Rising third-year accounting student and orientation leader Johna Massaquoi shows off her mask ahead of the start of UGA's fall semester.

Terry prepares for safe return to fall classes

While it’s been much quieter inside the Business Learning Community this summer, there has been a lot of work behind the scenes to prepare for the return of Terry College students to campus this fall.

Ph.D. candidate Edwyna Hill (center) with management professors Marie Mitchell and Fadel Matta.

Managers beware: Employee baggage on board

Employees who feel they are treated fairly by their supervisors perform better at work, but new research finds perceptions of fairness are swayed by the mood and outlook employees bring to work.

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UGA accounting students help taxpayers file returns during pandemic

Even with a filing extension, income tax returns became more complicated to fill out in the midst of the coronavirus epidemic. With tech-savvy relatives kept at a distance and many tax preparers closed to drop-in appointments, some taxpayers needed a place to turn for help.

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Seven Terry alumni named to UGA’s 40 Under 40 list

Seven honorees of the University of Georgia’s 40 Under 40 Class of 2020 earned a degree from the Terry College of Business. The list includes five Terry alums with an undergraduate degree in business and two who earned an MBA.

Ian Schmutte

What’s working to stem COVID-19 job losses?

The United Nations projected in April that 2.7 billion workers around the world — four out of five employees globally — will have their work lives disrupted by efforts to stop the spread of the COVID-19. 

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Drone riders in the sky

Digital technology has transformed almost every type of work in the last half-century, but on the open range a lot of the heavy lifting is still done by a cowboy and a horse. Soon, those cowboys may be getting airborne assistance.

LeaseQuery CEO George Azih

Everything adds up for George Azih

Imagine what would happen if we retrained our brains to focus less on the inconveniences of a problem and more on its possible solutions.

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Legal studies professor answers questions about historic court case

Alex Reed, an associate professor of legal studies and director of the Legal Studies Certificate Program at the Terry College of Business, answers questions about the legal doctrine behind the June 2020 Supreme Court cast that prohibited employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

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Ani Chakravarty honored for marketing strategy research

Since joining the faculty of the University Georgia Terry College of Business 10 years ago, Anindita Chakravarty has built a reputation as an expert in digital marketing and marketing performance metrics.

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Class Notes, Spring 2020

Class notes from Terry College of Business alumni as of Spring/Summer 2020.

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Spring 2020 Passings

Passings for Terry College of Business alumni for Spring/Summer 2020

Kaitlin Lutz of Sparke Women at a construction site. (Photo by Dorothy Kozlowski)

Tackling uncertainty with entrepreneurship

Like a lot of entrepreneurs these days, Kaitlin Lutz is paying attention as new problems arise — not necessarily in terms of how those problems might derail her young company NewCrew, but how she might find an opportunity to deliver a solution.

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Student-run fund Kickstarts student entrepreneurs

In the world of venture capital there are big names, there are small names, and there are hometown heroes. In Athens, one important source of venture capital is run by University of Georgia students. 

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Patent pending? Study looks at gender and racial disparities

Female and minority inventors are less likely to have their patent applications granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, according to a new study from the University of Georgia. Applications with feminine-sounding names, as opposed to androgynous names, are less likely to be approved, too.

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Different method, same mission

April was to be the busiest month. The Terry College had prepared a packed calendar for this first spring with the Business Learning Community complete. Guest speakers and Employers of the Day were scheduled to dole out career advice (and sometimes chicken biscuits).