Georgia MBA earned its highest ranking by U.S. News & World Report. Plus, meet the 2026 Distinguished Alumni, Student of the Year finalists, and the new director of UGA Entrepreneurship 

The Georgia Full-Time MBA program received its highest ranking ever from U.S. News & World Report: No. 25 overall and No. 10 among public schools. 

Terry College’s 2026 Student of the Year, Dylan Van Saun, earned the college’s top undergraduate honor for his passion for financial markets and helping others understand them. [Gallery] 

Nick Donkar (MBA ’05) told students at Terry’s 2026 International Business Week that building relationships is the business superpower they need for the future of work. 

Students in Terry’s professional and advanced sales classes participated in the Top Dawg Sales Competition at the Business Learning Community on April 22. [Gallery] 

Undergraduate student researchers collaborated with business faculty and worked in labs across UGA to develop their critical and creative thinking skills. 

Cali Brutz has guided hundreds of students through the process of building a business. Now she’ll guide the program that backs them as director of the UGA Entrepreneurship Program. 

Newly named Regents’ Professor Elena Karahanna delivered the univesity’s 2026 Charter Lecture, highlighting her research on technological transformation. 

Recently, juries held social media companies liable for endangering physical and mental health. Two Terry legal studies professors say the moment could mark a new approach to regulating digital services.  

UGA’s Center for Teaching and Learning recognized economics PhD candidate Abigail Cormier with its Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching Award. 

Marketing lecturer Scott Cuppari was named the 2026 Lee Anne Seawell Faculty Recognition Award recipient for his exceptional career mentorship. The honor recognizes his approach to preparing students for professional success. 

The UGA Office of Service Learning recognized Stacy Campbell, Synovus Director of the Institute for Leadership Advancement (ILA), with its 2026 Service-Learning Excellence Award. 

Since 2020, the National Association of Realtors has required Realtors to add any new listings to their local multiple listing service sites within one day of the house going on the market. That rule spurred Terry real estate professor Darren Hayunga to study private or pocket listings. He found that pocket sales earned sellers a slight premium over houses that spent even just a week on the market. He told The Real Deal that the findings did not surprise him: “If this wasn’t good for the seller, no one’s holding a musket to their head, and so they don’t have to do it,” he said.  

Hayunga’s study conflicts with conventional wisdom in real estate, which holds that maximum exposure is always necessary to secure the maximum sales price. As part of his study, Darren Hayunga analyzed more than 20 years of sales in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He told RIS Media that pocket listings — homes sold without being listed on the multiple listing service — sell for more by avoiding negotiations. “For a standard home, buyers expect to negotiate the price down from the list price. Pocket sales immunize the seller against this standard,” Hayunga said.  

May 12
Online MBA Virtual Information Session

May 16
Atlanta Campus Preview Day - Executive, Professional, and Online MBA Programs

May 21
Terry Third Thursday - Aaron Murray, ESPN College Football Analyst

May 26
Professional MBA Class Visit - Corporate Reputation & Crisis Management

May 27
MSBA Information Session