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A successor to our print magazine, The Franklin Chronicles, this blog allows us to continue to communicate the importance of the arts and sciences to an expanded audience through a variety of means – articles and announcements, video, news and opinion – to pick up the conversation of why the arts, humanities and sciences matter so much at this juncture in the history of our university, our nation and the world. Read more
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UGA Alumna Caroline Leigh Halleck's Journey to Italy

This January, the Hugh Hodgson School of Music welcomes back one of its own. Caroline Leigh Halleck graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2017 with a Bachelor of Music in saxophone performance. Her time at UGA, including the Italy Music Study Abroad program, changed her direction toward where she is… Read Article

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Record Schwarzman Scholars exemplify Franklin academic diversity

The diversity of opportunity in the Franklin College is exemplified in the record number of UGA Schwarzman Scholars for 2026.

Three Honors students, four Franklin degree programs charts the route to international study with one of the most prestigious major scholarships:

UGA set a… Read Article

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UGA student wins Radiolab contest to name one of Earth's quasi-moons

Look to the sky – and ask Bulldog nation for support – and one of Earth's quasi-moons gets a cool new name, thanks to UGA student Clay Chilcutt. 

In May 2024, the science podcast Radiolab and the International Astronomical Union joined forces to launch a contest that invited… Read Article

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Raise Your Voice: UGA choir brings music and community in harmony

Gregory Broughton, associate professor of voice for the Hugh Hodgson School of Music and conductor of the African American Choral Ensemble (AACE), never misses a moment to celebrate and lift up the people around him. Upon seeing the original founder of AACE (formerly Pamoja Singers) in the crowd… Read Article

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New tools for finding the right whales

North Atlantic right whales, hunted to extinction by the end of the 19th century, return to the Georgia Bight for calving. Marine scientists search the large ocean sector stretching from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to Cape Canaveral, Florida to document the number of new calves, which remains… Read Article

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