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About Merritt Melancon

Authored 24 articles.

Articles

• AI Filmmaking Takes Center Stage in Creative Economy Curse

  News, March 02, 2026

• Doug Ivester Earns Honorary Doctorate for Six Decades of Support for Georgia Students and UGA

  News, December 18, 2025

• Terry College Names New Director Of Executive Education

  News, November 04, 2025

• Logistics Pros Focus On The Impact Of AI On Supply Chain Management

  News, October 10, 2025

• Chick-Fil-A CEO Andrew Cathy Returns To UGA

  Features, September 19, 2025

  By the time he was 6, UGA alum Andrew T. Cathy remembers standing atop an overturned pickle bucket, filleting chicken in a Chick-fil-A kitchen and handing out sample nuggets to mall customers. But while Chick-fil-A has always been part of his life, it wasn’t clear he’d grow up to work in his family business, much less take on the responsibilities as the company’s CEO.

• Terry College: AI Art May Lead to More Lawsuits

  News, May 09, 2025

• Sales Dawgs Take Home Top Prizes

  News, April 11, 2025

• Alex Womack Named Terry College’s 2025 Student of the Year

  News, April 10, 2025

• Slip-proof Shoelaces Take Home the Top Prize at 2025 Great Collegiate Brands Competition

  News, April 03, 2025

• Georgia’s Economy will Grow in 2025, but More Slowly

  Features, December 09, 2024

  Georgia’s economy is projected to grow by 2.4% in 2025, a slowdown from the 3.1% the state saw in 2024. However, the state’s GDP is projected to grow faster than the nation’s, which forecasters project to grow by 1.6% in 2025.

• Nashville Star Megan Moroney Returns Home to UGA

  Features, November 20, 2024

  Megan Moroney named her debut album “Lucky,” but, in reality, luck didn’t have much to do with it. Originally from Douglasville, Moroney studied accounting at the Terry College of Business and spent her free time posting covers of country songs on her Instagram account.

• Wearable Sensor for Seniors Scores Again at Pitch Contest

  News, November 19, 2024

• Terry College Sales Students Rank Top Four in the Nation

  News, November 07, 2024

• Student-founded Dawgtown Moving Clinches UGA Entrepreneurship Idea Accelerator Prize

  News, October 10, 2024

• Terry Students Gather to Brainstorm Fintech Concepts for Local Brands

  News, September 20, 2024

• Georgia’s Economy is Headed for a “Soft Landing” but Could Still Hit Some Speed Bumps

  Features, December 12, 2023

  Georgia’s post-COVID economic expansion is expected to slow but continue, with GDP increasing by 1.1% in 2024, according to economic forecasters at the University of Georgia Selig Center for Economic Growth.

• Georgia MBA Student Strikes a Deal on Shark Tank

  News, October 05, 2023

• SEC Student Pitch Competition Comes to UGA

  News, September 28, 2023

• Buck’s Custom Slings Earns $10,000 with Winning Pitch at 2023 Summer Launch

  News, August 07, 2023

• Georgia MBA Brings Real-world Leadership Training to Clarke Central JROTC Students

  News, August 02, 2023

• Education Economist Named Head of Terry’s Department of Economics

  News, July 27, 2023

• In Finance, Much Like Administration, there’s Always Something new to Learn

  News, July 26, 2023

• Terry Students Discover Mittelstand and Green Milestones on Terry international Programs Trip to Munich

  News, July 12, 2023

• Stacy Campbell Named Director of UGA’s Institute for Leadership Advancement

  News, July 10, 2023