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“The University of Georgia has a storied history as the birthplace of public higher education in America, but what excites me about serving as Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost is this institution’s boundless potential for the future.”

Provost S. Jack Hu

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The UGA Arch on a sunny day (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA)

Nine straight years as top 20 university

The University of Georgia climbed two spots to No. 18 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 ranking of the best public universities in the nation.

Herty Fountain on a sunny fall day surrounded by orange and red foliage

Signature Lecture Series brings prominent voices to campus

Speakers include a Pulitzer Prize winner, two former U.S. senators and Intel’s chief technology officer.

UGA officials and state dignitaries mark the groundbreaking of the new medical education and research building for the School of Medicine on the Health Sciences Campus in Athens. (Photo by Dorothy Kozlowski/UGA)

Progress continues on UGA School of Medicine

Since spring, the University of Georgia has hit many important milestones toward the establishment of its new independent School of Medicine.

Environmental portrait of Associate Professor Xiaoming Zhai, director of the AI4STEM Education Center, who will lead the GENIUS Center research team. (Submitted photo)

$10 million grant to fund national GenAI center at UGA

UGA received a $10 million grant to establish a research and development center that will provide national leadership on best practices for using generative artificial intelligence.

Jayda Hill (center) and fellow students participate in the Road Dawg student recruiting program at Dougherty Comprehensive High School. (Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA)

UGA takes multi-faceted approach to recruiting Georgia students

This year, more than 40,000 students applied to the University of Georgia and 6,175 first-year students were enrolled.

Lisa Godbey Wood (left) and John Maltese (right)

U.S. District Judge Wood to deliver Commencement address

Lisa Godbey Wood, United States district judge for the Southern District of Georgia and 1990 graduate of the UGA School of Law, will deliver the fall undergraduate Commencement address.

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