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More than 1,000 municipal leaders take part in UGA-led training at Cities United
More than 1,000 city officials from throughout Georgia enhanced their leadership skills and earned recognition through the Harold F. Holtz Municipal Training Institute at the recent 2025 Cities United Summit, presented Jan. 26-29 in Atlanta.

We Are Georgia: Supporting Military Communities
Institute of Government partnerships build more vibrant, prosperous communities across the state.

Local leaders from Georgia’s coast take part in first Coastal Resilience Leadership Academy
The Georgia Department of Natural Resource’s Coastal Resources Division, in partnership with the UGA Institute of Government and with engagement from Marine Extension-Georgia Sea Grant, launched the first-ever Coastal Resilience Leadership Academy, a two-day training program to equip local elected...

UGA data conference to focus on AI policy, data governance
Organizations depend on data analysis to inform their decision-making, but keeping up with the latest advances in the field can be a daunting task. To help Georgia’s governments and partner agencies stay current on data trends, the University of Georgia Carl Vinson Institute of Government will...

UGA CyberArch paves the way for career in cybersecurity
Deven Allen, a graduate student from Buford, Georgia, has been with UGA CyberArch since Spring 2022, when student interns first joined the program, and it has helped shape his career path. UGA CyberArch provided the launch pad for how he could apply his academic learning in a real-world context...