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Anthropology lecture: El Nino’s Role in Ancient Peru

The department of anthropology presents a lecture, “Climate, Catastrophe, Collapse?: Using Climatic and Cultural History to Understand El Nino’s Role in Ancient Peru," with Dan Sandweiss from the University of Maine. Sandweiss will discuss the stresses and opportunities of El Niño for ancient societies on the Peruvian coast and the relationship between El Niño frequency and cultural change. The climatic perturbation known as El Niño offers…


Founders Day Lecture: Dr. Freda Scott Giles

Freda Scott Giles, associate professor emerita of theatre and film studies and African-American studies, will deliver the 17th annual Founders Day Lecture on Monday, January 28, 1:30-3:30 pm at the UGA Chapel. The Founders Day Lecture is hosted by the UGA Alumni Association in partnership with the Office of the President, Provost’s Office and UGA Emeriti Scholars. The lecture has become a Founders Day tradition, drawing alumni, students, faculty…


Lunchtime Time Machine: Was There a Shark Week Before TV?

LunchTime Time Machine: Was There a Shark Week Before T.V.? This installment of the Department of History’s undergraduate lecture series features Steve Soper and Jake Short. Soper teaches courses on the history of modern Europe, Italy, microhistory and the second half of western civilization. He is working on a new book about political prisoners in southern Italy on the eve of Italian unification. Short also teaches courses on the…


Women's Studies Friday Speaker Series

"Breaking In and Having It All: Black Women and the Hollywood Jim Crow," Maryann Erigha, African American Studies and Sociology. Part of the Women's Studies Friday Speaker Series. Eigha is the author of "The Hollywood Jim Crow." A description of the book is below: The story of racial hierarchy in the American film industry  The #OscarsSoWhite campaign, and the content of the leaked Sony emails which revealed, among many other things, that a…


Public History Guest Lecture: Tamar Carroll

“From University Press to Public Exhibition: Finding Multiple Audiences for Historical Research," Tamar Carrol, associate pProfessor and acting department chair, Department of History, Rochester Institute of Technology. Carroll’s research bridges the fields of U.S. political and women’s and gender history, with a focus on the post-1945 period. Her book,Mobilizing New York: AIDS, Antipoverty, and Feminist Activism, examines the history and…


Lecture: Elizabeth Catte

In her talk entitled “Seeing Appalachia,” writer and public historian Elizabeth Catte will take a critical look at representations of the region in contemporary writing, photography and reporting, underscoring how the visual archive of Appalachia often renders a diverse and complicated place into a series of problems that threaten the nation's progress. Catte is author of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia, and is currently co-…


Signature Lecture: Artist Rebecca Rutstein and UGA Marine Scientist Samantha Joye

Rebecca Rutstein, an artist whose work spans painting, sculpture, installation, and public art and explores abstraction inspired by science, data and maps, will visit the University of Georgia as the third Delta Visiting Chair for Global Understanding. Rutstein will visit UGA twice during the upcoming academic year: in November as part of the national conference of the Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru), and again in…


Signature Lecture: David Lubin

“Oh Say Can You See: American Art, Propaganda and the First World War,” David Lubin, Charlotte C. Weber Professor of Art at Wake Forest University and Terra Foundation for American Art Visiting Professor at Oxford University. Presented in conjunction with “For Home and Country: World War I Posters from the Collection of Murray and Ann Blum.” Lubin considers how patriotism, religion, gender, banking and pacifism were all called into play visually…


Signature Lecture: Andrea Wulf

The Gregory Distinguished Lecture series presents Andrea Wulf, New York Times bestselling author of The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World. Wulf’s writing reveals the  life of the visionary German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) and how he created the way we understand nature today.


Signature Lecture: Sushil Prasad

Sushil Prasad, professor of computer science at Georgia State University, director of the Distributed and Mobile Systems Lab and NSF program director, will present a lecture entitled, “Innovations in NSF Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Research Workforce Development and Education Programs.” He has carried out theoretical as well as experimental research in parallel and distributed computing, resulting in more than 140 refereed…


American Indian Returnings: Chadwick Allen

Eidson Distinguished Professor in American Literature LeAnne Howe presents scholar and author Chadwick Allen for her annual American Indian Returnings (AIR) Talk. This year's AIR Talk, "Across and Through These Lands: Earthworks, Indigenous Identity, and Return," will take place on the autumnal equinox in the M. Smith Griffith Auditorium of the Georgia Museum. This event is free and open to the public. Allen is the Russell F. Stark University…


Lecture: Asen Kirin

Parker Curator of Russian Art Asen Kirin will give a lecture in conjunction with the exhibition One Heart, One Way: The Journey of a Princely Art Collection.


