The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has announced the 2026 ACLS Fellows. As ACLS celebrates 100 years of grantmaking in 2026, the ACLS Fellowship Program stands as its longest-running program, recognizing outstanding scholarship in the humanities and social sciences.

Congratulations to Amna Qayyum, recipient of a 2026 ACLS Fellowship, for her project, "The War on Reproduction: Authoritarianism and the Global Politics of Family Planning in Pakistan".

For more details, go to the link Commencement.uga.edu.

Date: Thursday May 7, 2026

Ceremony Location: Stegeman Coliseum

Ceremony start time
Master’s/Specialist – 10:00a.m. (Doors Open: 8:00 a.m.)
Doctoral – 2:30p.m. (Doors Open: 1:30 p.m.)

UGA Final Exam Schedule: https://reg.uga.edu/calendars/final-exam-schedule/

Final Instructional Day

No tests or quizzes are to be administered on the final instructional day of a course, unless the course has not been assigned a final examination time slot by the University. All labs may administer tests or quizzes on the final instructional day. For purposes of this policy, student presentations to the class in a seminar or graduate course shall not be considered a test or a quiz.

UGA is closed for the Thanksgiving holiday break on Thursday and Friday, November 26-27.

There are no classes this week.

No Classes, UGA offices are closed.

Classes begin Monday, August 17. Drop/Add for undergraduate and graduate level courses is August 17-21.

Save the date for a book event with Dr. Joseph Kellner.

Details to be announced. The university community is welcome.

Refreshments.

The graduate program in History will be holding our annual open house for accepted graduate applicants March 21-23. An invitation with more details and information on travel funding and the agenda will be sent to accepted students Spring 2027.