Society News from the Chronicles


In the News, April

Franklin College faculty continue to be widely quoted and featured in the news media. A sample from April: UGA researcher Vincent Starai, an assistant professor of microbiology, has been awarded a $1.5 million National Institutes of Health grant to study Legionnaires’ disease. …

Franklin student Philip Grayeski named Goldwater Scholar

Franklin's Philip Grayeski becomes UGA's 44th Goldwater Scholar: Grayeski, a junior Honors student majoring in genetics and chemistry at the University of Georgia, has been named a 2013 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar. Grayeski is among a group of 271 recipients of the one- and two-year scholarships…

2013 Udall Scholars

• Ian Karra, a junior from Roswell who is pursuing degrees in economics and finance from the Terry College of Business. Great news for our students and the institution. The Franklin College proudly honors the many outstanding students in our midst, and a Udall Scholar has particular resonance…

Mary Frances Early lecture

Tomorrow, Tuesday April 2, the Graduate School presents the 13th annual Mary Frances Early Lecture at 4 pm in the UGA Chapel. The Speaker is Hank Klibanoff, a Pulitzer Prize winner and the James M. Cox, Jr. Professor of Journalism at Emory University. In 2007, Klibanoff won the Pulitzer Prize…
hugh studio portrait

Ruppersburg named University Professor

The University of Georgia bestowed one of its highest honors for faculty upon our senior associate dean, Hugh Ruppersburg: Ruppersburg, a long-time faculty member in the English department who also has held leadership posts in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, has been named University…