Artist Talk: Daisy Craddock

Artist Daisy Craddock (MFA, UGA) will give a lecture on her work, which is on view in the M. Smith Griffith Grand Hall.


Artful Conversation: Theresa Pollack

Join Sage Kincaid, assistant curator of education, for an in-depth discussion of Theresa Pollak’s “Art Studio,” a work of art from Central to Their Lives: Southern Women Artists in the Johnson Collection.


Artist's Talk: Cheryl Goldsleger

Currently the Morris Eminent Scholar in Art at Augusta University, artist Cheryl Goldsleger has had work in exhibitions at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C, the American Academy in New York, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, the Brooklyn Museum, the National Museum of Women in the Arts and many other institutions. She has two works currently on display at the Georgia Museum of Art.


2018 Ljungdahl Lecture

Energy and Matter at the Origin of Life:  Nick Lane, a faculty member at the University College London, will present the 2018 Ljungdahl Lecture April 27 at 3:30 p.m. in Room C127 of the Davison Life Sciences Building. Open free to the public, Lane will discuss “Energy and Matter at the Origin of Life.” Renowned as an excellent communicator, Lane is an evolutionary biochemist and writer in the genetics, evolution and environment…

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Kudos, April 2018

Awards season celebrates many of our best and the accolades continue for Franklin College faculty and students. Among the many honors, inductions and elections: Janet Westpheling, professor of genetics in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, is president-electof the Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. SIMB is a nonprofit, international association dedicated to the advancement of microbiological sciences,…


Lunch & Learn: Polarization in Congress

This spring join the Richard B. Russell Library for Civic Knowledge, Civic Power, a weekly lunch and learn series focused on developing a better understanding of Congress. On April 24, Michael Lynch and Anthony Madonna from the UGA Department of Political Science will speak about polarization in Congress. Attendees are encouraged to bring a bag lunch; coffee and dessert will be provided.

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2018 Josiah Meigs Teaching Professor Michael Marshall

The Franklin College is home to two of the three 2018 Josiah Meigs Teaching Professors, profiled in the Honors & Awards issue of Columns. One of three is photography professor Michael Marshall: Michael Marshall believes that artists should have a role in facilitating change and shaping the world around them. He has put that philosophy into practice and guides others to do the same. “Change can be difficult, and I am consistently…


2018 Annual E. Paul Torrance Lecture: Didi Dunphy

The Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development is excited to announce local artist Didi Dunphy as our 2018 Annual E. Paul Torrance Lecturer! "Art is a Verb, So Let's Do It,"  Didi Dunphy, former visiting scholar and professor in the contemporary and digital media arts at UGA's Lamar Dodd School of Art who works as an independent curator in partnership with regional art museums.  In this lecture, she will discuss her arts…


Ecological Dynamics of Wild Microbiomes

Microbiology Seminar: “Ecological Dynamics of Wild Microbiomes,” Dr. Ashley Shade, Departments of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics; Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University


Lecture: Juan Pablo Molyneux

“My Russian Rooms,” Juan Pablo Molyneux. interior designer. A committed classicist, Molyneux creates spirited interiors that are rooted in history without being historical recreations. Residential projects of note include the restoration of the early-12th-century Château de Pouy-sur-Vannes in Bourgogne, the 17th-century Hotel Claude Passart in Paris and a royal palace and gardens in Qatar. His work has been published in Architectural Digest…

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UGA junior Laurel Hiatt named 2018 Truman Scholar

Laurel Hiatt, a third-year Honors student from Dahlonega majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology and Spanish, was one of 59 undergraduates from across the nation to be named a 2018 Truman Scholar, a highly competitive graduate scholarship program for aspiring public service leaders in the U.S.: Truman Scholarship recipients receive $30,000 toward graduate school and have the opportunity to participate in professional…

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Thank a Donor

  UGA students are gathering Thursday at Tate Plaza from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for Thank A Donor Day to show their appreciation for support of alumni and friends. At this celebration, students will have creative opportunities to thank those donors who have enriched their experiences at UGA. There will be prizes, photos with Hairy Dawg, music and more. It's another beautiful spring day on campus. Our students make it all the better by…


Women's Studies Friday Speaker Series Lecture

"Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault: How Should We Respond to 'Me, Too?'” Dr. Katie Hein, Health Promotion and Behavior
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