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Javanese pop

A rare musical performance on Saturday, March 30 at 8 p.m. in Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, connecting the cultures of Java, Indonesia and Athens, Georgia. The pieces performed will be reimaginings, remixes, and intermixes of the traditional music of Java, Indonesia, recorded by ICE graduate research assistant Kai Riedl and engineer Suny Lyons of the band Electrophoria. In addition to Electrophoria performing a handful of songs from…


IMACS Conference at UGA

The International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (IMACS) will hold its eighth annual international conference on Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Wave Phenomena: Computation and Theory at UGA, March 25-28. The conference will focus on computational and theoretical aspects of nonlinear wave phenomena. Interdisciplinary aspects of the subject will be emphasized, as well as the interaction between computation, theory and…

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Students chosen as mid-term Foundation Fellows

Three Franklin College students have been selected as mid-term recipients of the university's premier undergraduate scholarship:  The Foundation Fellowship offers unique academic, civic engagement and travel opportunities, including rigorous research projects and internship experiences. The 2013 mid-term Foundation Fellows are: 
• Maria Cox of Peachtree City, Ga., who is pursuing bachelor's degrees in mass media arts and English;
 • Allison…

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Reflections on the Wanderer

The terrific Global Georgia Initiative brought to us all by the Willson Center will conclude next week on March 5 with a lecture by English professor and director of the Institute for African American Studies, Valerie Babb. Her lecture will be "In the Footfalls of Diaspora: Reflections on the Wanderer." The Wanderer is the last documented ship to bring a cargo of slaves to the United States (on November 28, 1858). When the ship reached Jekyll…


Think Tanks and American policy toward Latin America

The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute hosts a cross-disciplinary conversation today at 4 p.m. at the LACSI Hull Street HQ: "Washington Think Tanks and American Policy Toward Latin America: Why Think Tanks Are Influential and Why Universities Are Not—And Why You Just Might Want to Work There," with featured speaker Howard J. Wiarda, former head of the UGA department of international affairs. LACSI Cross-Disciplinary Conversations…


Cinecittà 5 - Contemporary Italian Cinema

Beginning next week, Italian section of the department of Romance Languages presents its Italian movie night series, Cinecittà 5 - Contemporary Italian Cinema. All movies are in Italian with English subtitles and suited for the general public. Free admission. 1. Tuesday Feb. 26 at 7:00 pm in MLC 0148: La prima cosa bella / The First Beautiful Thing (2010), by Paolo Virzì. Comedy/Drama. 122 minutes.     The film…


Indigenous people's history of London

If you have ever seen the biopic of Gandhi by Richard Attenborough starring Ben Kingsley, there is a very striking sequence wherein Mr. Gandhi travels to England and meets with government officials but also visits with working people. It's an interesting juxtaposition and it seems sure that the visitor developed some very specific ideas about the city and its people. The Institute for Native American Studies welcomes a speaker next week who will…


Portuguese Flagship Program

UGA will send its first group of students to Brazil in February: Students participating in the inaugural class of the Portuguese Flagship Program will spend 2013 attending language and content courses at São Paulo State University and working with global trend-setting companies. Students will spend the Brazil fall semester attending classes and spring participating in an internship and conducting research. Supporting the motto for flagship…


UGA welcomes noted Russian expert on Memory Laws

The author of several books on French and Russian history and general historiography, Koposov’s works include “History and Politics in Russia,” “How Historians Think” and “Political Leaders of Antiquity, the Middle Ages and Modernity.” He also has written numerous articles on subjects such as memory law and the logic of democracy. Image: Nikolay Koposov, provided by the speaker.


Exploring early modern Spanish writing

Terrific story in this week's Columns about one of our romance language faculty members, her research and its impact. What is research in language studies? You might be surprised: the average American's knowledge of Spain's imperial expansion probably ranges from a few names of conquistadors to practically nothing. For Elizabeth Wright, an associate professor of Spanish in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, developing a broader…

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Franklin College, UGA among top producers of Fulbright students for 2012-13

The internationalization of the UGA campus and student body continues apace: The University of Georgia is 25th among research universities for the production of Fulbright Student Scholars in the 2012-2013 academic year, according to the latest ranking from the government's flagship international exchange program. Sixteen University of Georgia students were offered international travel-study grants from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program for the…


Open Doors report ranks UGA 12th

And speaking of study abroad, our many programs on campus have been noticed by the Institute of International Education, which moved UGA up three notches to 12th in its 2012 Open Doors list: During the 2010-2011 academic year, 2,079 students learned in environments beyond the U.S. border. This number represents 25 percent of the graduating class. ... UGA also ranked fifth in the nation in the number of students who participate in summer and…

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Study Abroad in Italy

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music, in collaboration with the Alessandria Conservatory of Music, has a terrific study abroad program. Situated in a small town in northern Italy, the program offers great opportunities in musical instruction, language immersion and a rich cultual experience. Check it out.


