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Kudos, April 2023

By:
Alan Flurry

Honors Week, the Franklin Faculty Awards reception, Guggenheim Fellows, and Goldwater Scholars are among the Franklin College students, staff, and faculty achievements that took center stage during April.

A sample of the excellence and accomplishments of our colleagues across the College:

Tessa Andrews, associate professor of genetics, is one of four faculty members the University of Georgia honored with its highest accolade for teaching, the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Professorship

Assistant professor of chemistry Amanda Frossard received a grant from the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) to study surfactants in atmospheric aerosol particles

Franklin College juniors Audrey Conner and Emilio Ferrara were named 2023 Barry Goldwater Scholars, earning the highest undergraduate award of its type for the fields of mathematics, engineering and natural sciences

Andrew Herod, a professor of Geography, is one of two UGA faculty members awarded Guggenheim Fellowships

10 students, alumni win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Yadira Castillo and Kestrina Shrestha from the Franklin College Office of Student Academic Services were among four University of Georgia academic advisors have received 2022-2023 Outstanding Undergraduate Academic Advising Awards

Read the full compendium of Honors Week accolades from the across the UGA campus.

Image: The Sandy Beaver Excellence in Teaching Award recipients with Dean Dorsey at the Faculty Awards reception April 18. Photo by Katie Cowart.

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