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Sally Ann Nichols prepares to soothe oncology patient

New partnership between Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center and UGA’s music therapy program

Students in the music therapy program at Franklin College’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music now have another allied health facility where they can use music to enhance the patient experience. Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center announced their collaboration with the program to introduce… Read Article

Amit Kaushik

Anthropology PhD candidate receives prestigious Wenner-Gren Foundation grant

Anthropology PhD candidate Amit Kaushik has been awarded the prestigious Wenner-Gren Foundation's Dissertation Fieldwork Grant to study how caste hierarchies shape human–wildlife relations and conservation practices in the land surrounding the Veerangana Durgawati Tiger Reserve in… Read Article

Award winners

Celebrating Excellence: Exceptional Franklin alumni and donors honored at annual awards ceremony

The Franklin College of Arts and Sciences hosted its annual Alumni Awards and Donor Celebration Friday at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia. After a welcome by the college’s student ambassadors, guests spent the evening honoring seven winners whose achievements span industries and expertise… Read Article

Control room in which to produce music.

New certificate in classical music recording

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music is offering a new Classical Music Recording Certificate to provide hands-on instruction in the art and technology of music recording and production.  

Performers and educators often are required to extend their reach via virtual performances, remote… Read Article

Demi Thomloudis

Transforming environments into jewelry

"New HeirLooms" is a new collection of jewelry inspired by creator Demi Thomloudis's environments. Thomloudis, associate professor and area chair of jewelry and metalwork in the Lamar Dodd School of Art, created the collection inspired by details of her grandparents' apartment in Greece. … Read Article