Archive for 2022
December 13, 2022
UGA sets record with two Marshall Scholars in 2022
For the first time, two University of Georgia students received a prestigious Marshall Scholarship in the same year. Honors seniors Natalie Moss of Norcross and Lauren Wilkes of New […]
December 7, 2022
Elise Karinshak selected as a Schwarzman Scholar
Elise Karinshak will combine her study of artificial intelligence and digital communication at UGA with a degree from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, starting next fall. As the University of […]
November 14, 2022
Natalie Navarrete named a 2023 Rhodes Scholar
University of Georgia student Natalie Navarrete was named a 2023 Rhodes Scholar on Nov. 12, joining recipients from 64 countries around the world. The Rhodes Scholarship is the oldest and […]
October 6, 2022
UGA junior among first recipients of Voyager Scholarship
Leah Whitmoyer of Tucker, Georgia, a third-year student at the University of Georgia, is one of 100 college students from across the nation to be selected for the inaugural cohort […]
October 3, 2022
Honors College to hold faculty listening sessions
The Jere W. Morehead Honors College invites faculty from across the University of Georgia—including areas outside of Athens—to attend one of three faculty listening sessions with Dean Meg Amstutz. These […]
July 14, 2022
Amstutz named dean of the Morehead Honors College
Margaret A. “Meg” Amstutz, an experienced higher education administrator known for guiding significant University of Georgia initiatives, has been named dean of the Jere W. Morehead Honors College, effective August […]
June 13, 2022
Boren Awards names UGA a top-performing institution
With a record number of eight undergraduates selected as Boren Scholars this spring, the University of Georgia ranks third in the nation on the list of top-performing institutions for Boren […]
May 13, 2022
UGA’s Tejas Reddy named 2022 Udall Scholar
Tejas Reddy’s focus on coastal ecosystems has earned him a 2022 Udall Scholarship. The University of Georgia undergraduate is one of 55 students across the nation being recognized for leadership, […]
May 6, 2022
Student plans to change the world one policy at a time
Mennah Abdelwahab grew up in Bogart where she was one of the few Arab Americans in town. Her parents were raised in Egypt and her family is Muslim. She said […]
April 15, 2022
UGA’s Elise Karinshak named 2022 Goldwater Scholar
University of Georgia Honors student Elise Karinshak is among 417 undergraduates across the nation to be recognized as 2022 Barry Goldwater Scholars, earning the highest undergraduate award of its type […]
March 9, 2022
R. Philip Bouchard: Oregon trailblazer, creating the classic 80s version of The Oregon Trail
If you played games on your grade school’s computer in the late ’80s and early ’90s, if you’ve ever traversed a river in an ox-drawn wagon, or if your avatar […]
February 25, 2022
Foundation Fellow leads the way in research and policy
Priyanka Parikh wants to reimagine health care. The University of Georgia student is inspired, in part, by her work as national student coordinator for The Period Education Project, a physician-led […]
February 18, 2022
An interest in AI led Nathan Safir to a job at Google
As Nathan Safir was finishing up his master’s in artificial intelligence at the University of Georgia, he had a big decision to make: Did he want to accept the Marshall […]
February 9, 2022
Claire Bunn named Gates Cambridge Scholar
University of Georgia senior Claire Bunn of Marion, Arkansas, will continue her studies in lung biology this fall as one of 23 Americans selected for the 2022 class of Gates […]
