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Pigeons in New York City

Humans and pigeons have a long history. One Franklin alumna has proved it's longer than we thought.

While it's unclear exactly when humans domesticated pigeons, it's likely 1,000 years earlier than we thought, thanks to new research from Franklin alumna Anderson Carter (BA Anthropology '21). 

Humans and rock doves (also known as common pigeons) have existed in the same spaces for… Read Article

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Franklin College researchers part of UGA effort to study life-altering tick-borne allergy

Researchers at UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences are helping unravel the mystery behind alpha-gal syndrome, a potentially life-threatening allergy triggered by tick bites that can make everyday foods like beef, pork, and lamb dangerous for some people. As diagnoses rise across… Read Article

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Scott Kleiner awards invest in the next generation of Franklin philosophers

Each year, the Scott Kleiner Awards support graduate students in philosophy whose work stretches across disciplines, traditions, and continents. This year’s recipients are pursuing questions about art, games, ethics, sound, metaphysics, pedagogy, and ancient philosophy while balancing pedagogy,… Read Article

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Franklin College of Arts and Sciences researcher Rongjie (RJ) Liu earns NSF CAREER Award

Franklin researcher Rongjie (RJ) Liu has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award to advance artificial intelligence tools for understanding neurological disease.

The NSF CAREER Award is among the most competitive honors for early-career researchers in the United States,… Read Article

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UGA CyberArch prepares Franklin School of Computing student for future in Army Cyber Corps

A graduate student in the School of Computing (SOC) at UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences is helping shape the next generation of cyber defenders through hands-on work with UGA CyberArch, a program housed in the Carl Vinson Institute of Government. Richard Rabindran, who began in… Read Article

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