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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.

Sociology/political science double-major and future attorney Taylor Withrow has found her voice for justice at UGA:

As a CURO Honors Scholar, I spent the first week of my freshman year meeting with different professors in various different departments discussing research… Read Article

A new multi-volume book is widely considered the most comprehensive coverage of the field of Indo-European linguistics in a century:

The Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics is a collaborative, three-volume work of 120 scholars from 22 countries… Read Article

Franklin College faculty and alumni authored and were quoted in dozens of interesting news articles and stories throughout the summer, including some you may have missed:

Shades of sharecropping cast shadow over Bluffton restaurant’s solution to staffing crisis  – Charleston… Read Article

Meet second year Ph.D. student in the department of chemistry, Brianna Garcia.

Originally from La Verne, California, Brianna attended California State Polytechnic Institute, Pomona where she earned her B.S. in Chemistry (Biochemistry option). Now, at the University of… Read Article

A research team with partners from the UGA New Materials Institute and the RWDC Environmental Stewardship Foundation will develop a fully biodegradable plastic straw thanks to a $719,000 award from Singapore’s Temasek Foundation Ecosperity. The team worked to synthesize a food… Read Article