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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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Morning Talk TV the focus of University Theatre's 'Must Go On'

A terrific, original new work is coming from University Theatre at the end of this month:

the University of Georgia Theatre will present the world premiere of "Must Go On," a comedy written and directed by John Kundert-Gibbs, an associate professor in the department of theatre and… Read Article


Shepherd at Senate Climate Hearing today

Professor and director of the UGA Atmospheric Sciences Program in the department of geography Marshall Shepherd will testify before a U.S. Senate Committee this morning. Per the AMS blog:

The Senate Committee on Environment and Infrastructure, chaired by Senator Barbara Boxer, has already… Read Article


Franklin Visiting Scholars Program presents Stephen Carpenter

Artist, activist and educator Stephen B. Carpenter II will visit UGA the week of Feb. 20 as part of the Franklin Visiting Scholars program. His work and presentations at UGA will focus on creative interdisciplinary responses to the global water crisis:

Carpenter's visit to UGA will… Read Article

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Focus on the Faculty: Patricia Yager


Refining your research

Along with a couple of dozen colleagues from campus, I was involved in a day-long workshop back in the fall on the subject of communicating research: how to accurately condense descriptions of research for public consumption. It's not inevitable that we always can, but we do try. And now,… Read Article