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Così fan tutte Valentine's

The opera will be sung in Italian as originally written with English supertitles displayed on a screen above the stage. A treat for you and your Valentine, no doubt. Congratulations to our students and professor Burchinal for continuing the fine tradition of bringing outstanding opera theatre to campus. 

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Summer public history program in D.C.

Terrific new opportunity puts UGA students within walking distance of the nation's greatest historical resources: A new University of Georgia program in public history is offering students the opportunity to learn about the professional side of their discipline—through archiving artifacts, giving tours of historic sites or curating a historical collection of films—while living in Washington, D.C. The program, offered by the Franklin College of…

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Teaching, and Learning, about Race

"I'm blessed to be a part of that awakening in so many of them," she said. "Often they thank me, but in so many ways, I am at least as fortunate as they are." Hers is an amazingly difficult job, because so many students are learning about race and privilege for the very first time. We can be glad they are being exposed to reality as college students, and these courses change lives. In many ways, this is what the university is for. But we should…

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WIP: Write@UGA

The Franklin College Writing Intensive Program presents Write@UGA, a month-long celebration of writing at the university. The campus community is invited to join in the celebration of writing, learning about writing pedagogy, and supporting UGA writing programs and publications. Have a manuscript or grant you’d like to work on? Drop in to a write-in for coffee, snacks, and two hours to dedicate just to your writing. Want to learn more about…

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A world of languages at UGA

Comment on dit, "world class university?" UGA has the programs and the people that make it second-to-none in teaching and learning foreign languages - a set of capabilities that is the sine qua non for a premier university: “It’s a truly diverse blend, that both harkens back to the roots of classical liberal arts education as it builds on the world as we know it today and looks forward to both the challenges and the opportunities of the…

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Fires in the Mirror

Racial tensions boil over in the University Theatre production about the 1991 race riots in Crown Heights, Brooklyn: It's about what happened in a neighborhood with two groups living strictly separate lives: Orthodox Hasidic Jews and African and Caribbean Americans. It was a tense coexistence until a rabbi’s motorcade ran over a couple of black children, killing one. A few hours later, a visiting Jewish scholar was stabbed to death in revenge…

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Hodgson School hosts h.s. students during JanFest

On a smaller scale, the school's Summer Music Institute, Music Camp and Marching Band Camp do much the same as the festivals—offer high-level instruction to promising students of varying ages, experience levels and disciplines. Not only one of UGA's great acadmeic units, the Hodgson School plays a crucial role across the state and region - educating teachers of music and training musicians for every stage imaginable. Nice article and a…

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Georgia Debate Union at U.S. Naval Academy

The Navy tournament marks another successful showing for the Georgia Debate Union.  Remaining tournaments on the schedule include contests at Indiana University, the University of Texas-Austin, Emory University, Boston College, and the National Debate Tournament.   Our thanks to debate coach Hays Watson for keeping us informed about these amazing students. Image: l-r, Swapnil Agrawal, Advait Ramanan, Tucker Boyce, Nathan Rice…

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Advisor's past makes her a 'people person'

My aunt was trying to teach me the ABCs, and I didn’t understand why I had to learn them.  It was very hard.” During Lou’s first few years in New York, a lot changed for her, including her name. It wasn’t always Kathy. In elementary school, her Chinese name was Bet Tuey Lee.  Lou soon realized that to completely fit into American culture, she’d need a name that would fit in as well. Bet Tuey was difficult to pronounce, and she wanted…

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Ballroom Magic 2016

The 25th anniversary of this year's program means a lot to both current and former dancers with the UGA Ballroom Performance Group. This year's showcase will feature returning alumni and the performance of some of the group's most famous pieces. A great way to welcome alums back to campus and share the joy of dance with the campus community. The group includes dancers from within and beyond the department of dance - a great way for students in…

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Study Abroad Fair January 20

If you know the Franklin College, you know we support and encourage student educational experiences abroad. To learn more about which international experience might be right for you, the Office of International Educational will host a Study Abroad Fair on Wednesday, January 20 at the Tate Center: Learn about different study abroad programs. Meet UGA students who have studied abroad. Talk with faculty directors and program…

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Baldwin Hall expansion becomes anthropology project

The Baldwin Hall expansion construction site has garnered new attention over the last few months. The department of anthopology faculty and students will now curate and study the remains that have been recovered: Work to locate and exhume remains from gravesites at the site has been underway since the first remains were inadvertently discovered on Nov. 17, 2015. Baldwin Hall is adjacent to the Old Athens Cemetery, which UGA has been working…

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Georgia Debate Union at Miami University tourney

