Success Stories

The University of Georgia is helping rural schools across the state meet the needs of students in this generation and the next by preparing teachers with theoretical expertise and practical experience.

The University of Georgia has signed a contract with the National Institutes of Health for an initial award of $8 million to develop a new, more advanced influenza vaccine designed to protect against multiple strains of influenza virus in a single dose.

Colquitt County was the pilot community for UGA’s Archway Partnership; fourteen years later and the impact is still strong.

Josh McCauley had an idea he just couldn’t shake: an affordable, build-it-yourself housing option that used recycled plastic that otherwise would end up in landfills.

Startup companies created through Innovation Gateway, the university’s arm for research commercialization, have an economic impact of $531 million across the United States, including $322 million in the state of Georgia.

Holly Sellers, a professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, is UGA’s 2019 Inventor of the Year and the first woman to receive the designation since 2001.

The UGA Institute of Government partnered with the Cherokee Office of Economic Development to evaluate labor market and education data and create a strategic plan for workforce development in Cherokee county.

A partnership between The Medical Center, Navicent Health and UGA’s College of Veterinary Medicine provides MCNH heart patients the option of donating their used pacemakers to canine heart patients at UGA.

When nationwide bus maker Blue Bird had a problem, it turned to students in the University of Georgia’s Terry College Master of Science in Business Analytics program for a solution.