Entertainment attorneys discuss the formula for determining streaming royalties, sitting at folding table with a Tweed Recording Studios banner in front of. a small crowd. UGA Artist Rights Symposium

Musicians and attorneys discuss AI threats at UGA’s fifth Artist Rights Symposium

The UGA Music Business Program hosted its fifth Artist Rights Symposium on Oct. 19. The symposium has become a forum for people from across the music industry ecosystem to discuss the status of intellectual property in relation to new technologies — from file sharing, to streaming, to mass digitization and now generative AI.

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Photo Gallery: Southern Company CEO Chris Womack

Southern Company CEO Chris Womack spoke to University of Georgia students at the UGA Chapel on Oct. 14 for the 2026 Mason Leadership Lecture, part of an ILA Leadership Lecture Series.

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A passion for public service

From student government meetings at Greenville High School in his Alabama hometown, to the halls of the U.S. Capitol, to a boardroom in downtown Atlanta, Southern Company CEO Chris Womack used public service as a compass to guide his career.

Jon Dabney with WalMart display of pink tank tops with the RocketSports-1 logo

EMBA alumnus’s RocketSports-1 brand ready to launch

Jon Dabney (MBA ’14) hatched the idea for the RocketSports-1 brand as an Executive MBA student during as a class project. This month, the brand landed in Walmart stores across the nation.

Arch Bond students with faculty mentor on steps of Correll Hall

Investing in the long game

Over its first year, the Terry College of Business Student Managed Investment Fund’s Arch Bond Fund grew a little less than 1% (in line with the U.S. Aggregate Bond market index). But the real gains were the experience of building something new and watching it grow.