Faculty in the News, September '13

Here's a sampling of Franklin College faculty writing and quoted in the media this month:

“The secret bromance of Nixon and Brezhnev” – Posting by associate professor of history Stephen Mihm in Bloomberg News, picked up by the History News Network.

A second posting by Mihm is in the same outlets on the topic, “How computers took over trading.”

Spalding professor of history James C. Cobb reflects on commencement in Flagpole magazine.

“This is a big piece of the human disease pie that science is only beginning to explore,” said Michael Pierce of UGA’s Complex Carbohydrate Research Center. Peirce’s group of researchers received a $10.4 million grant for glycobiology research, reports OnlineAthens.com.

UGA Athletic Association Professor of Atmospheric Sciences Marshall Shepherd quoted in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on why higher sea levels mean more flood damage from storms like Isabel.

Asen Kirin, associate professor and associate director in the Lamar Dodd School of Art, is quoted in a Huffington Post article on the "Exuberance of Meaning: the Art Patronage of Catherine the Great" exhibition at the Georgia Museum of Art, curated by Kirin.

And recently minted Ph.D. in the department of history Joshua Haynes was featured on the TLC TV show "Who do you think you are?" Haynes' expertise in Native American history, specifically Creek border conflicts the late 1700s, helped country singer and Georgia-native Trisha Yearwood find out more about her relatives.

Image: cover of the first edition of Dutch newspaper "De vrouw" from 15 july 1900, via Wikimedia Commons.