oldest and most celebrated international fellowship award…
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Kudos, November-December 2021

Franklin students, alumni, and faculty distinguish themselves and the University of Georgia, across campus and around the world with their efforts, awards, new books and successful businesses. A roundup of recent honors and accomplishments: David Richards, a doctoral candidate in the department of geology, received the Mark Dawkins Leadership Award, and Gabriel Smallwood, a senior history major from Savannah, were among six UGA students and four…
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Amazing student Alec Murphy

From teaching paddleboarding on Lake Herrick to leading trips through the Outdoor Recreation Center, Franklin double-major Alec Murphy (biology/psychology, Spanish minor) is committed to improving the lives of people around him. A future physician, he hopes to incorporate positive psychology research with medicine to make others happier and healthier: I volunteered at St. Mary’s Hospital in radiology and neurology departments and the wound…
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New book shines a light on one of sixteenth-century Europe’s most influential spiritual authors

Best known for his works on the mystical practice of meditative recollection, Franciscan friar Francisco de Osuna published his candid manual for lay life, Norte de los estados (North Star) in 1531 before leaving Spain to reside in Antwerp. Professor of Spanish Dana Bultman has published the first modern edition in Spanish restores Osuna’s reformist voice and expansive vision to the animated conversations on marriage and…
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Amazing student: Emily Goggin

Boren Scholar and Latin American and Caribbean Studies major Emily Goggin came to UGA with an open mind about her future and found her calling early on. She has studied in Brazil and Ghana, and as an Army ROTC cadet, she will pursue her professional interest in international affairs in the military: During my freshman class registration, I signed up for a first-year seminar class without knowing its subject, teacher or content. It was near…
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Kudos, January 2020

The extraordinary roster of new honors for Franklin faculty and staff so early in the year includes: J. Marshall Shepherd, Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor and director of the atmospheric sciences program whose diverse communication efforts engage a wide audience on weather, climate, and the relationship between science and society, will receive the 2020 Mani L. Bhaumik Award for Public Engagement with Science…
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Amazing student: Madison Read

Phi Beta Kappa and Biochemistry Peer Learning Assistant Madison Read (Biology (B.S.) and Psychology (B.S.), Spanish minor) plans to serve as advocate to people as a doctor, helping them realize their full potential to take control of their health: During my freshman year, an older friend invited me to a CURE body meeting, and I fell in love with the mission of the organization. CURE at UGA is a campus organization that sponsors a…
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Amazing student Cameron Liss

Senior biology and psychology double major Cameron Liss has used her many opportunities at UGA to pave a path to her future as a physician: One of my biggest highlights has been volunteering at Mercy Health Center. The summer after my freshman year, I decided to stay in Athens to take on the beast … Organic Chemistry. I met with my advisor, professor Karl Espelie, and I expressed that I wanted to do something more meaningful with my summer…
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Flagship Programs figure strongly in 2019 Boren scholars

A record number of seven University of Georgia undergraduates - including five who participate Flagship Language Programs - were awarded Boren Scholarships this spring, which will allow them to study abroad during the 2019-2020 academic year in world regions critical to U.S. interests: An initiative of the National Security Education Program, the 2019 Boren Awards will send 244 Boren Scholars and 106 Boren Fellows to live in…
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Amazing student Sam Huffman

Senior biology major Sam Huffman is passionate about serving others as well as Spanish language and culture, and he plans to combine those as a bilingual physician who can make an impact for all patients seeking to gain informed access to health care: During my time at UGA, I have also been able to travel abroad through the UGA en España Program. The summer after my sophomore year, I studied abroad in Cádiz, Spain, for seven weeks. While…
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Franklin alumna named UGA’s first Knight-Hennessy Scholar

Mallory Harris has been named UGA’s first Knight-Hennessy Scholar. The international graduate-level program provides full funding for students as they pursue studies at Stanford University: Established in 2016, the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program funds graduate studies ranging from medicine to law to doctoral programs as well as joint- and dual-degrees. The 2019 cohort—the second cohort of scholars—includes 68 students. They were chosen from 4…
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Anita Qualls named UGA’s first Churchill Scholar

Senior biology major Anita Qualls of Johns Creek became the first student in UGA’s history to receive a Churchill Scholarship, which funds American students as they pursue a one-year master’s program in science, mathematics and engineering at the University of Cambridge (UK): The scholarship, which was first awarded in 1963, is given to 15 students each year after a rigorous application and interview process. This year’s…
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Amazing student: Anita Qualls

Amazing biology student and Regenerative Bioscience Fellow Anita Qualls works hard in the lab in preparation for a career in academic medicine: After sophomore year, I spent eight weeks at Harvard Medical School as a research intern for Dr. Pankaj Agrawal at Boston Children’s Hospital. I collaborated with Harvard physicians at the Manton Center for Rare and Orphan Disease to write three pediatric clinical case papers on rare genetic disease…
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Focus on the Faculty: Elizabeth Wright

Professor of Spanish Elizabeth Wright builds research opportunities into her teaching that help students develop skills that will last a lifetime—whether as educators, scholars, entrepreneurs, public servants or world travelers: My scholarship ponders an abiding paradox of empire building in the early modern era (circa 1490–1800). That is, the expanding horizons of the Spanish monarchy—both geographic and cultural—coincided with the…
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18 UGA students, alumni receive Fulbright offers

The University of Georgia once again hit double digits in the number of international travel-study grants offered to its students and recent alumni through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. With 18 students selected, this marks the fifth straight year—and ninth time in the past 10 years—that UGA has received 10 or more offers. Of the 15 students and alumni who will be able to participate, four of the six academic and arts…
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