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UGA’s newest Regents’ Professors to deliver 2026 Charter Lecture

Elena Karahanna and J. Marshall Shepherd, two recently named Regents’ Professors at the University of Georgia, will share insights from their groundbreaking research at the 2026 Charter Lecture on March 25. The lecture begins at 11 a.m. in the Chapel and is open to the public.

Dorothy Leidner, AIS President, and (far right) past president Andrew Burton-Jones congratulate Jerry Kane (center)

Terry professor named AIS Fellow

The Association for Information Systems (AIS) named Terry College of Business professor and department head Jerry Kane an AIS Fellow.

‘Into the deep end’ in D.C.

In July, tax policy expert Erin Towery, the KPMG-Atlanta Partners’ and Employees’ Professor in Terry’s J.M. Tull School of Accounting, completed a one-year post as a Senior Economist with the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA).

An male executive tries to hide a toxic waste barrel under his coat while his colleagues look at him with disgust on the elevator. New research shows CEOs whose firms face EPA enforcement actions become "toxic" in the executive labor market, leading to job loss and a significant drop in corporate board seats long after they leave.

Toxic CEOs

According to new research from the University of Georgia, CEOs whose firms face Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) enforcement actions suddenly become “toxic” in the elite executive labor market.

An illustration of a piggy bank shaped house is locked up with chains and pad locks.

Who has the keys to the housing piggy bank?

New data reveals racial disparities in home equity access, with Black borrowers denied home equity credit more often, costing them access to $11.2 billion between 2018 and 2021.