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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

Balkan poet reads, leads discussion Friday

UGA and the Franklin College welcome Nikola Madzirov, a Macedonian poet whose work has been translated into 30 languages and published around the globe, to Athens to deliver two back-to-back events on Friday Sept. 20 at Ciné, 234 W. Hancock Ave., sponsored by the University of Georgia… Read Article


Exploring Earth Sciences

By JESSICA LUTON  jluton@uga.edu

If interest in the Earth sciences is at your core, two events happening this week may very well provide some insight into the kinds of careers that are possible in meteorology and geography.

First up, tonight from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in room 200B of… Read Article


Fire walk with him

The department of physics and astronomy hosts a distinguished guest to campus on Thursday sept. 19 with a very unusual bit of expertise to share with all and sundry:

To some, fire walking is an act of faith, belief or mind-over-matter, but for condensed matter physicist John Campbell,… Read Article


Science Learning Center and CURO

 

Increased CURO participation validates need for Science Learning Center

By Jessica Luton

jluton@uga.edu

Recent news of a twenty percent increase in participation among undergraduate students through the CURO program, alongside news that UGA will finally be… Read Article


UGA historian featured on The Learning Channel

 

By Jessica Luton

jluton@uga.edu

A University of Georgia historian was featured on the TLC show “Who do you think you are?” earlier this month.

A recent Ph.D. recipient, Joshua Haynes currently teaches four classes in American History and Native American history… Read Article