Society News from the Chronicles

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2016 MLK, Jr., Freedom Breakfast

Earlier today, the UGA community gathered for the 13th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedom Breakfast in the Grand Hall of the tate Student Center. Sponsored by UGA, the Athens-Clarke County Unified Government and the Clarke County School District, the MLK Freedom Breakfast commemorates the life…

Featuring Susan Mattern

Franklin College of Arts and Sciences history professor Susan Mattern is featured on the UGA homepage this week. Highlighting her background, research interests and teaching beliefs, the Q&A sheds light on yet another talented Franklin faculty member and is worth a read.  Mattern's…
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Happy 2016

Happy New Year from the UGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
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Amazing Student: Rahul Shah

Augusta native and double Franklin major (A.B. economics, B.S. biology) has been involved in research, as well as many other activities, since he started at UGA: Since my first semester here at UGA, I have been involved with the Roosevelt Institute, a national student policy think tank with…
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The Star Wars Gaze

Spoiler alert: No spoilers herein about the new film whatsoever. A 40-year-old essay with nearly 9,000 citations on Google scholar is the focus of a series of articles in the Chronicle of Higher Ed that, taken together, present an affirmative case for the humanities, and for understanding how…

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