Society News from the Chronicles

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Searching newspapers across time

The digitizing of humanities-based research tools is opening up enormous new frontiers for understanding the past and informing the present. UGA history faculty are at the center of efforts to use Library of Congress databases of historical newspapers to allow scholars (and any citizens) to see how…
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Russell Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

Zachary Wood, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology in the Franklin College, was joined by Kimberly Skobba (FACS) and Robert Beckstead (CAES) as 2016 recipients of the university's highest early career teaching honor, the Richard B. Russell Awards for Excellence…
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Abstraction in the Defense of Society

'Artistic and other cultural manifestations of interculture, discomposure, optimism, and unexpected affinity as sources of anxiety about the implications of historical change' will be a sub-theme of today's Distinguished Artist Lecture in the Lamar Dodd School of Art by Professor Darby English:…
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Summer public history program in D.C.

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, giving…
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Teaching, and Learning, about Race

"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 can be glad…