Fall 2013 Master of Marketing Research Advisory Board Meeting keynote speaker and best-selling author Brian Wansink "has changed the world" with his research on mindless eating and slim by design.

When it comes to networking with big names in industries of entertainment, fashion, and sports this student-run organization is delivering the goods.

Gina Drosos (BBA ’85), former Director of Global Beauty at Procter & Gamble will be the keynote speaker at the 3rd annual Professional Women’s Conference, which will be held at the Georgia Center this year.

Dan T. Cathy, president and chief operating officer of Chick-fil-A, spoke to a University of Georgia audience March 4, 2011, at the Chapel. He talked about his leadership philosophy and Chick-fil-A’s restaurants as a “place of restoration” where the company fulfills its mission to have a positive influence on every customer who comes in contact with their business.

Students taking a Maymester course in forensic accounting found out what it's like to be criminal investigators with the IRS during a simulated fraud investigation at UGA. Real-life IRS agents role-playing as tax cheats put the students through their paces.

Friends and alumni of the Masters of Marketing Research program gathered to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the program and host a research summit.

Technology entrepreneur Alice Lusk (MBA ‘94) spoke about gender differences in business thinking to a sell-out crowd at the second annual conference.

When Anne Ruth Moore graduated from the School of Commerce in 1922, she faced all sorts of workplace stereotypes – even in the yearbook! “Today we know, for instance, that more businesses are launched by women than men,” says Allison O’Kelly, founder and CEO of Mom Corps staffing service and a Terry Alumni Board member. “So, yes, we have come a long way, but struggles remain.”

On Wednesday, February 18, the Economics Society sponsored a panel discussion of the recently passed stimulus plan, with Professors Bill Lastrapes (Economics), Greg Trandel (Economics) and Robert Grafstein (Political Science) serving as the panelists.

At first blush, Athens isn't a town that's readily connected to '60s soul music sensation Otis Redding, a member of both the Rock and Roll and Georgia Music halls of fame.