Category: Profiles

Fashion forward designer, UGA alumna celebrates 20 years in business

Four words describe Amy Smilovic’s personal aesthetic and also that of Tibi, the worldwide fashion…
Kylee Jo Duberstein

Kylee Duberstein, an associate professor in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, conducts research…
Two UGA alums flip Atlanta homes on HGTV

Ken and Anita Corsini weren’t looking to become HGTV stars. They had already launched a…
Sundar Bharadwaj

Sundar Bharadwaj, who holds the The Coca-Cola Company Chair of Marketing in the Terry College…
RajReni Kaul

RajReni Kaul, a Ph.D. student with a focus on population ecology, put her passion for…
Shira Chess

Shira Chess, an assistant professor in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, helps…
Glenn Ostir

Glenn Ostir, a professor in the College of Public Health and director of the university’s…
Denzell Cross

Ford Foundation Fellowship recipient Denzell Cross, a Ph.D. student in ecology and integrative conservation, believes…
Y. Joon Choi

Joon Choi, an associate professor in the School of Social Work, conducts research that addresses…
John Maurer

Professor John Maurer in the College of Veterinary Medicine conducts research that enhances food safety…
Abha Rai

Abha Rai says she was born to be a social worker and knew early in…
Amy Ellis

Amy Ellis, an associate professor in the College of Education, aims to improve math education…
Sidney Thompson

Sidney Thompson, the U.H. Davenport Professor of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, helps students learn how…
Frances Dean

Frances Dean has taken advantage of hands-on lab research, study abroad and service-learning projects that…
Jin Xie

Jin Xie, an associate professor of chemistry, is using nanotechnology to make chemotherapy and radiation…
Aparna Kanjhlia

Aparna Kanjhlia chose UGA because she was “attracted to its diverse student body population, academic…
Carol Britton Laws

Carol Britton Laws, an assistant clinical professor in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences,…
Hunter Smith

Hunter Smith was born a Bulldog in rural Georgia, and after four years of academic…
Maria Len-Rios

Maria Len-Rios, associate professor and associate dean for academic affairs in the Grady College of…
Riley Jenkins

Because UGA has what future dentist Riley Jenkins calls a perfect balance of academics, extracurricular…
Bob Schmitz

Bob Schmitz, associate professor of genetics and Georgia Research Alliance Lars G. Ljungdahl Distinguished Investigator,…
Rishi Masalia

Rishi Masalia, a Ph.D. student in plant biology, is passionate about science and has been…
Emma Hetherington

Emma Hetherington, assistant clinical professor in the School of Law and the inaugural director of…
Liana Mosley

Future physician Liana Mosley’s passion focuses on preventive care and community health issues, and she…