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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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The Physics of Financial Markets

Answering these questions from a physicist's viewpoint, Chhabra leads to a new framework for investing that extends Modern Portfolio Theory to incorporate large deviations such as bubbles and crashes. The colloquium will not assume prior knowledge of the subject matter and is instead aimed at… Read Article

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Tracking the Greenland meltwater

Very interesting work in the context of a significant increase in the melting of glacial land ice on the island of Greenland due to atmospheric warming:

a team of researchers led by faculty at the University of Georgia has discovered the fate of much of the freshwater that pours… Read Article

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Plant biologist builds bridge between academics, service

Zomlefer, the curator of UGA's Herbarium and an associate professor of plant biology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, got to work hand-in-hand with the State Botanical Garden last fall through a Public Service and Outreach Faculty fellowship. She led a number of projects, from… Read Article

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Scientists discover new reef system at mouth of Amazon River

Marine sciences professor Patricia Yager is part of an incredible story of the unlikely discovery of a reef system near the mouth of the Amazon River:

A new reef system has been found at the mouth of the Amazon River, the largest river by discharge of water in the world. As large rivers… Read Article

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UGA CWP Faculty Reading

The Creative Writing Program presents its yearly faculty reading, tonight from 7 – 9 p.m. at Cine in downtown Athens. This widely-published and award winning group of writers and scholars include LeAnne Howe, Reginald McKnight, Ed Pavlić, Jed Rasula, Andrew Zawacki, and … Read Article

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