Society News from the Chronicles


UGA Research magazine

The fall 2012 issue of the ugaresearch magazine is out, and available online. It features some great stories on Franklin College faculty, including geography professor Steven Holloway and whole section devoted to the Civil War, with a focus on books by history facuty members Stephen Berry, John…

SEC Championship

It looks to be a fun week on campus, as the 'dogs, lead by psychology graduate student and QB Aaron Murray and communication studies major and cornerback Sanders Commings, get ready to take on Alabama for the SEC Championship and who-knows-what-else if they win that one. One game at a time -…

Happy Thanksgiving

And with that, the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences wishes you a very happy Thanksgiving. see you next week. Public domain image by Frances Brundage used as a postcard in 1913.

Privacy in a Digitized World

In my recent interview with former congressman and Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr, we talked about the right to privacy and how it might be something we are compelled to enforce on ourselves, given our current willingness to share so much ourselves, so publicily. This blog post…
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African Studies Institute establishes research collection at Hargrett

UGA and the Franklin College are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the African Studies Institute with the events through the middle of November. One of the many lasting pieces of this milestone is the new research collection in the University archives of materials from the Institute: the…