Setting the stage

After serving as interim dean since last summer, Santanu Chatterjee was named the 13th dean of the Terry College of Business following a national search.

A very Terry adventure

Jonathan Newar, Builder Brock and Marshall Mosher set compass bearings at UGA, then blazed separate trails out into the entrepreneurial world.

ENTR adventurers

These two UGA Entrepreneurship alumni built growing companies in the travel and outdoors space.

First pitch

Marketing lecturer Cindy Rippé spent nearly two decades as a salesperson. When she moved into teaching, that instinct came with her.

Illustration of a retro fortune telling robot with business people looking under hood to see how the predictions are made. Can a machine learning analyst outperform a human? Research shows that its depends on how the program's built and what companies you're focused on.

Can AI beat your analyst? It depends

Market watchers may see machine learning analyst programs as a golden ticket to gains. New research shows that how each program is built impacts if and when it’s accurate.

A residential street in Florida flooded after a hurricane. The UGA and Duke University-led Center for Innovation in Risk, Catastrophes, and Decisions announced its first round of weather resilience projects.

Extreme weather resilience projects announced

The Center for Innovation in Risk, Catastrophes, and Decisions (CIRCAD), a National Science Foundation Industry–University Cooperative Research Center led by Duke University and the University of Georgia, has announced its first round of industry partners and projects.

A woman relaxes in her recliner while her lonely work laptop tugs on her sleeve for attention Illustration for a study about after work recovery

Maximize your 5 to 9 p.m.

Management researcher Fadel Matta studied 10,000 nights of after work recovery to find the patterns that maximize the benefit of our limited downtime.

Margaret Christ to lead Terry College graduate programs  

Margaret Christ, who serves as director of the J.M. Tull School of Accounting, has been named associate dean of graduate programs and AI initiatives at the Terry College of Business. Her appointment takes effect August 1. 

A game board showing a path with squares reading new job and health shocks. Game figures are people dressed for their various professions. New research shows that the burden of bad health — injuries and chronic illness — accounts for about one-third of U.S. income inequality.

Health really is wealth  

New research from Roozbeh Hosseini shows that the burden of bad health — injuries and chronic illness — accounts for about one-third of U.S. income inequality.

A traveler with a rolling suitcase stairs into bedroom. A new study on the psychology of vacation rentals finds that people feel more psychological ownership of a place when they rent from a company rather than from a person.

Make yourself at home?

Just in time for vacation season, Terry marketing researcher Sarah Whitley dives into the psychology of vacation rentals. She found vacationers behave worse when they think they’re renting from a company rather than a person.

Sport management professors Steven Salaga, Mike Slonaker, far left, and Michael Cheney, far right, congratulate three students on receiving sports management scholarships.

Playing the long game

Michael Cheney (MAcc ’86) followed a winding path from accounting to marketing and helped to remake how brands interact with sports franchises.

Ready for the future

The Terry College of Business community came together May 8 to celebrate the 2,725 undergraduate students eligible to graduate this year. The ceremonies were marked by encouraging thoughts from Terry alumnus and CEO of Raymond James Paul Shoukry (BBA ’05, MAcc ’05).

A female graduate student holds her diploma in the air walking across the stage at Stegeman Coliseum the 2026 Terry College of Business Graduate Convocation.

Celebrating graduate convocation

Master’s degree and doctoral graduates celebrated with their families and mentors at the Terry College of Business Graduate Convocation on May 7 at Stegeman Coliseum. More than 600 graduate students earned Terry graduate degrees this year.

Winners of the 2026 Design Thinking Challenge stand with the general manager of Fastbreak.AI as he holds two "ad tags" a collectible drink top designed for marketers to distribute at sports tournaments.

UGA design thinking students tackle real-world challenges

As part of this spring’s Design Thinking Challenge UGA Entrepreneurship students and UGA Student Industry Fellows worked with sports management tech firm Fastbreak.AI to find ways connect their client brands with youth sports fans.

Team player: Scott Sink (BBA ’84)

Over three decades, the 2026 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient built a legendary reputation as a risk management relationship builder.

Big visions: Laura Brightwell (BBA ’89)

After charting her own path at Coca-Cola Enterprises, the 2026 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient gives back to help young people entering into their careers.

Quiet ambition: Alex Hill (BBA ’10)

Never shying from a challenge, the 2026 Outstanding Young Alumni Award recipient writes his own script at Yonder Yoga and Icarus Alternative Investments.

Photo gallery: Top Dawg Sales Competition

Terry College of Business students in the professional and advanced sales classes participated in the Top Dawg Sales Competition at the University of Georgia Business Learning Community on April 22.