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Lecture details how research and innovation reach global heights through Horizon Europe

As research drives innovation around the globe and its ever-changing political, social and economic landscape, the power of collaboration fuels visionary breakthroughs for the most complex challenges.   Building on Franklin’s commitment to Academic Innovation, the college welcomed Florent Bernard to campus on Oct. 3 for an invited lecture on EU/U.S. collaboration opportunities in research and innovation. Bernard, Counsellor for…
Pictured: Vice President Jill Walton, Dean Anna Stenport, Kelly Layton, Brent Layton, School of Art Director Joe Peragine, President Jere W. Morehead, and Layton Design Studio Director Lindsey Camelio at ribbon cutting ceremony

Creativity ignites and drives student success at the Layton Design Studio

Launched in Spring 2025, the donor-funded Layton Design Studio bridges academic learning and professional practice. This new client-focused studio is modeled after a small design firm fully run by creative students that work as a team of art directors with non-profit and business clients alike from concept to execution. In 2023, graphic design alumna Kelly Layton BFA ’90 and husband Brent Layton AB ’89 donated $500,00 to establish the Layton…
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Franklin College launches Franklin CREATE! startup initiative

The Franklin College has partnered with The Marcus Foundation to launch Franklin CREATE!, a new initiative designed to build students’ entrepreneurial confidence and to help them create successful startup companies. Funded by a $3 million grant from The Marcus Foundation, Franklin CREATE! will establish a robust three-phase model that allows arts and sciences students to gain hands-on experience, mentorship and access to the resources needed to…
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Design happens here

In our third installation in this five-part series, we’re excited to showcase the talented success stories of our Art students featured in the first-ever Fine & Performing Arts Season Brochure, where all of the arts programming in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences come together in one place.     Our students exemplify the Franklin Spark, the characteristics that unite the arts and sciences: ambition, curiosity…
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From Classroom to dockside: Sydney Michael’s summer as a dolphin behavior intern

This summer, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, as part of its academic innovation and student success initiatives, inspired students to put their classroom knowledge into practice with experiential learning opportunities including internships. Sydney Michael, a fourth-year Ocean Science major, interned as an Animal Behaviorist at Island Dolphin Care in Key Largo, Fla., a place where ocean science meets compassion in the most inspiring way…
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Enhancing Academic Excellence with real-world projects

Spring 2025 Capstones included computing, history, Statistics, and criminal justice A wide array of capstone opportunities across Franklin College – ranging from data-driven projects in statistics and data science to history students curating a Special Collections exhibition – produced outstanding work and provided many opportunities for student learning and career readiness this spring.  As part of the Academic Innovation Initiative of the…
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Innovation Initiative: Transforming Academic Culture in the Arts and Sciences

The Franklin College Innovation Initiative is designed to guide our efforts and focus into the next era of American higher education. Dean Anna Stenport provides an outline of the three-part initiative 1) Academic Innovation, 2) Research Partnerships and Public Engagement, and 3) Student Success, in a series of interviews discussing the context of this ambitious enterprise and plans for implementation. "The Franklin College commitment to…
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Franklin College Innovation Initiative 2025 – the next quarter-century

Part 2 of 3 – Research Partnerships and Public Engagement Franklin College has introduced a three-part Innovation Initiative guiding its efforts and focus into the next era of American higher education. The initiative consists of three pillars designed to complement each other and work together: 1) Academic Innovation, 2) Research Partnerships and Public Engagement, and 3) Student Success. In the second of a three-part series of interviews,…
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Franklin College Innovation Initiative 2025 – the next quarter-century

Part 1 of 3 - Academic Innovation  Franklin College has introduced a three-part Innovation Initiative guiding its efforts and focus into the next era of American higher education. The initiative consists of three pillars designed to complement each other and work together: 1) Academic Innovation, 2) Research Partnerships and Public Engagement, and 3) Student Success. In the first of a three-part series of interviews, Franklin College Dean…
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Tom Schulman, "Dead Poets Society" screenwriter, visits UGA Department of Religion

Greeted by a round of applause from a class full of students, "Dead Poets Society" screenwriter and Academy Award winner Tom Schulman visited UGA on April 10. Schulman was interviewed by religion professor and department head Derrick Lemons about his process writing the film and his experiences in the movie industry as a part of Lemons’ Anthropology of American Religion course. Students watched the film to prepare for Schulman’s visit, which…
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Franklin students present their research at CURO Symposium

As visitors descended the escalator of the Classic Center and walked through the doors of the Grand Hall, they encountered hundreds of hardworking students eager to present their research. An atmosphere of education and engagement filled the air.  On April 7 and 8, undergraduate students from UGA came together to present at the annual Center for Undergraduate Research (CURO) Symposium with a record-breaking number of 723 presentations…
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Manual dexterity skills flow through art to the medical fields

A new certificate program in the Lamar Dodd School of Art confirms a long-held connection: just as a jeweler peers through a magnifying glass to set a gem, a dentist wears a pair of loupes and wields a mouth mirror to check for tartar. Over the spring semester, pre-dental students at the University of Georgia have become quick learners of the art of working with their hands thanks to a novel partnership between the UGA Pre-Professional Advising…
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