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A successor to our print magazine, The Franklin Chronicles, this blog allows us to continue to communicate the importance of the arts and sciences to an expanded audience through a variety of means – articles and announcements, video, news and opinion – to pick up the conversation of why the arts, humanities and sciences matter so much at this juncture in the history of our university, our nation and the world. Read more
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Izabella Maja Zia: Where Psychology Meets Communication — and Data Ties It All Together

Izabella Maja Zia — known to most as Bella — is a student at the University of Georgia whose academic path reflects both clarity of purpose and a deep curiosity about human behavior. From early in high school, Zia knew she wanted to pursue industrial organizational psychology, a field that… Read Article


Fiction Writers Program at the Oxbelly Retreat – Internship at the University of Georgia Spring 2026

Students are invited to apply for a Fiction Writers Program internship which will allow them to review the work of some of the most talented contemporary aspiring writers in the world.

Students accepted for this internship will help review applications for the 2026 Fiction Writers Program… Read Article

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Three Franklin faculty members named 2025-2026 Aspire Fellows

The University of Georgia has named 11 faculty members – including three from the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences – to the 2025-2026 Aspire Fellows cohort. The Fellows represent seven UGA schools and colleges as well as the Center for Teaching and Learning.

Established in 2017, the… Read Article

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UGA, Duke collaborate with insurers to rethink climate resilience

Funded by a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, a new partnership between the University of Georgia, Duke University and leaders from the insurance and climate data industries will launch the Center for Innovation in Risk, Catastrophes, and Decisions (CIRCAD… Read Article

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Molecular pathways bring GRA scholar to UGA

Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Molecular Cell Biology Nathan Lewis joined the University of Georgia in fall 2024 with appointments in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the Center for Molecular Medicine, the Complex… Read Article