Campus comes alive for fall, researchers delve into psychology behind search engine advertising, and UGA Entrepreneurship Program wraps up a summer of innovation

Julian Squire, a supply chain management major from Milton, started asking questions about the supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now he wants to shape the future of supply chain management.

New research from the Terry College shows consumers use “happier” words to search for products when in a good mood. Researchers connected those positive search terms with an increased likelihood of clicking search engine ads.

Moontrace — a card shuffling machine for collectible cards — started as a senior project for UGA engineering students but is set to change how games are played after winning UGA Entrepreneurship’s 2024 Summer Launch pitch contest.

When it comes to anti-competitive behavior among tech companies, MIS researchers argue that hoarding data may be more damaging to innovation than cornering markets. 

Ariana Gonzalez, Ashlee Hall and Savannah Keifer were the inaugural recipients of the Deer Run Global Fellows Scholarship, a program established to help Terry College students from Hall County study abroad.

It’s always hard to find the right roommate, but more difficult when moving to campus from overseas. Three UGA graduate students won the UGA Entrepreneurship Summer Design Sprint with their solution.

Terry College’s Executive Education partnered with Boehringer Ingelheim to design and deliver targeted sustainability training for mid- and upper-level managers. 

Research from the Terry College of Business Selig Center for Economic Growth found the University System of Georgia had an impact of $21.9 billion on the state’s economy and generated more than 160,000 full- and part-time jobs.

Mike Pfarrer, Terry’s associate dean for research and executive programs, was one of four UGA faculty members selected for the Southeastern Conference Academic Leadership Development Program.

Jeff Humphreys, director of the Selig Center for Economic Growth, wrote in an August column appearing in Georgia Trend that the southwest Georgia city of Albany — which has lagged economically in recent years — was poised to continue to grow slowly but steadily through the next year because of its success in landing new economic development projects and its broad-based strength in the manufacturing and health care sectors. “Albany’s economy has a lower risk profile than most cities, making a good place to grow a business and raise a family,” he wrote.

Following coffee chain Starbucks’s promise of a $100 million pay package to its new CEO Brian Niccol, management professor Tim Quigley told The Wall Street Journal that a CEO’s impact on a company’s value depends on how much discretion she or he has over the company’s products and operations. “If you’re working at a utility company, maybe the CEO doesn’t matter much,” Quigley said. “If you’re working for Apple, CEOs matter a lot.” In Niccol’s case, Starbucks hired him away from restaurant chain Chipotle — sending the coffeehouse stock soaring and the burrito chain’s stock in the lurch.

September 12
2024 UGA Terry College of Business Graduate Programs Fair

Welcome to the Terry  Alumni Family - Atlanta

September 17
MSBA Information Session

September 19
Terry Third Thursday - Jamie Gregory, CFO, Synovus

September 23
Full-Time MBA Campus Visit Day