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Franklin College launches Franklin CREATE! startup initiative

The Franklin College has partnered with The Marcus Foundation to launch Franklin CREATE!, a new initiative designed to build students’ entrepreneurial confidence and to help them create successful startup companies. Funded by a $3 million grant from The Marcus Foundation, Franklin CREATE! will establish a robust three-phase model that allows arts and sciences students to gain hands-on experience, mentorship and access to the resources needed to…

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Communications studies major Lawson Luckie’s success is anything but luck.

In the new Gamechangers series, UGA introduces the champions responsible for making Sanford Stadium electric during the Fall. These Dawgs play, lead, assist, and work no matter when or where. Lawson Luckie, a Franklin College of Arts and Sciences student and this week’s Gamechanger, represents excellence both in between the hedges and inside the classroom. Luckie is a tight end for the UGA football team with a deeply rooted legacy of greatness…

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Ten years in the Top 20

The University of Georgia has placed in the top 20 among the nation’s best public universities for the 10th consecutive year, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 rankings. UGA and Georgia Tech remain the only two Georgia institutions in the top 20, making Georgia and California the only two states with multiple universities ranked in that tier. Among private and public universities, UGA placed No. 46 in the nation: The USNWR…

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From Lecture to Lemon Grove: UGA Psychology in Ischia

Studying Wellness in the Heart of Italy: UGA Psychology Students Embarked on a Transformative Journey  This summer, psychology majors from the UGA’s College of Arts and Sciences traded lecture halls for lemon groves and textbooks for thermal baths. The Health and Wellness in Italy program was a faculty-led, three-week Maymester course including a two-week study abroad experience on the volcanic island of Ischia, located off the coast of…

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Science Comes Alive in Italy – Studying Biology in Cortona

This summer, a group of 40 undergraduate students from the UGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences traveled to Cortona, Italy for a special three-week Maymester study abroad program “Biology for Medicine” taught by professors Zachary Wood and Robert Haltiwanger, faculty members in the department of biochemistry and molecular biology. The students also took an art history class taught by professor Anatole Upart focusing on Italian art, with…

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From Classroom to dockside: Sydney Michael’s summer as a dolphin behavior intern

This summer, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, as part of its academic innovation and student success initiatives, inspired students to put their classroom knowledge into practice with experiential learning opportunities including internships. Sydney Michael, a fourth-year Ocean Science major, interned as an Animal Behaviorist at Island Dolphin Care in Key Largo, Fla., a place where ocean science meets compassion in the most inspiring way…

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Innovation Initiative: Transforming Academic Culture in the Arts and Sciences

The Franklin College Innovation Initiative is designed to guide our efforts and focus into the next era of American higher education. Dean Anna Stenport provides an outline of the three-part initiative 1) Academic Innovation, 2) Research Partnerships and Public Engagement, and 3) Student Success, in a series of interviews discussing the context of this ambitious enterprise and plans for implementation. "The Franklin College commitment to…

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Franklin College Innovation Initiative 2025 – the next quarter-century

Part 1 of 3 - Academic Innovation  Franklin College has introduced a three-part Innovation Initiative guiding its efforts and focus into the next era of American higher education. The initiative consists of three pillars designed to complement each other and work together: 1) Academic Innovation, 2) Research Partnerships and Public Engagement, and 3) Student Success. In the first of a three-part series of interviews, Franklin College Dean…
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