Society News from the Chronicles


Students and community service

Next week is spring break and while there's nothing at all wrong with saddling up with friends and heading to a beach to relax, it should be acknowledged that many students will choose to use the week off in a different way: A group of 360 University of Georgia students will forego typical spring…

UGA scientists finds new technology in Ancient 'Egyptian blue'

They describe surprise in discovering that the calcium copper silicate in Egyptian blue breaks apart into nanosheets so thin that thousands would fit across the width of a human hair. The sheets produce invisible infrared (IR) radiation similar to the beams that communicate between remote…

Performances and lectures today

The object of the blog isn't to be a calendar of events, but sometimes the broader message of our news is simply the volume (and tone!) of activity that wends its way through the Franklin College and UGA. It's that time of year again - which, really could be almost any week in the academic year.…

'Django Unchained' roundtable

Was the recent Quentin Tarantino film 'Django Unchained' a revenge fantasy? Revisionist history? Harmless escapism? The only thing not in doubt is that Tarantino is a controversial filmmaker. These and other points will be taken up at the next Cinema Roundtable on the film Feb. 22 at 4 p.m. in…

Harshman to lead First-Year Odyssey program

The First-Year Odyssey program has been an important innovation in teaching but also in introducing freshman to the university setting. The FYO now has a new director: Melissa Harshman, an associate professor in the University of Georgia's Lamar Dodd School of Art, has been named faculty director…