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December 7, 2023
UGA’s Ashni Patel named a Schwarzman Scholar
University of Georgia Foundation Fellow Ashni Patel has been selected for the Schwarzman Scholarship, becoming the eighth UGA student to receive this prestigious award. She will join students from around the world as they pursue a one-year master’s degree in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, starting next fall. Schwarzman Scholars are taught […]
June 22, 2023
UGA named a top-performing institution for Boren Scholarships
Five UGA undergraduates offered Boren Scholarships in 2023 By Stephanie Schupska, Morehead Honors College For the third year in a row, the Boren Awards named the University of Georgia a top-performing institution for Boren Scholarships. With five UGA undergraduates selected as Boren Scholars this spring, UGA is ranked in the top five of institutions nationwide. […]
April 21, 2023
Georgia Funder: Undergraduate researchers tackle environmental issues around the world
Each April, the University of Georgia celebrates undergraduate research through the CURO Symposium. And each April, the world celebrates Earth Day. Undergraduate researchers at UGA have the opportunity to tackle worldwide problems, including issues having to do with the environment. Below, three CURO students share what they’re doing to make a difference on […]
April 10, 2023
Two Honors juniors named Goldwater Scholars
University of Georgia juniors Audrey Conner and Emilio Ferrara have been named 2023 Barry Goldwater Scholars, earning the highest undergraduate award of its type for the fields of mathematics, engineering and natural sciences. Both are Foundation Fellows and Stamps Scholars in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and the Morehead Honors College. Conner, […]
February 11, 2023
UGA named a top producer of Fulbright students, 2022-2023
The University of Georgia has been named a top producer of Fulbright U.S. students, a recognition given by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to the U.S. institutions that received the highest number of Fulbright offers. This marks the fifth time in 11 years that UGA has been named a […]
January 31, 2023
Honors student among first recipients of LAF Ignite scholarship
Ezra Lewis of Atlanta, a second-year Honors undergraduate at the University of Georgia, was one of four students selected for the inaugural cohort of the Landscape Architecture Foundation’s Ignite program. She joins students from the Rhode Island School of Design, University of Washington and University of Pennsylvania. A multi-year, nationwide program for landscape architecture students […]
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 Orleans, Louisiana, will continue their studies in the U.K. next year through the award, which is among the most selective graduate scholarships for Americans. UGA […]
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 Georgia’s newest Schwarzman Scholar, she will join students from around the world as they pursue a one-year master’s degree in global affairs. The 151 scholars […]
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 most celebrated international fellowship award in the world. The 2023 Rhodes Scholars will begin their various courses of study as graduate students at the University […]
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 of the Voyager Scholarship, the Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service. Established in 2021 by the Obama Foundation and Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky, the Voyager […]
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 listening sessions are designed to gather faculty feedback and input as Honors continues its development as the university’s 18th college. Two of the faculty listening […]
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 1. Since February, Amstutz has led the Morehead Honors College in an interim role, overseeing the operations of the college as well as the campus-wide […]
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 Scholarships for 2022. These students will receive funding to study critical languages abroad in exchange for a year of federal service. UGA has had 89 […]
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, public service and commitment to issues related to the environment. A third-year Honors student from Rome, Georgia, Reddy is majoring in ecology in the Odum […]
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 that this, combined with growing up in a working-class family, gave her a unique perspective and made her want to help others and get involved […]
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 for the fields of mathematics, engineering and the natural sciences. Karinshak, from Lawrenceville, is a third-year Foundation Fellow majoring in data science in the Franklin […]
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 has ever died of dysentery, then there’s a good chance you’ve come across the work of R. Philip Bouchard. Bouchard BS ’76 is a lifelong […]
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 organization that works to improve access to menstrual health education. “This is health care the way it should be done,” she said, explaining that one […]
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 Scholarship to pursue a Ph.D. in computer science in England or accept an offer to start work at Google this summer? Safir, a Foundation Fellow, […]
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 Cambridge Scholars. The scholarship fully funds postgraduate study and research in any subject at the University of Cambridge in England. Bunn is UGA’s ninth Gates […]
October 1, 2021
Jere W. Morehead Honors College celebrates official naming
The dedication of the University of Georgia’s Jere W. Morehead Honors College was celebrated on Thursday, Sept. 30, with a ribbon-cutting on the steps of Moore Hall, facing Herty Field. The event was attended by current and emeriti trustees of the UGA Foundation, as well as the acting chancellor, former chancellor and several members of […]