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Art + Math make a GROVI connection

Creative ingenuity at the faculty level and across Franklin units provides the spark for an innovative new partnership – and the NSF support to expand the collaboration: Designer and artist Moon Jung Jang met mathematician David Gay through the UGA Arts Collaborative, a research incubator that encourages collaboration across the arts and sciences, and between the university and the Athens community. Since 2017, the two professors have engaged in…
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Noted and Quoted, November – December 2024

From comment and opinion to groundbreaking work on reviving heritage crops and fighting disease, Franklin faculty expertise informs and leads by a continual presence in media around the globe. A sampling of the numerous stories over the previous few weeks: We knew lead pipes were bad 140 years ago – Stephen Mihm, professor of history and associate dean, writing in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette UGA researcher links broken corn chromosomes to cancer…
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Kudos, November - December 2024

From rankings to renovations of beloved campus buildings to welcoming award-winning new faculty colleagues, a rich cohort of accolades and good news ushered in late fall on campus. A sampling of the terrific stories about our colleagues and alumni: UGA dedicates first phase of Science and Ag Hill modernization  Nathan Lewis, a professor of pediatrics and bioengineering at the University of California San Diego, joined UGA as the new Georgia…
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Franklin hosts inaugural faculty research mixer

The Franklin College hosted the first-ever faculty research mixer on Nov. 14 at Normal Bar in Athens, bringing together faculty across the university who share research affinities to build multidisciplinary research and teaching teams. The evening featured seven brief research presentations and a social mixer of faculty interested in collaborating on areas related to "Health, Gender, & Equity." "There was an energy  about collaboration…
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Comedy sends a message: Exploring "9 to 5"

Pour yourself a cup of ambition and come to life with this fascinating research by Dyllon Glaze and the 9 to 5 movement. Theatre and history come together in a hilarious and inspiring production of "9 to 5: The Musical." Dyllon Glaze, a second-year Theatre and Entertainment & Media Studies major, is not only the Dramaturg for UGA’s fall production of "9 to 5: The Musical" but is also conducting undergraduate research through UGA’s Institute…
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Book edited by UGA professor receives 2024 Josephine Roberts Award

A book project by University of Georgia faculty member Paola De Santo and her co-translator/editor Caterina Mongiat Farina of DePaul University has won the Josephine Roberts Award for a Scholarly Edition, granted by the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender.  The award honors the publication of "Letters by Isabella Andreini" (Iter Press in 2023), a volume in the acclaimed series, The Other Voice in Early Modern…
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Art in the Field: UGA students explore mining and ecology in Georgia

Mines in Southeast Georgia can conjure many images — swamps, pits, pines, machinery. A band of artists may not be at the top of this list. Nevertheless, University of Georgia Professor of Art Michael Marshall and 14 students were invited to don hardhats and visit the Chemours Mission Mine in the Altamaha River Basin this past September to contemplate the setting through different eyes and tell a greater story of this region.  …
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Dance student learning all the right steps

The elegant choreography to owning a dance studio involves learning the right steps and how to put them to work. At UGA, students can refine their moves on stage and gain the skills to succeed in business.   Bethany Barner, a second-year student from Pike County GA, is a Cora Nunnally Miller Scholar in the Fine Arts, majoring in dance in the Franklin College and advertising in Grady College. She chose dance and advertising to equip herself…
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MFA Film program ranked in Top 50

The UGA Master of Fine Arts in Film, Television and Digital Media was named to the list of Top 50 Film Schools across the country by The Wrap, a leading publication in the media and entertainment industry. This is the first time the UGA MFA Film program, launched in 2020 as a joint program between the Franklin College and the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, has been named to a national list and it debuted at No. 43: “It is…
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Kudos, October 2024

Faculty, students and alumni of the Franklin College shine all year long and October is no exception. A sample of the featured good work and achievements during the eighth month of the calendar of Romulus: UGA celebrates 40 years of AI  at Oct. 28 conference Alchemy, co-founded by Raj Shingadia (AB ’01, Philosophy, BS ’03, Psychology), designs and installs breathtaking water worlds through Southeast Aquariums & MRC and set design for…
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National Transfer Student Week

Transfer students currently make up nearly 18% of the UGA student body, arriving from 800 different colleges, 134 Georgia counties, 44 states, and 60 different countries around the world. Campus grows more diverse in every way thanks to so many different students following their academic dream to UGA. As a part of our commemorations for National Transfer Student Week (Oct. 21-25), Franklin College communications writer intern Mianna Lotshaw, who…
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Writer and producer alumnus visits campus, theatre students

UGA alumnus Steve Yockey (A.B. Theatre, '01) visited the department of theatre and film studies Oct. 4, sitting for three Q+A sessions with students interested in pursuing careers both on stage and behind the camera. In addition to the Q+A sessions, Yockey attended Dr. John Bray’s Dramatic Writing class for a more focused discussion on his career as a playwright, who has seen much of his theatrical work produced throughout the US, Europe, and…
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UGA student merges world of possibility in her own backyard

