Monroe native and 2024 MIS graduate Hannah Brown found a passion for cybersecurity as a UGA CyberArch intern. With CyberArch, she led a team of students who helped institutions across rural Georgia strengthen their cybersecurity practices.
Mike MacDonald (BBA ’10, MS ’13) started coaching football at a local high school while he was an undergrad studying finance at Terry College. Now, he’s the head coach of Seattle Seahawks.
UGA consumer psychology researcher Julio Sevilla wanted to know what happens when “main character” CEOs and founders are booted for bad behavior. Do the company brands suffer or soar?
Dawgtown Moving, a student-owned moving company with over 20 employees, took home $2,500 at the UGA Entrepreneurship Program’s Idea Accelerator pitch contest.
The insurance business is all about taking calculated risks, so Aflac CEO Dan Amos always makes sure his numbers line up before he makes a big decision.
Still, on New Year’s Day 2000 — the day the now-famous Aflac Duck quacked its way into the world for the first time — he was anxious.
Aflac CEO Dan Amos made his name in business, but at the 2024 Mason Leadership Lecture, he told students that business success is a vehicle for improving the world.
“You know, I don’t think I want ‘He was a great businessperson’ on my tombstone,” he said. “Other things are more important than that. But it is because of success in the business world that you can do those other things and help others.”
For every magical festival performance or sold-out night at the rock club, there is someone like Julie Greenberg (BA ’15) who connects artists with venues and makes tours happen.Greenberg, a booking agent at Creative Artists Agency in New York, works with artists to book concert tours.
For the first time, all eight academic majors at the Terry College of Business are nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report. Collectively, Terry’s undergraduate program is ranked 13th among public business schools and No. 23 overall.
Terry management Associate Professor Susan Cohen’s early interest in innovation led her to study startups and how startup accelerators foster new ideas, new products and success.
At a recent immersive coding workshop, Terry College of Business students worked with Athens brands Jittery Joes, burton + BURTON, Your Pie, Golden Pantry and clothing store Kempt to help develop payment solutions contributing to their brand identities.
Student-athletes at the University of Georgia have an entire team to keep them in peak condition. On the track, in the pool, and on the field, they have coaches, physical therapists, and coordinators. But once it’s time for class, accounting major Halle Bynum has their backs.
Terry College alumnus (BBA ’82, JD ’85) made UGA horse racing history when his horse Dornoch, won the Belmont Stakes.
Finance faculty at the University of Georgia hosted researchers from half a dozen universities including Yale, Stanford and the London School of Business.
Mark Anthony Thomas (BBA ’01) is CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee, a consortium of private sector leaders in and around the city focused on economic development. A gifted leader in urban planning, Thomas is now embarking on perhaps his greatest professional challenge.
Julian Squire, a supply chain management major for Milton, started asking questions about the supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now he wants to shape the future of supply chain management.
New marketing research from the Terry College of Business shows consumers use “happier” words to search for products when they are in a good mood. Researchers have connected those positive search terms with an increased likelihood of clicking on search engine ads.
UGA graduate students Emilio Suarez, Manuel Blaser and Muneeb Malik took home first place in UGA Entrepreneurship’s 2024 Summer Design Sprint.
The Terry College of Business Office of Undergraduate Student Services and student organizations hosted a packed Back to Business activity and resource fair on August 20, 2024.
In their paper, “Knowledge monopolies and the innovation divide: A governance perspective,” Hani Safadi and former Terry College MIS professor Rick Watson argue dominant tech firm’s exclusive access to proprietary data also has a chilling effect on innovation, competition and the kinds of services consumers have access to.
Mike Pfarrer, associate dean for research and executive programs, was one of four UGA faculty members selected for the Southeastern Conference Academic Leadership Development Program.
Boehringer Ingelheim began operations nearly 140 years ago as a small chemical manufacturing company in rural Germany and has grown into a global leader in pharmaceutical innovation. The private, independently owned business thrives in 130 communities with a workforce population of a small city — 53,500 — providing medical needs and solutions for humans and animals to live healthier and longer.
Research from the Terry College of Business Selig Center for Economic Growth found the University System of Georgia (USG) had an impact of $21.9 billion on the state’s economy and generated more than 160,000 full- and part-time jobs during fiscal year 2023.
Students returned to the University of Georgia on Aug. 14, 2024, to start their fall semester classes.
UGA Entrepreneurship Summer Launch winners Jasing Yang and Luu created Moontrace — a machine that shuffles cards for tabletop card games such as Magic: The Gathering, and Pokémon.