
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.

Elena Karahanna and J. Marshall Shepherd, the university’s newest Regents’ Professors, delivered the 2026 Charter Lecture, an event established in 1988 to honor the university’s founding ideals. The lecture highlighted how their research, spanning more than three decades, has progressed from theoretical inquiry to addressing urgent global challenges.