Society News from the Chronicles


Women of the Early Christian World

Throughout the course of the 20th century and increasingly so now in the 21st, women are playing a much more prominent role in society. Whether you view this as finally just or only an indication that our society still has a great distance to travel to achieve gender equity, some perspective on the…

Developing general education skills

In our contemporary campus culture, broadly construed, developing a well-rounded general education can be quite elusive. Though a broad educational experience is a perennial touchstone in strategic plans and commencement speeches alike, pressures for more narrowly defined jobs and career paths upon…

New UGA Press book: Illustrated guide to campus

On a campus with the size, age and history of the University of Georgia, it's imperative to have the right technological tools to tell, share and explore that history. Without a doubt the best technology for this task continues to be a couple of hundred [50-pound, 400 ppi (pages per inch) cream-…
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Athens Music Project

Nice article going around this week on one of the Willson Center Faculty Research Clusters projects focused on the behemoth that is the local musical traditions of Athens, GA: The Athens Music Project will take into account the city's variety of African-American musical traditions, both secular and…

Tech Businesses in Athens

Technology businesses come in all forms and sizes today, and nascent communities of tech companies can crop up almost anywhere. Increasingly, because of their vast spinoff potential and diversified workforce, communities have a strong desire to foster these communities in thier midst - to transform…