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In addition to overseeing all state legislative relations, the State Relations Office also creates a strong policy climate for UGA’s academic, research, and outreach missions. Our office also ensures that the priorities of the University are clearly communicated to Georgia’s state leaders, including the governor, members of the General Assembly, and state departments and agencies. As a primary contact between the University, other higher education institutions, and the legislative and executive branches of Georgia’s government, the Office of State Relations is dedicated to keeping the UGA community abreast of key legislative and educational issues at the state level.

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This artist’s rendition offers a view of the Medical Education and Research Building from the intersection of Foster and Fox Roads on the UGA Health Sciences Campus.

02.21.2025

Building a Medical School: A Progress Report

It’s only been a year since the University System of Georgia Board of Regents authorized the establishment of an independent School of Medicine at the University of Georgia, and the institution is wasting no time preparing to turn a vision into a reality. The School of Medicine has already made significant faculty and administrative hires, prepared the way for a […]

Andrew Herod (Submitted photo - left) and M. Stephen Trent (Submitted photo - right)

02.21.2025

Herod, Trent named Regents’ Professors

Two University of Georgia faculty members have been named Regents’ Professors in recognition of their innovative and pace-setting research. The honor is the highest professorial recognition bestowed by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents. The university’s 2025 Regents’ Professors are Andrew Herod, Distinguished Research Professor in the department of geography in the Franklin […]

UGA officials and state dignitaries mark the groundbreaking of the new medical education and research building for the School of Medicine on the Health Sciences Campus in Athens. (Photo by Dorothy Kozlowski/UGA)

02.18.2025

UGA School of Medicine granted candidate status by LCME

The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) announced on Feb. 14 that the University of Georgia School of Medicine has been granted candidate status for accreditation. Candidate status is a significant step in the accreditation process, indicating that the medical education program at the School of Medicine has made substantial progress toward meeting the accreditation standards […]