History faculty in the news... Stephen Mihm, an associate professor of history at the University of Georgia, is a contributor to Bloomberg View. His most recent on-line column for the Bloomberg View is “The Legal Conflict at the Heart of U.S. Retirement Plans.” Professor Emeritus Jim Cobb’s blog is often printed in Flagpole magazine. His recent article “Things Are So Bad, It May Even Be Time to Listen to Historians” was printed August 1. The history departments’ new Public History in D.C. program was mentioned in the summer issue of UGA Magazine. The program places students in internships at D.C. museum and historic sites, where they earn both experiential internship and history course credit.
