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The Georgia Debate Union won the overall team title at this year's Regents Cup Debate Tournament on Thursday, April 17. The Regents Cup was created by Chancellor Sonny Perdue in 2024 to support civil dialogue and debate amongst USG colleges and universities. The competition was hosted by the University System of Georgia at Middle Georgia State University in Macon.
The Georgia Debate Union is housed in the Franklin College of Arts…
As of this week, UGA is ranked first in all three college debate organizational rankings - the American Debate Association, the Cross-Examination Debate Association, and the National Debate tournament - ahead of Harvard, Wake Forest, Emory, Michigan, Northwestern, among hundreds of other institutions.
UGA's top six debaters [pictured] each earned awards at their most recent tournament at the University of Kentucky. …
Zachary Wood, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology in the Franklin College, was joined by Kimberly Skobba (FACS) and Robert Beckstead (CAES) as 2016 recipients of the university's highest early career teaching honor, the Richard B. Russell Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching:
Wood has designed innovative tools to help students master complicated concepts in biochemistry. He creates "virtual…