Students and judges at the UGA Entrepreneurship 2025 Build/Test Accelerator Pitch Contest stand in front of the Truist pitch deck.

Senior Shield takes home the top prize at Build/Test Accelerator

Kareem Elfoulie, a recent mechanical engineering graduate from Georgia Tech, created a noninvasive wearable that alerts caregivers when their senior loved ones need incontinence garments changed. He presented his Senior Shield to judges at the June 18 pitch contest, and they were impressed with his strategy for getting the wearable sensor approved for Medicare reimbursement.

A premium name

The insurance business looked a little different when Herman Terry graduated from the University of Georgia in 1939.

Yoga with a twist

Three UGA alumni, two of them Terry grads, are reimagining — and reinventing — yogism.

An illustration of a lawyer serving a lawsuit to a robot works on a painting set up on an easel.

AI art may lead to more lawsuits

Terry researchers found a pervasive public bias against art created with artificial intelligence that may lead to more copyright lawsuits and legal awards for copyright plaintiffs.

Winterville Mayor Dodd Ferrelle poses with a proclamation from Governor Brian Kemp and David Sutherland's creative economies class.

Blueprint for creative prosperity

Graduate students gained the attention of Governor Brian Kemp when they worked with artists and leaders in Winterville to create a blueprint for arts-based economic development. Their framework will be used to help other small towns take advantage of Georgia’s growing reputation as a home for creative industries.