News Archive - 2024

Comedy sends a message: Exploring "9 to 5"

Thu, 11/21/2024 - 9:28am

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…

Franklin hosts inaugural faculty research mixer

Fri, 11/22/2024 - 10:40am

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…

New research connects peach reach to indigenous communities

Mon, 11/25/2024 - 10:00am

Long before there was a Peach State, indigenous communities saw the promise of peaches – originally introduced to North America by Spanish explorers. A new study published in Nature Communications shows that Indigenous political and social networks and land use practices played key roles in the peach’s adoption and dispersal across the continent: The researchers analyzed historical documents that mentioned peaches, such as the travel writings of…

Alumnus James Dunn Q & A

Tue, 11/26/2024 - 1:20pm

UGA alumnus and ESPN executive James Dunn visited the UGA campus in October and spent time with students in Communications Studies, his home department in the Franklin College. Hometown: From Atlanta, Georgia Currently: Work in Bristol, CT but lives in Farmington Degree from UGA: A.B. Speech Communications, '98 Title: VP of Production for ESPN Why did you attend UGA: When I was in high school, a recruiter spoke to my class and…

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wed, 11/27/2024 - 1:06pm

Happy Thanksgiving from the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.

Gender & Society named top scholarly journal

Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:02am

According to the most recent impact factor ratings, Gender & Society, co-edited by UGA faculty member Patricia Richards, is ranked #1 among Women’s and Gender Studies journals and — also #1 among sociology journals. The ranking comes from the Journal Citations Report by Clarivate. The Impact Factor Report provides a measure of how much a given academic journal is cited — the higher the number the better. Gender & Society is 1 of…

UGA plant biologist leads new advances in biotech

Thu, 12/05/2024 - 9:45am

The evolutionary lineage leading to Amborella diverged from all other flowering plant lineages approximately 150 million years ago. In 2013, an international research team co-led by UGA Plant Biology faculty member Jim Leebens-Mack and collaborators announced the newly sequenced genome of the Amborella trichopoda plant became the foundation for comparative analyses of genes tracing back to the origin of flowering plants and earlier.…

Kudos, November - December 2024

Fri, 12/06/2024 - 10:47am

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…

Noted and Quoted, November – December 2024

Mon, 12/09/2024 - 11:21am

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…

InfUSion Magazine creates space for multi-cultural students to express themselves

Tue, 12/10/2024 - 10:38am

The hustle and bustle of UGA’s Engagement Fair filled the Tate Center and as I moved through the crowd, one of the many tables caught my eye. Someone handed me a glossy magazine whose cover featured a diverse group of people. I was told that in a week the magazine would host a welcome meeting for new volunteers. On a whim I decided to go. When I walked into that meeting, I was met with such a warm and inviting atmosphere that I couldn’t help but…