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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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Kudos, January 2025

Start the year off with excellent news from the UGA campus:

English faculty member Chigozie Obioma honored by New Africa Magazine in its list of the most influential Africans of 2024

The Lamar Dodd School of Art Dodd expands its public art instruction with the UGA Community… Read Article

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UGA's Schroeder elected MSA Fellow

University of Georgia faculty member Paul Schroeder is among the 2025 Fellows of the Mineralogy Society of America.

Schroeder, professor of geology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, is an expert in Clay Mineralogy and a Registered Professional Geologist. Research by his group… Read Article

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UGA Alumna Caroline Leigh Halleck's Journey to Italy

This January, the Hugh Hodgson School of Music welcomes back one of its own. Caroline Leigh Halleck graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2017 with a Bachelor of Music in saxophone performance. Her time at UGA, including the Italy Music Study Abroad program, changed her direction toward where she is… Read Article

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Record Schwarzman Scholars exemplify Franklin academic diversity

The diversity of opportunity in the Franklin College is exemplified in the record number of UGA Schwarzman Scholars for 2026.

Three Honors students, four Franklin degree programs charts the route to international study with one of the most prestigious major scholarships:

UGA set a… Read Article

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UGA student wins Radiolab contest to name one of Earth's quasi-moons

Look to the sky – and ask Bulldog nation for support – and one of Earth's quasi-moons gets a cool new name, thanks to UGA student Clay Chilcutt. 

In May 2024, the science podcast Radiolab and the International Astronomical Union joined forces to launch a contest that invited… Read Article

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