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What is Franklin Chronicles?
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

Ecology and the Learning Environment

The slowest-moving indicators can often be the most difficult to study, requiring patience and a general knowledge of many overlapping correlations. It's axiomatic that the seeming constants in life become the benchmarks and things we depend on, even though there are no true constants -… Read Article


Rutherford Progress Cam

So this is pretty terrific. A live video feed, refreshed every five seconds, of the construction on the new Rutherford Hall. It's a great use of technology, courtesy of UGA housing. Here's a rendering of the final product, which looks quite similar to the original.

 

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New Theatre site

The department of theatre and film studies launched a terrific new website redesign this week.

 

Because it's the internet and we're a university, and because the need to communicate with a variety of audiences continues to grow across devices - not to mention all the… Read Article


July Faculty in the News

Franklin College faculty were quoted in major national and international media outlets including the New York Times, NBC News and the U.K. Guardian.

 

Psychology Professor and Department Head Keith Campbell was quoted in a Sydney Morning Herald article on adultery Flagpole… Read Article

Summer Kudos

Olympic medals, a Humboldt Research Award, Georgia History Book of the Year award and NSF CAREER Awards were among the many honors received by Franklin College students and faculty this summer. These include:

 

Faculty Kudos

Stephen Berry has been named the inaugural… Read Article

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