News Archive - 2026

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Study Away as a catalyst for career growth: Loren Peoples gains hands-on healthcare experience in Peru

A snapshot of the Class of 2026, this story reflects the Franklin experience at the University of Georgia. Studying away allows students to engage in experiential learning and gain a firsthand understanding of the interconnectedness of the world. Often these experiences shape students’ academic and professional paths in profound ways, such as it was for Franklin senior Loren Peoples, whose month spent in Peru reaffirmed her goal of pursuing…

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Franklin School of Computing researcher secures international honor for AI Innovation in public health

Jane Odum, a Ph.D. candidate in Franklin’s School of Computing (SOC), has earned international recognition after winning first place and a $30,000 prize in the Google-sponsored MedGemma Impact Challenge. Her mobile-first AI platform, EpiCast, was designed to strengthen disease surveillance in low-resource settings by enabling community health workers to report symptoms in their native languages and convert them instantly into structured clinical…

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Franklin senior Nathan Haynes explores big questions through multidisciplinary study

For Franklin senior Nathan Haynes, a multidisciplinary education felt like the natural path. He chose philosophy, he said, because it teaches people how to think about life, how we experience the world, and how we determine what has value.He added English as a double major to explore his strong interest in literary theory, where philosophical questions and storytelling intersect. He also pursued a Spanish minor, he said, to engage more…

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