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College graduate students receive 2026 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards
Thirteen graduate students in the College were recently recognized for their significant contributions to the instructional mission of the University of Georgia.
Retired UGA librarian reads her way through the Curriculum Materials Library
Nan McMurry has made it her goal to read all the children’s fiction picture books in the CML, a hobby she started in retirement to pursue a lifelong interest in children’s literature.
Amazing Student: Olivia Lempner
Olivia Lempner (B.S.Ed. ’26) pursues her interest in exercise and sport science through her involvement with the Integrative Cardiovascular Physiology Lab and Exercise is Medicine at UGA.
UGA Speech and Hearing Clinic receives Bobbi Meeler Sahm Service and Outreach Award
Funding will support a collaboration with Love.Craft Athens to provide on-site speech-language services and staff training to help 20 adults with disabilities.
Professor elected to chair education section of AAAS
Julie A. Luft was recently elected to chair of Section Q of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Jennifer Brown named to prestigious Meigs professorship
Professor and director of graduate studies Jennifer Brown was one of three UGA faculty members to receive the institution’s highest recognition for teaching excellence.
Hispanic, Black children screened for autism up to two years later than white peers in Georgia
New research from the College found that Georgia’s safety net program was more likely to screen Black and Hispanic children for autism, but that may be a result of their white peers being screened before referral to the program.
College’s sport management program ranks sixth in country
The program ranked among the top 20 best sport management programs in the country by Niche, based on an analysis of data and reviews of students and alumni.
Amazing Student: Avery Corneil
Doctoral student Avery Corneil (Ph.D. ’27) is passionate about expanding access to mental health care and researching the experiences of women who hold leadership positions in the world of athletics.
Associate professor receives 2026 Early Career Award from the Psychometric Society
Shiyu Wang, an associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, received the award in recognition of her psychometric research and practice.