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When people become data points: A Ph.D. candidate’s call for ethical guardrails in biotech and AI

Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Ph.D. candidate Blessing Temitope Adewuyi has built her academic journey around perseverance and faith. Raised in southwestern Nigeria, she became the first in her family to earn a college degree. In May, she will again make family history as the first to earn a Ph.D. Adewuyi’s work sits at the intersection of ethics, religion, and biomedical science. Focusing on bioethics, she examines how advances in…
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Franklin senior Kennedy Ingram breaks ground in ocean science graduation milestone

“It’s the mystery of it,” says Kennedy Ingram about the ocean. “Knowing that over 80% of the ocean is still unexplored makes me feel like there’s so much left to discover.” In May, Ingram will graduate from the UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences with a B.S. in ocean science and a minor in geology. She is one of the first two Black women to graduate from the program, and her academic path reflects Franklin’s emphasis on experiential and…
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Addicted to philosophy: how one Franklin senior is using philosophy to make an impact

For Lauren Scaffidi, philosophy has grown into a lifelong passion that her family affectionately calls a “philosophy addiction.” As she prepares to graduate with degrees in philosophy from the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and political science from the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), Scaffidi is focused on a future where philosophical ideas can help solve real-world problems. Her time at Franklin helped her see how…
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Franklin senior Nathan Haynes explores big questions through multidisciplinary study

For Franklin senior Nathan Haynes, a multidisciplinary education felt like the natural path. He chose philosophy, he said, because it teaches people how to think about life, how we experience the world, and how we determine what has value.He added English as a double major to explore his strong interest in literary theory, where philosophical questions and storytelling intersect. He also pursued a Spanish minor, he said, to engage more…
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Psychology professor embodies interdisciplinary approach

Drew Abney, associate professor in the department of psychology, has blended his interests in statistics and engineering to forge a multifaceted psychology research career. Our colleagues in UGA Research Communications share the story of how Abney's journey informs his scholarship: While working on his master’s in education, Abney took a statistics class that, surprisingly, made his passing interest in psychology seem like a possible career…
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