Finding AI solutions to local business problems

Teams of Terry College Management Information Systems and FinTech Certificate students spent Sept. 18-19 at UGA’s Studio 225 in an immersive learning experience created and hosted by Truist.

M. Douglas Ivester at the dedication of the M. Douglas and V. Kay Ivester Institute for Business Analytics and Insights.

Ivester Institute to connect data dots well into the future

Terry College came together on Nov. 22 to celebrate the dedication of the M. Douglas and V. Kay Ivester Institute for Business Analytics and Insights (IIBAI) — an ambitious new program seeking to expand analytics throughout business education.

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What’s the big deal about big data?

With the Ivester Institute for Business Analytics and Insights, Terry expands its focus on a crucial component of modern business.

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A lasting impact

It was a gray November 2023 afternoon, chilly and damp. But inside the Business Learning Community, the mood was festive and bright. A crowd gathered inside Amos Hall’s Casey Commons to celebrate a milestone for the Terry College of Business: the University of Georgia’s Department of Economics had a new name.

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Let’s talk a-bot it

How do you feel about bots and AI? Carolina Salge, an assistant professor in management information systems, discusses her research into AI, chatbots and strange activity online.

Visiting international scholar Jan Recker speaks with faculty and graduate students at the Terry Department of Management Information Systems

Visiting Scholar: Jan Recker

Jan Recker, Terry College’s inaugural visiting international scholar and Alexander-von-Humboldt Fellow and Nucleus Professor for Information Systems and Digital Innovation at the University of Hamburg, has built a career studying the different ways people put technology to work.

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The future of work means thriving through change

With the rapid pace of technological change, the most significant thing an academic program can give its students is the ability to evolve, said Gerald Kane, who was named head of the Terry College of Business Department of Management Information Systems on Jan. 1.