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In the public realm at least, biofuels have been on a bit of a roller coaster ride over the last 12-15 years, as their promise becomes mired in politics and regional agriculture issues. But in research labs across the country and at UGA, scientists have held steady.

A newly published… Read Article

The Lamar Dodd School of Art presents "phlood," a one day show of Maymester student work on Tuesday June 5, 2012. The show includes graduate and undergraduate students working with animation, heroic painting*, printmaking and construction paper boat forms.

A reception will be held from 4-… Read Article

From an interview in The Humanist with New Jersey congressman Rush Holt:

The Humanist: How do you define critical thinking?

Rush Holt:  Let me define instead what I like to call “thinking like a scientist.” It’s asking questions that can be answered based on evidence… Read Article

Energy-related research, thankfully, continues to filter into numerous basic-science disciplines. Because it is going to take everything we know and more to make a decisive turn toward renewable fuels:

Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, two University of Georgia researchers will… Read Article

There are so many reasons that Benjamin Franklin was chosen as the namesake for the Franklin College - and every one of them accrues to our benefit as well as feeds our ambitions for what the College should be. None of the noble epithets with which we connect Franklin demonstrates that… Read Article