Society News from the Chronicles

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38 Franklin alumni among Bulldog 100

10. Red Clay Communications Inc., Atlanta From California to New York, Franklin alumni are distinguishing themselves and UGA with great companies on the fast track to growth and success. As the academic heart of UGA with so many diverse offerings and opportunities, Franklin College departments are…
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Pictures of Us: Photographs from The Do Good Fund Collection

In 1956, Life magazine published twenty-six color photographs taken by staff photographer Gordon Parks. The photo essay, titled The Restraints: Open and Hidden, exposed Americans to the effects of racial segregation. Over the next two months as part of the 2016 Global Georgia…
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Kudos, January 2016

Happy 231st Birthday, UGA. On Jan. 27, 1785 the members of the Georgia General Assembly established the University of Georgia as the first public land-grant university. Founders Week celebrations. “Let's Let That Are Not Yet: Inferno,' a new book of poetry by professor of creative writing and…
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Georgia Debate Union at U.S. Naval Academy

The Navy tournament marks another successful showing for the Georgia Debate Union.  Remaining tournaments on the schedule include contests at Indiana University, the University of Texas-Austin, Emory University, Boston College, and the National Debate Tournament.   Our thanks to debate…
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2016 MLK, Jr., Freedom Breakfast

Earlier today, the UGA community gathered for the 13th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedom Breakfast in the Grand Hall of the tate Student Center. Sponsored by UGA, the Athens-Clarke County Unified Government and the Clarke County School District, the MLK Freedom Breakfast commemorates the life…