Tags: Panel Discussion

planets in space rendering
Astronomers discover 'young Jupiter' exoplanet

Looking at younger star systems in the early stages of development is the best way for astronomers to learn how our solar system evolved. In the new issue of Science, a team of astronomers that includes Inseok Song from the department of physics and astronomy has discovered a Jupiter-like planet within a young star system that could serve as a guide for understanding how planets formed around our sun: The new planet, called 51 Eridani…


A Conversation with Alice Walker

Alice Walker will join Valerie Boyd, Associate Professor in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, for a public conversation in this Delta Chair community event. It is free and open to the public, but tickets are required for admission. Tickets will be available through the Morton Theatre box office at a date to be announced. Parking is available one half-block away in the West Washington Street Parking Deck at 125 W. Washington…


Goddard Memorial Trophy

The Franklin College has a special relationship with NASA's Kepler Mission in the person of alumnus and Kepler project manager, Roger Hunter. And so we are especially proud that Hunter and the Kepler Mission will receive the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy from the National Space Club in a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on March 7: The Kepler Team will receive the Club’s preeminent award, the Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy. Kepler has…


Space camp

Terrific show of student work at the Lamar Dodd School of Art, opening tonight, featured in an article in the Athens Banner Herald: “Space Camp,” the larger exhibition featuring Lee’s work, showcases 15 student artists currently working in Lamar Dodd’s studios. It’s reception is 7-9 p.m. tonight at Lamar Dodd at 270 River Road. Installation[s] art is not about object making, Hwangbo said. Space is the thing. Instead of the art hanging on the…


NASA scientist, Franklin alum to speak at UGA

Subscribe to Panel Discussion

Support Franklin College

We appreciate your financial support. Your gift is important to us and helps support critical opportunities for students and faculty alike, including lectures, travel support, and any number of educational events that augment the classroom experience. Click here to learn more about giving.

Every dollar given has a direct impact upon our students and faculty.