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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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Happy 2024!

Happy New Year from the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences! Wishing you all the best as we begin another great year at the academic heart of the University of Georgia.

Excelsior!

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Alumnus wins 2024 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize

Peter Schreiner has received one of Germany's most prestigious research awards.

University of Georgia alumnus Peter Schreiner has received one of Germany’s most prestigious research awards. The Joint Committee of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)… Read Article

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UGA breaks record with three Pickering Fellows

The Fellowship prepares outstanding young people for Foreign Service careers in the U.S. Department of State

Two University of Georgia seniors and one recent graduate were selected for the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship, marking the first time UGA has had three… Read Article

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Morales-Franceschini wins MLA book prize

The Modern Language Association of America announced its thirty-third annual Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize for an outstanding book published in English or Spanish in the field of Latin American and Spanish literatures and cultures. The winner is Éric Morales-Franceschini, associate… Read Article

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Fall Commencement, 2023

The Class of 2023 rolls on – into caps and gowns, toward next steps, new goals, and a bright future glimmering with a fresh degree. Today's the day! Celebrate graduates!

The University of Georgia welcomes its newest alumni on Dec. 15 as 1,626 undergraduates and 1,340 graduate students—a… Read Article

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