Franklin's Elizabeth Allan named Rhodes Scholar

The customized university experience means different things to different people. For Elizabeth Allan of Atlanta, it meant bachelor's degrees in Arabic, economics, and international affairs. It also now means the path to becoming a Rhodes Scholar: University of Georgia Honors student Juliet Elizabeth Allan of Atlanta has been awarded a 2013 Rhodes Scholarship to attend England's Oxford University, where she plans to pursue a master's degree in…


Inaugural AMS Fellows

Our mathematics faculty is a very distinguished group, a fact highlighted in the inaugural class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society: Five University of Georgia faculty members are among mathematical scientists from around the world named Fellows of the American Mathematical Society for 2013, the program's initial year. The inaugural class of 1,119 Fellows represents more than 600 institutions, with the number of AMS Fellows targeted…


Locandine: Cortona Program Poster Designs

The University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program in Cortona, Italy is the great patriarch of study abroad programs at the university, going strong after its fortieth anniversary in 2010 and probably never as vibrant as it is today. In that time, thousands of UGA students and many hundreds more from other institutions have visited the small city on the hill, left a little of themselves there and taken a bit with them for wherever else life's…


Theatre and Film in Costa Rica

The department of theate and film studies will offer a Maymester program at the UGA campus in Costa Rica in 2013. Faculty members Antje Ascheid and John Kundert-Gibbs will give a short presentation on the program on wednesday, Oct. 24 at 5:30 p.m. in room 201 of the Fine Arts Building. Students: Go learn more about another terrific avenue of study abroad.


25th Anniversary of African Studies Institute

Beginning Nov. 1, the University will mark the 25th anniversary of the African Studies Institute with a conference, theatre performances, film screenings and lectures to showcase the richness and diversity of the continent: "The political, economic and cultural importance of Africa continues to grow, which makes this an especially opportune time for faculty, staff and students as well as community members to learn more about the continent and…


2012 Korean Film Festival

The Center for Asian Studies will serve as the local host for the 1st Atlanta Korean Film Festival 2012, which begins in Athens on Oct. 6. On Monday Oct. 8, the center will host a discussion with director Kang Je Kyu and actor Park Joong Hoon. The event begins at 6:30 pm in MLC 101. Free and open to the public.  

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Talking Design in Myanmar


Fulbright scholarships awarded to UGA students

  It's another banner year for UGA students as a record number have been awarded Fulbright scholarships. And counting double-majors, it was practically a clean sweep for the Franklin College:   For the past 66 years, the Fulbright Program has provided students, scholars and professionals an opportunity to pursue advanced research projects, graduate study and teaching assistantships worldwide. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State,…


University of Georgia Summer Olympians

  When the London 2012 Summer Olympics open on Friday July 27th, 26 current or former students and staff will take to the courts, pools, pitch and track, including eight from the Franklin College. UGA sends one coach and one official - former UGA basketball great and four-time Olympic gold medalist Teresa Edwards will serve as chef de mission for the U.S. Olympic Committee. Per usual the very strong UGA swimming program will be well…


Speaking the Language

And speaking of international programs and experiences, an important part of the immersion that happens during study abroad experiences is increased proficiency in the language of where ever you might go. Of course, students can and should prepare for this on campus by taking advantage of the many language offerings in the Franklin College. Quite often, until you are on campus and sitting with a Franklin advisor, you might not know the actual…


UGA - Franklin College Study Abroad

Students and faculty at the University are fortunate in the extent to which UGA has embraced the importance of study abroad. An international academic experience intertwines crucial cultural elements with instruction in ways that are otherwise inaccessible for students, but also builds richness into the undergraduate experience that directly supports the well-rounded liberal arts education we speak and write about so often. Whether it is a…


The expanding universe (of knowledge)

Scientists at the University of Georgia, the University of California, San Diego, UCLA, California State Polytechnic University and the Australia National University have collaborated on a study, published in the journal Nature, suggesting new information on how planets are formed. The study: began with a curious and unexpected finding: Within three years, the cloud of dust circling a young star in the Scorpius-Centaurus stellar nursery simply…
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