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The first time Jennifer Duck saw Jeffery Ames’ passion project “Requiem for Colour;” it was essentially a home-video recording. After finishing it, she said she immediately felt it deserved a broader audience and wanted to help make that happen.  The effort Duck, a clinical associate professor of journalism at Grady College, put in paid off when she […]

Several Grady College faculty and staff were recognized for outstanding service during the 2025-2026 academic year at an end-of-semester celebration on April 28. Teachers of the Year are recognized by each department at Grady College and are annually selected by peers based on excellence in the classroom and student feedback. Congratulations to the following faculty […]

Three Grady College journalism students in the Griffiths Innovators program received third place nationwide and earned the fan favorite award at a national competition through the Reynolds Journalism Institute on April 30, 2026.  Shad McMillan, Makenna Reavis and Maura Potvin, in partnership with WSB-TV, developed an asynchronous online program called Bridge to train social media influencers (referring […]

Navigating personal finance can be a daunting task without help. Sarah Hilton, a behavioral financial planning graduate student from the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, spoke to Grady students on April 13 in the Peyton Anderson Forum, offering a beginner’s guide to building good planning habits. Budgeting Budgeting is the process of creating a […]

Grady College graduates were celebrated by family, friends and faculty during Convocation ceremonies in The Classic Center Grand Hall on May 6, 2026. Nearly 550 graduate and undergraduate students were eligible for the ceremony including four Ph.D. graduates, almost 90 master’s students, more than 140 advertising majors, nearly 110 PR graduates, 115 journalism majors and […]

Danielle Zeitlin is a fourth-year advertising, political science and international affairs major from Cumming, Georgia, set to graduate in May 2026. Zeitlin is involved in mock trial, student government, Dawg Camp and UGA’s Office of Emergency Preparedness. As president of UGA’s mock trial team, the group took home first place at the American Mock Trial […]

Sophia Kim is a third-year Advertising major with a certificate in New Media from Atlanta, Georgia. Kim serves as director of production for Talking Dog Agency, director of client services for the American Marketing Association (AMA) and is a 2026 attendee of the Grady Japan Program. Read her Q/A below. Why did you choose your […]

Courtney Craft is a third-year Journalism and political science double major with certificates in public affairs communications and news literacy from Dunwoody, Georgia. Craft serves as vice president of the UGA chapter of the National Association of Black journalists (NABJ), a McGill Fellow, Grady Nightshift Reporter and a writer for The Red & Black opinion […]

Caroline Newbern, a graduating journalism and English double-major from Atlanta, Georgia, has been named senior speaker for the Spring 2026 Grady College Convocation. Grady’s Convocation ceremony will be held at the Athens Classic Center on Wednesday, May 6, at 2 p.m.  Blake Witmer, a public relations major with a minor in studio art from Grayson, […]

On April 24, 2026, the Crisis Communication Think Tank (CCTT) hosted the inaugural launch program for “Leading with GRAIL: Strategic Crisis and Risk Management Innovation for Health, Security, and Resilience” at the University of Georgia School of Law. The event brought together scholars, practitioners and students from across fields to formally launch the new interdisciplinary […]