Franklin College in the Media

<< 2007 Media

>> Bruce Burch and Steve Dancz, co-directors of UGA's Music Business Program, are featured in a Creative Loafing cover story. (1/23/08)

>> Nature News examines UGA biologist Phillip Greenspan’s research dealing with the life spans of various artists. Greenspan discovered that those who worked in sculpture lived longer than their counterparts who worked in painting. (1/18/08)

>> The New York Times reports on research that challenges the notion that young Americans are the most self-absorbed, citing a forthcoming book to be co-authored by UGA associate professor of psychology W. Keith Campbell, entitled “The Narcissism Epidemic.” (1/17/08)

>> Sang-Wook Lee,  who earned his M.F.A. from UGA in 2003 and is now an assistant professor at Georgia College and State University,  is profiled by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for his work “Noodle, Noodle” which is a 33-foot-high sculpture composed of ramen noodles that is on view at the Emory Visual Arts Gallery. (1/17/08)

>> Peter Gachanja, a UGA graduate student in French literature and a native of Kenya, is working to move his family to safety as the country is roiled by war and strifereports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (1/16/08)

>> Geography professor Tom Mote’s "research has revealed a dramatic rise in the rate of melt in the vast ice sheet of Greenland – 60 percent higher last year than ever before recorded,” the Athens Banner-Herald reports. (1/14/08)

>> UGA English alumna and Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Trethewey to give reading at UGA, reports the Athens Banner-Herald. (1/14/08)

>> UGA theatre alumnus Tituss Burgess is featured in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution for his role as "Sebastian" the crab in The Little Mermaid on Broadway. (1/11/08)

>> In a review of a production of “Julius Caesar,” The Seattle Post-Intelligencer refers to a theory espoused by UGA associate professor of English Charles Doyle. Doyle believes that Shakespeare never intended for his works to be turned into screen productions. (1/9/08)

>> UGA professor of history Stephen Mihm’s book “A Nation of Counterfeiters,” which details the history of American currency, is reviewed in The New York Times.  (1/8/08)

>> The Athens Banner-Herald notes a book reading by UGA English alumna and Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Trethewey. (1/8/08)

>> UGA history professor James Cobb pens an editorial in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that focuses on the inordinate influence the early primary states have on the rest of the presidential electoral season. (1/4/08)

>> UGA professor of religion Alan Godlas is quoted in The American Muslim. Godlas discusses the impact of 13th-century Persian mystic poet Rumi, referring to him as being “generally regarded as the hottest selling poet in the English translation.” (1/4/08)

>> The Athens Banner-Herald profiles UGAart professor RG Brown and his recent exhibition, “disPLACEMENTS.” (1/3/08)

>> UGA biologist Kristen J. Navara is quoted in an article in The New York Times focusing on how various animals work to bolster their position in their relative environments. Navara discussed the ability of some birds to inject more testosterone into their eggs in an attempt to up the survival chances of their offspring. (1/2/08).