Society News from the Chronicles

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Digital capital in the classroom

Some great new research published out of the department of sociology, concerning the signals teachers get from students and how teacher perceptions shape student performance: Elementary school students bring varied skills and experience to the classroom, commonly referred to as cultural capital.…

Big Data

We're told how it's going to change everything, and truly we now exist in a sea of information: This explosion of data is relatively new. As recently as the year 2000, only one-quarter of all the world’s stored information was digital. The rest was preserved on paper, film, and other analog media.…

Honors Week

The University is celebrating outstanding students, staff, faculty and alumni at events throughout this week. Among these events is the Faculty Recognition Banquet, which was held on Monday evening: Sponsored by the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, the event…

Shepherd in Ebony: how to be competitive in STEM career fields

Geography professor and president of the American Meteorological Society J. Marshall Shepherd has an article out in the current issue of Ebony magazine extolling how African Americans can be more competitive in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers of the future: As a…
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2013 Truman Scholar Smitha Ganeshan

Franklin College Honos' student and anthropology major Smitha Ganeshan is the 18th UGA recipient of the Truman Scholarship since 1982 and the only recipient in Georgia this year. [The] Harry S. Truman Scholarship recognizes juniors with exceptional leadership potential who are committed to careers…

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