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Environmental portrait of Jordyn Faucette (Photo by Stephanie Schupska)
Faucette named UGA’s third Beinecke Scholar

The UGA senior was one of 19 students across the nation to receive the honor this year.

Alex Drahos (Submitted Photo)
UGA junior named a 2024 Truman Scholar

Alex Drahos was one of only 60 undergraduates from across the nation to be selected for this prestigious award.

(L to R) Clemencia El Antouri, Fardosa Hassan and Feben Teshome. (Submitted photos)
UGA breaks record with three Pickering Fellows

The Fellowship prepares outstanding young people for Foreign Service careers in the U.S. Department of State.

Ashni Patel at the U.S. Department of State during her time studying in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Dorothy Kozlowski/UGA)
Ashni Patel named a Schwarzman Scholar

She is the eighth UGA student to receive this prestigious award.

UGA student Mariah Cady was named a Rhodes Scholar.
UGA’s Mariah Cady named a 2024 Rhodes Scholar

University of Georgia student Mariah Cady was one of 32 students nationwide named a 2024 Rhodes Scholar this weekend.

Hairy Dawg poses for photos at the 2023 SEC student pitch competition on Monday, October 23, 2023 in Athens, Ga.
UGA’s Ox Sox wins top spot at SEC Student Pitch Competition

For the second year in a row, a student startup from the University of Georgia Entrepreneurship Program has won the SEC Student Pitch Competition.

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Student selected for second cohort of Voyager Scholarship

Julianna Russ is one of 100 selected for the Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service.

Photo of cover of G.I. Jobs issue
Student veteran receives national leadership award

Gabriela Castillo was featured on the cover of the August issue of G.I. Jobs magazine.

Environmental portrait of Rhodes Scholar Natalie Navarrete taken in front of Moore Hall.
Rhodes to Success

From Athens to Kazakhstan, UGA’s 2023 Rhodes Scholar achieves at highest academic levels.

Group photo of Boren Scholars
UGA named a top-performing institution for Boren Scholarships

Five UGA undergraduates offered Boren Scholarships in 2023.

Graduate Emelynn Arroyave celebrates after turning her tassel as the SPIA graduate degrees are conferred during the Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony in Sanford Stadium on Commencement Day.
Celebrating a historic year

The University of Georgia passed many important milestones during the last academic year.

The 2023 Three Minute Thesis competition grand prize winner was Karen Gonzalez, a doctoral student in the Institute of Bioinformatics, for her presentation titled “Humans vs. Viruses.” (Submitted photo)
Gonzalez takes grand prize in 2023 3MT competition

The University of Georgia Graduate School hosted the 12th annual Three Minute Thesis competition in a virtual ceremony on April 5.

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2023 UGA Honors & Awards

Since the 1930s, the University of Georgia has set aside a special time each year to recognize the achievements of its students, faculty, staff and alumni.

The 2023 Three Minute Thesis competition grand prize winner was Karen Gonzalez, a doctoral student in the Institute of Bioinformatics, for her presentation titled “Humans vs. Viruses.” (Submitted photo)
Gonzalez takes grand prize in 2023 3MT competition

The University of Georgia Graduate School hosted the 12th annual Three Minute Thesis competition in a virtual ceremony on April 5.

Killian McSweeney, left, and Andres E Villalobos are the two undergraduate students who earned NSF fellowships. (Submitted photos)
10 students, alumni win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

The honorees include two undergrads, five graduate students and three recent alumni.

Audrey Conner (L) and Emilio Ferrara have been named 2023 Barry Goldwater Scholars. (Photos by Stephanie Schupska)
Two juniors named Goldwater Scholars

Audrey Conner and Emilio Ferrara have earned the highest undergraduate award of its type for the fields of mathematics, engineering and natural sciences.

UGA's Black Affairs Council. (Submitted photo)
Black Affairs Council named top student organization

The Student Engagement Awards celebrate the accomplishments of student leaders and student organizations at the University of Georgia.

Photo - (L to R) Benjamin Barrett, Isabel Flanagan and Emma Traynor. (Submitted photos)
UGA named a top producer of Fulbright students

This marks the fifth time in 11 years that the university has earned this designation.

Photos of Richard Dunn and Xernona Thomas, recipients of the 2023 Footsteps Award.
Dunn, Thomas named Footsteps Award recipients

Award honors the pioneering footsteps of UGA’s first African American students.

Aidan Leahy holds the NBC Capital One College Bowl trophy in the Administration Building lobby. (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA)
Future Double Dawg tackles the national trivia scene

Aidan Leahy captained the UGA quiz bowl team to victory while excelling in academic endeavors.

(L to R) Natalie Moss and Lauren Wilkes were both named Marshall Scholars this year. (Photos by Stephanie Schupska)
UGA sets record with two Marshall Scholars in 2022

Honors seniors Natalie Moss and Lauren Wilkes received the honor, which funds graduate study in the United Kingdom at any institution and in any field of study.

Portrait photo of Elise Karinshak (Photo by Stephanie Schupska)
Elise Karinshak selected as a Schwarzman Scholar

The 151 scholars in the incoming Schwarzman Class of 2024 represent 36 countries and 121 universities.