Teams representing the Georgia Debate Union earned second and fifth place at the University of Miami intercollegiate debate tournament recently held in Miami, Florida.  The college debate tournament featured over 30 teams from 12 colleges and universities across the Southeast, Midwest, and mid-Atlantic, including the US Naval Academy and Vanderbilt University.  The team of Swapnil Agrawal, a freshman from Chamblee, and Advait Ramanan,…

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The power of international engagement

The great strengths of UGA, and American higher education more generally, are encapsulated in its international engagement and appeal. The diversity and flexibilty of American higher education - so many choices, majors and programs, no single path to success - bring many to the United States to study, prepare, train and succeed. It's a two-way street, and this diversity creates a dynamic atmosphere wherever it manifests. But the 'pull' of this…

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Class of 2015: Corinne Klemenc

Double major in the Hodgson School of Music (B. Mus. in music education and B. Mus. in composition), Corinne Klemenc shares her experience as one of the 15 in 2015: The best experience that I had at UGA was what I call my Super Senior Recital. This last spring, I decided to leave the School of Music with a bang by combining all of my learned skills into one recital instead of just having my 30-minute required senior composition or clarinet…

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Class of 2015: Elizabeth Benyshek

Terrific new feature from UGA on our students graduating in December. First up is geology major Elizabeth Benyshek: Our fieldwork focused on basaltic volcanism, landscape evolution and planetary surface processes as related to both Earth and Mars. While the fieldwork aided me in gaining geological experience, I also learned more than a few life lessons from the scientist who invited the UGA students, Bob Craddock.  How did that experience…

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2015 Holiday Concerts

The annual tradition that brings together our campus and community continues this week with the UGA Holiday Concerts on Dec. 3 and 4 in Hodgson Concert Hall at the Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m.: The UGA Symphony Orchestra, directed by Mark Cedel, and the combined choirs of the Hugh Hodgson School of Music will perform John Rutter’s “Gloria,” the first suite of Robert Shaw’s “Many Moods of Christmas,” excerpts from Bach’s “…

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Happy Thanksgiving

The Franklin College of Arts and Sciences wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving. We hope you enjoy the break with friends and family.  Image: Stegeman Coliseum in the fall, courtesy of UGA photographic services.

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Kudos, November 2015

Faculty, staff and students excel in every area of endeavor on campus and (quite) beyond. A sampling of solid achievements by our colleagues shared over the last month: The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) Research Board announced awards of nearly $38 million to individuals and teams studying the effects of oil on the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem and public health. Among the awardees are professor and head of the department of marine…

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Thinc. Showcase to feature Franklin Innovation Fellows

A display of UGA’s student innovators takes place tonight as part of the Thinc Fall Showcase event. Thinc., a program that aims to connect students and faculty across disciplines to help learn, xperiment and test ideas together, holds a week of events each Spring. Tonight’s showcase event is three-fold in purpose. The event, at Studio 1 at 225 West Broad Street, will feature a Club Fair to connect creative students across UGA, a hacker demo…

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Convincing Arguments

The communication studies department held its bi-annual public speaking contest on Thursday, November 12. The evening began with the announcement of this year's Olive M. Cone Scholarship winner, Elizabeth Trent. The Cone Scholarship recognizes the outstanding achievement of a Communication Studies major with a tuition scholarship for the spring semester. Then, the main event: The competition was strong with eleven contestants who…

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2015 International Photo & Video Contest Entries

Rose George is an author and journalist. Her journalism has appeared in the Guardian, New York Times, London Review of Books, and many others. Next week offers a great opportunity for students to celebrate and take interest in all that UGA has to offer in terms of study abroad and other international education opportunities. “International Education Week gives us the opportunity to recognize and celebrate the role of international education in…

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Hodgson Wind Ensemble 'EPIC'

The Hodgson Wind Ensemble (HWE) takes to the Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall stage tonight, Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m. for the November edition of the 2nd Thursday Scholarship concert series: The performance comprises two pieces: David Maslanka’s Symphony No. 8 and Oliver Waespi’s “Audivi Media Nocte.” Maslanka, an American composer born in 1943, is known for powerful, grand compositions, but his Symphony No. 8 stands out even among those. “His…

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ASI Fall Lecture and Open House

The UGA African Studies Institute, in conjunction with the Georgia University System African Council (USAC), will hold its 2015 Fall Lecture at noon on Wednesday, Oct. 21 in the UGA Special Collections Library. The lecture, "The Role of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights," will be delivered by past preseident of the USAC, Saba Jallow, professor of political science at Georgia Southern University. Dr. Jallow will provide an…

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Concert on the Lawn

The Hodgson Wind Ensemble, conducted by Director of Bands Cynthia Johnston Turner, has earned an international reputation for its artistry, precision, sensitivity and musicianship. Membership, determined each semester by blind audition, includes the most accomplished graduate and undergraduate UGA music majors.
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