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NSF backs Franklin College genetics research on how reptiles become male or female

A nearly $1 million National Science Foundation award is funding University of Georgia research that investigates how animals develop as male or female—a central question in biology with implications for health, evolution, and biotechnology.  

Douglas Menke, professor of… Read Article

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Franklin religion professor Baruch Halpern earns Fulbright for international research collaboration in Israel

Baruch Halpern, Covenant Foundation Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies in UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, has received a prestigious Fulbright Program award supporting international research and scholarly collaboration in Israel. 

The Fulbright Scholar Program… Read Article

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Beyond Boundaries

All of UGA is a stage for the faculty and students in the Department of Dance.

Onstage, there is nowhere to hide.

Dancers, and dance professors, accept this. They thrive on it. They love to perform. A wave of a dancer’s hand can say more than someone else’s 30-minute speech.

But… Read Article

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First-generation scholar advances from Franklin M.A. to Brown Ph.D. program

One evening when she was nine years old, São Paulo native Yasmin Paiva de Siqueira was watching television with her parents. She heard language she could not understand. 

She turned to her father, who identified it in Portuguese. It was English… Read Article

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First-year computing students gain industry insight in London

For a group of students in the School of Computing (SOC) at UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, spring break of 2026 became an opportunity to explore the global impact of technology through hands-on learning in London. 

Twenty-nine first-year computer science students… Read Article

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