Human Nature News from the Chronicles
From rankings to renovations of beloved campus buildings to welcoming award-winning new faculty colleagues, a rich cohort of accolades and good news ushered in late fall on campus.
A sampling of the terrific stories about our colleagues and alumni:
UGA dedicates first phase of Science and Ag Hill…
According to the most recent impact factor ratings, Gender & Society, co-edited by UGA faculty member Patricia Richards, is ranked #1 among Women’s and Gender Studies journals and — also #1 among sociology journals.
The ranking comes from the Journal Citations Report by Clarivate.
The…
Happy Thanksgiving from the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.
UGA alumnus and ESPN executive James Dunn visited the UGA campus in October and spent time with students in Communications Studies, his home department in the Franklin College.
Hometown: From Atlanta, Georgia
Currently: Work in Bristol, CT but lives in Farmington
Degree from UGA: A.B.…
Long before there was a Peach State, indigenous communities saw the promise of peaches – originally introduced to North America by Spanish explorers. A new study published in Nature Communications shows that Indigenous political and social networks and land use practices played key roles in the…