The Terry College Business Learning Center in the Fall.

Study shows a better way for companies to promote rankings

It’s good business to be among the best. Both B2C and B2B buyers consult rankings before making purchase decisions. Sources such as Consumer Reports, HomeAdvisor, Kelly Blue Book, TripAdvisor, and Yelp help consumers buy personal goods and services.

Associate professor Marie Mitchell stands along the railing above the Casey Commons inside Amos Hall in the Terry College Business Learning Community.

Focus on Faculty: Marie Mitchell

Marie Mitchell, an associate professor of management, conducts research that helps organizations promote functional, productive and ethical work behavior.

UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Department of Horticulture's professor Marc van Iersel

$5 million grant to help reduce energy costs of indoor farming

One of the steepest barriers to profitable controlled-environment agriculture is the energy cost associated with providing the plants enough light, but new research being pioneered by University of Georgia could cut those costs by 50 percent.

Headshots of Benjamin Whipple

Twice in a lifetime

Numbers govern our lives. Bank account balances, blood pressure, SAT scores — they help define who we are and where we’re going. Some numbers affecting our daily lives are beyond our control — age, height and U.S. GDP — while others, such as the calories we consume, are up to us.