News

Franklin College is a hub for research, scholarly achievement and global reach in the arts, humanities, and sciences. Its nationally known faculty are frequently recognized for their research impact, while fostering entrepreneurial thinking among their students that helps shape each student’s educational journey. Our students are known for their innovative and creative ambitions and pursue them to their fullest extent here at the College. Upon graduation, they join the Franklin network of more than 100,000 worldwide, who lead in their respective fields and frequently share their experiences and knowledge in the UGA classroom. Read more about our faculty, students, alumni, and initiatives in the College below.
Joseph Dainis and Kaelynn Parker

Cellular biology doctoral students receive NIH fellowships for parasitic disease research

University of Georgia Ph.D. students Joseph Dainis and Kaelynn Parker, both affiliated with the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Disease (CTEGD), have received prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards from the National Institutes of Health that will support their… Read Article

Thania Galvan and students

$425,000 award supports Franklin research on parenting stress in Latino families

For more than a decade, psychologist Thania Galvan has heard Latino parents describe a gap in the services intended to help their children. While teenagers may receive support through schools, counselors, and community programs, parents often have nowhere to turn with the pressures… Read Article

Students studying

Fiction Writers Program at the Oxbelly Retreat – Internship at the University of Georgia Spring 2027

Students are invited to apply for a Fiction Writers Program internship which will allow them to review the work of some of the most talented aspiring contemporary writers in the world.

Students accepted for this internship will contribute to the review process for the 2027 Oxbelly Fiction… Read Article

Anthropology faculty

Anthropology faculty leads $743,658 NEH project to preserve Georgia history

Amanda Roberts Thompson, Carey Garland, and Victor Thompson, faculty in the Department of Anthropology in UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, are leading a three-year, $743,658 project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The project will preserve materials documenting… Read Article

Cassandra Hall

NASA grant supports Franklin astrophysicist searching for Earth's origins

Some giant planets appear to have formed millions of years faster than prevailing theories predict. With more than $365,000 in new NASA funding, University of Georgia astrophysicist Cassandra Hall is investigating how that could happen. 

Hall, an assistant professor of… Read Article