Elena Karahanna sits on stage at the chapel with Marshall Shepherd

Elena Karahanna explores technological transformation at UGA Charter Lecture

Elena Karahanna and J. Marshall Shepherd, the university’s newest Regents’ Professors, delivered the 2026 Charter Lecture, an event established in 1988 to honor the university’s founding ideals. The lecture highlighted how their research, spanning more than three decades, has progressed from theoretical inquiry to addressing urgent global challenges.

Aiden Silverstein, Nikhil Gandhi, founders of Cracked Up, Soran Mechale, of goTeff and John D. (J.D.) Thomerson, of Pet Health Innovations pose with novelty checks at the Truist Pitch Deck.

Sports snack fueled by ancient grain wins Collegiate Great Brands grand prize 

Teff — an ancient grain that forms the foundation of Ethiopian cuisine — has fueled human achievement for at least 4,000 years. Now, University of Michigan MBA student Saron Mechale wants to turn it into a go-to fuel for sports performance. Her sports snack creation, goTeff, took home the $15,000 top prize at the University of Georgia Collegiate Great Brands Competition.

Skylar Ventura, center, poses with a prize check and runners up Dylan DiSimone and Panavi Gogieneni.

Peer-to-peer clothing swap platform takes home top prize at Idea Accelerator

Rotation, a fashion rental startup envisioned by accounting and finance student Skyler Ventura, aims to monetize that practice and exponentially expand the number of closets available.
The concept took home the $2,500 first prize at UGA Entrepreneurship’s first Spring 2026 Idea Accelerator Demo Day pitch contest.

Natalia Gonzalez teachers a workshop of AI film making at Studio 225

AI filmmaking takes center stage in creative economy course

As artificial intelligence redefines the global art market, students in Terry’s Business in the Creative Economy class are getting a front-row seat to the revolution. In a recent deep dive into AI filmmaking, students engaged with industry leaders to explore how generative tools are shifting the business of art.

Dorothy Leidner, AIS President, and (far right) past president Andrew Burton-Jones congratulate Jerry Kane (center)

Terry professor named AIS Fellow

The Association for Information Systems (AIS) named Terry College of Business professor and department head Jerry Kane an AIS Fellow.