Society News from the Chronicles


Institute for Women's Studies reception

Traditional academic disciplines have devoted little systematic attention to issues of gender, race, class, and sexuality. In the past 30 years, feminist scholars have contributed to the reinterpretation of existing data and to the presentation of new knowledge about the diversity of women’s…

Microbes move researchers one step closer to biofuels from biomass

We mention this periodically and should be gladdened at every occasion. University researchers and scientists from all over campus, from engineering to genetics, have been working on various aspects of creating renewable fuels for decades. Now, one group of UGA researchers has moved…

Continuing Education

Our news director, Sam Fahmy, sat down with new Franklin College dean Alan Dorsey for an article published in this week's Columns. Here is Sam's article in full.     “Continuing Education” Alan T. Dorsey takes the helm of the university’s oldest, largest and most academically diverse…

Fallows book selected for international award

A monograph by professor of romance languages and associate dean in the Franklin College Noel Fallows has been selected for the prestigious La corónica International Book Award: La corónica is a refereed journal published every spring and fall by the Modern Language Association's Division…

UGA Art instructor creates monument to Revolutionary War patriots

The City of Washington, Ga., will unveil a new monument featuring a scultpture by UGA instructor Kinzey Branham that honors American patriots who fought in the Revolutionary War - including African Americans and Native Americans - on Aug. 11 at 10 a.m. on the square in downtown Washington.  …

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