What's an artist to do when they want to pursue medicine alongside piano? Choose UGA and continue with both. Caroline Malcom, a second-year student and Cora Nunnally Miller Scholar in the Fine Arts, is majoring in piano performance in the Hugh Hodgson School of Music while also on a pre-medical track in the Franklin College. She chose to major in piano performance to grow as an artist, by “studying music in its entirety and learning the…
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UGA theatre students make the journey in 'Everybody'

UGA Theatre's season-opening production continues tonight and through the weekend with “Everybody,” written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and directed by J.L. Reed. Performances will be held in the Cellar Theatre of the Fine Arts Building on Sept. 25-28 at 8 p.m. and Sept. 29 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $18, $6 for students and can be reserved at ugatheatre.com/everybody or by phone at 706-542-4400 or in person at the Performing Arts Center or…
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kudos, September 2024

We welcomed new faculty and staff colleagues into the Franklin College, celebrated new professorships, a Hall of Fame induction and so much more in this first month of the fall semester 2024. Congratulations to our colleagues for outstanding contributions and career achievements: Kelly Dyer, professor in the department of genetics, director of the Integrated Life Sciences Program and co-director of the NIH T32 Genetics Training Grant program, is…
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Healthcare training – a partnership of science, art, and communications

For decades, simulated interactions with theatre actors have contributed to how doctors, veterinarians, and pharmacists learn to talk – and listen – to patients and clients Truth, trust, and transparency are key in a patient's relationship with their healthcare provider. Good health for ourselves and for our pets requires near-perfect interactions with healthcare professionals that meets a range of experience and results. The humanistic element…
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Celebrated novelist Obioma joins UGA faculty

Nigerian novelist Chigozie Obioma has been appointed the Helen S. Lanier Distinguished Professor of English in the University of Georgia Franklin College of Arts and Sciences department of English. Born in Akure, Nigeria, Obioma is the author of three novels, "The Fishermen" (2015), "An Orchestra of Minorities" (2019), both shortlisted for The Booker Prize, and "The Road to the Country” (2024), a novel about the Nigerian Civil War published in…
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Thursday Scholarship Series: Birth of the Cool

The Hugh Hodgson School of Music brings out the greats as our faculty performers kick off the 2024-25 concert season with The Birth of the Cool: A collection of pieces written by Gil Evans, Gerry Mulligan, Miles Davis and John Lewis from 1948-50, that was expanding past the “Be-Bop” hard driving small group Jazz music of the time. This encore performance features nine of the UGA performance faculty including senior lecturer in Jazz David D’…
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Opportunity of a lifetime: UGA student interns for Paris Olympics coverage

University of Georgia student Niara Thompson enjoyed a 2024 summer to remember. The 4th year film studies major worked at NBC Sports as a Digital Streaming Operations Intern for the 2024 Paris Olympics.  From broadcast testing and execution for all Olympic events appearing on the Peacock and NBC OneApp platforms to quality control checks on customer devices, Thompson learned the ins-and-outs of a tight schedule where for 24 hours of the day…
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Kudos, Summer 2024

The awards, scholarships, and achievements by Franklin College students, alumni, faculty, and staff don't stop for summer. Congratulations to the members of our community whose individual honors bring great distinction to the college and the University of Georgia. A glimpse of the excellence that shined through the summer months: Jordyn Faucette, a senior philosophy, English, and political science major, was one of 19 students across the nation…
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Inaugural Athens Film Festival features MFA Film students, faculty

Several UGA faculty, alumni, and MFA Film students will screen films and lead discussions during the inaugural Athens Film Festival which takes place at downtown venues in Athens Aug. 15-17.  As the local film industry grows, the UGA MFA in Film, Television, and Digital Media is right in the thick of making this creative engine go: For Alex Thomas (MFA ‘23), coming back to Athens to premiere his MFA thesis film, “The School Mistress,” is a…
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UGA academic advisor wins national award

Ryan Smith, academic advisor for Geography and Art in the UGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected as a recipient of the NACADA Outstanding New Advisor Award. Smith received the UGA Outstanding New Advisor Award in spring 2024, which made him UGA’s nominee for the global NACADA award. His award will be presented in a ceremony at the NACADA Annual Conference this October. Established in 1983, the NACADA Global Awards…
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Athens history on film

The Athens Film Project will launch the first three of its very short films at Ciné’s Lab at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17. A project of the Athens Historical Society that began during the early days of the pandemic, the Film Project’s goal is to create films on Athens history for local 11th grade U.S. History classes. The first two films are already…
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Q & A with horn professor James Naigus

Assistant professor of horn in the UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music, James Naigus received the 2024 Michael F. Adams Early Career Scholar Award at the UGA Research Awards. Naigus recently sat down with our colleagues in UGA Research Communications and discussed his career as a performer and composer, his love for John Williams scores, and having the New York Philharmonic perform one of his pieces: What drew you to the horn? Because I’m a glutton…
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Service builds a vision for driving change

UGA Trustee Becky Winkler believes everyone has a narrative. You just need to keep it pointed in the right direction. "My dad was a Jamaican immigrant and he taught me the secret to the meaning of life is it's all made up," Winkler said. "Raised by an immigrant, I was taught to question things that other people consider normal." The cogent advice has led Winkler (AB '98) to chart her own circuitous path that, in retrospect, appears rather direct…
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