Portrait photo of Natalie Navarrete, 2023 Rhodes Scholar
UGA’s Natalie Navarrete named a 2023 Rhodes Scholar

UGA one of 3 public universities to receive Rhodes Scholar, only institution in Georgia.

Photograph of Leah Whitmoyer, a junior at the University of Georgia
UGA junior among first recipients of Voyager Scholarship

The two-year program is for students who are committed to pursuing careers that serve the public and their communities.

Honors Week Arch Detail
2022 UGA Honors & Awards

Since the 1930s, the University of Georgia has set aside a special time each year to recognize the achievements of its students, faculty, staff and alumni. That tradition is known as Honors Week.

Claire Bunn (left) working at the UGA Visitors Center.
Claire Bunn named Gates Cambridge Scholar

University of Georgia senior Claire Bunn of Marion, Arkansas, will continue her studies in lung biology this fall as one of 23 Americans selected for the 2022 class of Gates Cambridge Scholars.

Side-by-side portrait photos of Elizabeth Esser, left, and Kate Foral.
Two UGA students named 2021 Udall Scholars

They were recognized for their commitment to environmental issues.

Honors Week Arch Detail
2021 UGA Honors & Awards

Since the 1930s, the University of Georgia has set aside a special time each year to recognize the achievements of its students, faculty, staff and alumni. That tradition is known as Honors Week.

Portrait photos of Claire Bunn, left, and Yoong “Terry” Phang.
Two UGA undergraduates named Goldwater Scholars

University of Georgia Honors students Claire Bunn and Yoong “Terry” Phang are among 410 undergraduates across the nation to be recognized as Barry Goldwater Scholars in 2021, earning the highest undergraduate award of its type for the fields of the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering.

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UGA to mark Honors Week 2021 with Virtual Celebration of Academic Excellence

The University of Georgia will celebrate Honors Week 2021 with a Virtual Celebration of Academic Excellence that will premiere on the university’s YouTube page at 2 p.m. on April 21.

Portrait photo of Emeline McClellan
Emeline McClellan named Gates Cambridge Scholar

University of Georgia senior Emeline McClellan of Good Hope will continue her studies in classics this fall as one of 24 Americans selected as a Gates Cambridge Scholar.

Zakiyya Ellington, a senior from Allen, Texas, is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Arabic, a bachelor’s degree in accounting, a minor in Spanish, and a master’s degree in business analytics. (Photo by Stephanie Schupska)
UGA’s Zakiyya Ellington named a Schwarzman Scholar

The University of Georgia’s Zakiyya Ellington, a senior from Allen, Texas, was one of 154 students selected internationally for the Schwarzman Scholarship.

Portrait photo of Phaidra Buchanan, UGA's 2021 Rhodes Scholar
UGA’s Phaidra Buchanan named 2021 Rhodes Scholar

University of Georgia student Phaidra Buchanan joined recipients from 64 countries around the world this weekend as she was named a 2021 Rhodes Scholar.

The 2020 40 Under 40 honorees include a Paralympic athlete, a veterinarian for SeaWorld, an emergency room doctor in New York City, a policy director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and a “Good Morning America” producer.
University of Georgia unveils 40 Under 40 Class of 2020

Alumni Association recognizes outstanding graduates under the age of 40.

Honors Week Arch Detail
2020 UGA Honors & Awards

Since the 1930s, the University of Georgia has set aside a special time each year to recognize the achievements of its students, faculty, staff and alumni. That tradition is known as Honors Week.

Kendra Garcia, founder of Eye Drool Designs and a student in UGA's College of Engineering, pitches her company to a panel of judges during the UGA Idea Accelerator Demo Day pitch competition at Studio 225 on Nov. 11. Garcia and her company won the $5,000 top prize. (Photo by Matt Hardy)
Tattoo app wins Idea Accelerator competition

Eye Drool Designs, which matches customers with tattoo artists, awarded $5,000 prize.

The Arch with the Holmes-Hunter Academic Building in the background as the sun peeks through the overhanging trees.
Recipients of 2019 diversity, inclusion grant funding named

Twenty-five proposals have been funded through the second round of the New Approaches to Promote Diversity and Inclusion grants program, which was announced in January 2019 by UGA President Jere W. Morehead.

Students on the field during spring 2023 undergraduate Commencement at Sanford Stadium. (Chamberlain Smith/UGA)
NCR Foundation funds two STEAM scholarships

With a $100,000 pledge to the University of Georgia, NCR Foundation established two Georgia Commitment Scholarships (GCS) aimed at supporting undergraduate students pursuing Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) or business degrees.

Vice President of Research David Lee, center, meets with doctoral students Emily Krach, Jessica Shotwell, Theodoric Mattes, Joe Seale, Anish Patel, Hue Duong and Zachary Waldrop, who are taking part in the xPD Campus Internship summer program (Photo courtesy of Crystal Leach).
Doctoral interns benefit from xPD Campus initiative

Several UGA doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences are getting exposed to diverse areas within the Office of Research this summer thanks to the Graduate School’s xPD Campus Internship initiative.

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