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Environmental portrait of Brian Steele. (Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA)

Steele named associate dean for admissions for School of Medicine

Steele comes to the UGA School of Medicine after serving as associate dean of admissions at the University of Kansas School of Medicine since October 2021.

The University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education & Hotel saw some damage from the winds and rain of Hurricane Helene. (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA)

UGA weathers Hurricane Helene

The University of Georgia’s main campus was fortunate to emerge relatively unscathed after Hurricane Helene barreled through the state in the early morning of Sept. 27.

Yana Zavros, UGA's 18th current GRA Eminent Scholar (Photo by Peter Frey)

Prominent physiologist named GRA Eminent Scholar in Molecular Medicine

Prominent gastric cancer researcher Yana Zavros will lead the new UGA School of Medicine’s research enterprise and recruit additional faculty researchers.

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.

Grady College photojournalists, from left, Mady Mertens, Avni Trivedi, Felix Scheyer, Nathalee Simoneau and Samantha Hurley listen to advice from Emilio Morenatti, an AP photographer, about covering the Paralympics. (Photo: Mark E. Johnson)

Students cover Paralympics as freelancers for Associated Press

The Paralympics in Paris marked the third time AP has worked with Grady College students, including the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro and the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia.

The 2024 Women’s Leadership Fellows, left to right from top row, are Trisha Branan, Leah Carmichael, Margaret Christ, Kelly Dyer, Cheryl Fields-Smith, Mable Fok, Sara Gonzalez, Jodi Johnson-Maynard, Tricia Miller and Cary Perry.

Ten UGA faculty named 2024 Women’s Leadership Fellows

The fellows in the 2024-2025 cohort represent eight UGA schools and colleges, the Georgia Museum of Art and the University Health Center.

Rhodes named executive director of the UGA Innovation District

J. Chris Rhodes, director of industry partnerships and project-based learning in UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, will begin leading the campus-wide initiative on Nov. 1.

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.

Qiong Wang, UGA assistant professor at the College of Environment and Design, with her Mixed Use Design Studio class in Brunswick conducting a stormwater case study analysis

New funding for UGA faculty to address rural issues

The grants offer funding between $5,000 and $10,000 for faculty from across the University of Georgia to engage with rural Georgians on issues that are critical for their communities.

Environmental portrait of GRA Eminent Scholar Scott Jackson

Scott Jackson returns to UGA as GRA Eminent Scholar

Renowned plant genetics researcher Scott Jackson has returned to the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences as the inaugural Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Synthetic Biology.