Start the year off with excellent news from the UGA campus:

English faculty member Chigozie Obioma honored by New Africa Magazine in its list of the most influential Africans of 2024

The Lamar Dodd School of Art Dodd expands its public art instruction with the UGA Community Art School, featuring ten-week courses for adults seeking to learn new skills, hone techniques, and expand their artistic expression

UGA student wins Radiolab naming contest, Cardea joins the celestial ranks as a quasi-moon – The New York Times

UGA sets record with three Schwarzman Scholars

Penguin Random House published "An Educator’s Guide to the Works of James Baldwin," written by English faculty member Ed Pavlić

The exile and rebirth of the South’s storied “Iron Horse”

Geology faculty member Paul Schroeder elected MSA Fellow

Two Franklin College Information Technology staff members received the 2024 Presidential Volunteer Service Award

Image: The fully restored Pattison sculpture "Iron Horse" on a new Georgia granite plinth. Credit.Rinne Allen