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UGA Small Business Development Center in Downtown Athens, GA.

Small Business is the Engine of Innovation

Professor Qingguo “Jack” Huang and collaborators discovered an electrochemical process to degrade dangerous “forever chemicals” in water. The solution has been licensed and is marketed under the name DE-FLUORO.

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Nothing lasts forever: Huang finds solutions to break down ‘forever chemicals’

UGA's chapter of the National Academy of Inventors launches with 31 founding members composed of faculty from a range of disciplines. (Photo by Brandon Ward)

UGA launches National Academy of Inventors chapter

UGA CREATE Lab Students on UGA's Campus

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CREATE Lab Offers Engineering Design for Industry Projects

UGA tops AUTM rankings for 3rd consecutive year

UGA tops AUTM rankings for 3rd consecutive year

Energized by new ideas, Warmath eager to start Fellows program

Energized by new ideas, Warmath eager to start Fellows program

GKnow team members

New Media Institute Helps Local Entrepreneur Develop Tech Product

Zoe Minor Johnson, Clinical Associate Professor. UGA Innovation District’s Faculty Innovation Fellows program

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Social Work Faculty Innovation Fellow Exploring New Ways to Extend Reach and Improve Impact in the Field

Photo from the UGA Innovation District's Night at the Hub event.

Inspiring Innovation Under the Stars: University of Georgia’s Innovation District Hosts Night at the Hub

Keeping the goal of connecting the right people, places and programs to bring ideas to life in mind, core functions and key partners of the Innovation District gathered at the Delta Innovation Hub on Mon., Sept. 8 for Night at the Hub, an event held for the university community to learn more about the work core functions are doing to foster innovation.

Portrait of Nick T. Place

Opinion: The future of agricultural innovation is here – UGA Grand Farm

Georgia has always been a place where agricultural innovation finds a home. From cotton and peanuts to peaches and poultry, Georgia’s agricultural operations have shaped the economy, the culture and the identity of our state. And at the University of Georgia, things have been no different – as a leader in innovation, UGA is always looking for opportunities to propel industries forward into the future.

Dr. Eric DeJesus holds a check after the Field to Fund event at UGA.

Inspiration and Innovation in Action: University of Georgia’s Innovation District hosts Field to Fund

Energy ran high at the Delta Innovation Hub as more than 100 alumni, investors, innovators and university leaders from the University of Georgia and the University of Kentucky gathered for Field to Fund: Where Innovation Meets Opportunity on Fri., Oct. 3.

Brooke Richards Headshot

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Taking Entrepreneurship from the Classroom to the Conference Stage

Brooke Richards still remembers every detail of the moment she stood in a Los Angeles conference room, waiting for her turn to pitch to King’s Hawaiian with her classmates in the Innovation District’s Industry Fellows Program.  

UGA administrators and industry partners at Industry Forward event

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UGA’s Industry-Forward symposium strengthens industry-university collaboration

The University of Georgia’s Industry Forward program hosted its first symposium on Feb. 23, bringing together faculty, staff and industry partners at the UGA Georgia Center for Continuing Education and Hotel.

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From Lab to Market: UGA Startups Pitch to Investors

Some of the most promising startup companies sparked by University of Georgia research pitched their innovative ideas to a group of potential investors on Jan. 22 at the UGA Innovation District’s first Investors Day.

Bring your ideas to life.

The Innovation District is a comprehensive ecosystem of people, programs, and places working together to foster entrepreneurship and the commercialization of ideas at UGA.

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