Benjamin C. Whipple, a professor in the J.M. Tull School of Accounting, was named the Denny Beresford Professor of Accounting.
The University of Georgia has received the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, an elective designation awarded by the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching that highlights an institution’s commitment to community engagement.
Johannes Kohler has stories and has learned lessons that today’s finance students — who’ve never seen a bear market — can hardly believe. As a senior lecturer in the finance department at the Terry College of Business, his job is to bridge the gap between Broad Street and Wall Street and help students learn the structure of the modern stock and bond markets.
The Terry College of Business presented its annual awards for outstanding teaching, research and service to four faculty members in December. The award winners were chosen based on nominations by their peers.
John Campbell, the Herbert E. Miller Chair in Financial Accounting and head of the Terry College of Business Department of Finance, is one of 13 new members on the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council (FASAC).
John W. “Jack” Rooker, chairman and former CEO of Rooker & Associates, a highly successful real estate development business he founded in Atlanta, died Saturday (Dec. 13) in Atlanta. He was 87.
In spring 2025, Nikita Jha, a fourth-year Franklin and Terry student, embarked on a transformative internship at Azalea Robotics, a startup revolutionizing airport baggage handling through autonomous robots.
UGA President Jere Morehead presented Doug Ivester (’69) with an honorary doctorate of humane letters at the University of Georgia’s 2025 Fall Commencement on Dec. 12 in recognition of his continuous dedication to the future of Georgia and his transformative support of UGA.
More than 475 business and community leaders gathered at the Georgia Aquarium on Dec. 10, 2025 for the 43rd annual Georgia Economic Outlook. The national forecast was presented by Mark Mathews, chief economist at the National Retail Federation, and the state forecast was presented by Terry College of Business Interim Dean Santanu Chatterjee.
Allison Ausband knows a thing or two about what makes someone a Delta Air Lines person. After all, she’s been one for four decades. As Delta’s chief people officer, Ausband ensures the airline’s more than 100,000 employees have the resources and support they need to thrive.
UGA’s Georgia Economic Outlook report included a projection for a 1.5% growth rate in 2026. That slow rate of growth, along with some economic headwinds facing the nation, will keep the risk of a recession at an elevated level next year.
As part of their longstanding dedication to the University of Georgia, the Melvin Douglas and Victoria Kay Ivester Foundation has committed $1.1 million to establish the M. Douglas Ivester Scholar at the School of Medicine.
In July, tax policy expert Erin Towery, the KPMG-Atlanta Partners’ and Employees’ Professor in Terry’s J.M. Tull School of Accounting, completed a one-year post as a Senior Economist with the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA).
As a UGA student, when Michael Lage entered the Leonard Leadership Scholars Program in the Terry College of Business, he was struck immediately by the passion of his fellow scholars. They wanted to make a difference in business and in the world.
The UGA Center for Teaching and Learning recognized Braiden Coleman, in the Tull School of Accounting; Neil Bendle and Jennifer Osbon, in the Department of Marketing; and Darren Hayunga, in the Real Estate program, for their contributions to innovative teaching.
This fall, UGA Entrepreneurship students explored NASA’s treasure trove of patents and developed ideas to bring these technologies to market as part of a collaboration with NASA.
In Time magazine’s Best Colleges for Future Leaders 2026 rankings, the University of Georgia placed 17th in the nation among public institutions for its role in shaping influential leaders across the country.
The first cohort of students enrolled in Terry’s online Master of Professional Accountancy program began classes this fall.
Discipler, a product that handles intake, matching and follow-up for church mentorship, won the top prize at the UGA Entrepreneurship Idea Accelerator.
Like many siblings, Smitha and Shreya Ganeshan have plenty in common. Each sister studied at the University of Georgia as a Foundation Fellow, led tours through UGA’s Visitors Center, and took a keen interest in technology.
Terry College of Business’s Sales Dawgs professional selling team brought home the Collegiate World Cup of Sales from the International Collegiate Sales Competition.
Biomedical engineering PhD Ashley Galanti took home $10,000 at UGA Entrepreneurship Program’s Health and Wellness Pitch Competition to help move her novel seizure-sensing wearable to the market.
Since 2017, University of Georgia Full-time MBA students have worked with Athens-area nonprofits to help build their capacity to help through the Nonprofit Board Fellows Program. This fall students and nonprofits leaders celebrated these partnerships with the program’s inaugural match day.
David and Debbie Rosenthal have been loyal donors to UGA across various initiatives since shortly after they both graduated as Double Dawgs. But one initiative in particular, the David and Debbie Rosenthal Student Veterans Scholarship, is particularly personal for the couple.
