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Franklin College is a hub for research, scholarly achievement and global reach in the arts, humanities, and sciences. Its nationally known faculty are frequently recognized for their research impact, while fostering entrepreneurial thinking among their students that helps shape each student’s educational journey. Our students are known for their innovative and creative ambitions and pursue them to their fullest extent here at the College. Upon graduation, they join the Franklin network of more than 100,000 worldwide, who lead in their respective fields and frequently share their experiences and knowledge in the UGA classroom. Read more about our faculty, students, alumni, and initiatives in the College below.

Students studying the physical and biological sciences will usher in a new era this fall with the opening of the Science Learning Center on South campus:

The Science Learning Center, a three-story, 122,500-square-foot building tailor-made for undergraduate science, technology, engineering… Read Article

The opera will be sung in Italian as originally written with English supertitles displayed on a screen above the stage.

A treat for you and your Valentine, no doubt. Congratulations to our students and professor Burchinal for continuing the fine tradition of bringing outstanding opera… Read Article

"So many people and so many messages," wrote the critic Robert Hughes about Hanover-based Dadaist Kurt Schwitters' 'Merz' works. From Picabia's fascination with machines to Duchamp's cajoling ridicule of art world norms, it's true that many still grapple with the implications of the Dada… Read Article

Terrific new opportunity puts UGA students within walking distance of the nation's greatest historical resources:

A new University of Georgia program in public history is offering students the opportunity to learn about the professional side of their discipline—through archiving artifacts… Read Article

"I'm blessed to be a part of that awakening in so many of them," she said. "Often they thank me, but in so many ways, I am at least as fortunate as they are."

Hers is an amazingly difficult job, because so many students are learning about race and privilege for the very first time. We… Read Article