• Interdisciplinary research thrives across campus in state-of-the-art facilities such as the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center.
  • Incoming students build lasting relationships with faculty in the small-group freshman seminars of the First-Year Odyssey program.
  • The Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries building houses the university’s most valuable historical and cultural treasures and makes them available for research, instruction and outreach.
  • The 11 campus units comprising the UGA Arts Council work to make the arts an integral part of university life.
  • The 56-acre UGA Health Sciences Campus is home to the Georgia Regents University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership, the College of Public Health and other health-related programs.

As the chief academic officer at the University of Georgia, the senior vice president for academic affairs and provost guides efforts to promote a campus environment centered on teaching, research and public service.

  • About the Provost

    Jere Morehead

    Jere Morehead was named senior vice president for academic affairs and provost in fall 2009, following a national search. He has served UGA in several leadership positions since joining the faculty in 1986, including vice president for instruction and vice provost for academic affairs. On February 4, 2013, the Board of Regents announced that Provost Morehead will assume the role of President of the University effective July 1.

  • Current initiatives

    Spotlight on the Arts

    UGA will spotlight its arts programs and venues during a nine-day festival in November that includes concerts, theater and dance performances, art exhibitions, poetry readings, film festivals, discussions on the arts and creativity, and more. The 2013 Spotlight on the Arts festival, to be held Nov. 7-15, will follow the pattern of the inaugural Spotlight festival that attracted nearly 15,000 attendees.

  • Focus on Faculty

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  • Amazing Students

    Visit the Amazing Students feature to read Q-and-A with students from across campus. MORE