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December 16, 2025
Ideas to impact: A decade of growth at Innovation Gateway
By Brandon Ward and Melania Pacheco For the past decade, Innovation Gateway has been the heartbeat of the University of Georgia’s mission to translate groundbreaking research into real-world solutions. A bold vision at launch, it has blossomed into a technology commercialization operation consistently ranked among the nation’s best. To mark this 10-year milestone, we reflect […]
November 7, 2025
Dan Geller named director of startups in Innovation Gateway
By Brandon Ward Innovation Gateway, the University of Georgia’s technology commercialization and startup arm, has named Dan Geller its new director of the Innovation Gateway Startup Program. Geller assumed this role on Oct. 1 after serving as assistant director since 2020. “I’m excited to welcome Dr. Geller as director of the Innovation Gateway Startup Program,” said […]
September 24, 2025
Design, build, innovate: UGA’s CREATE Labs provides prototyping possibilities
By Brandon Ward View Slideshow Tucked into a corner of the Delta Innovation Hub, the University of Georgia’s grand presentation and office space for startups, is the tinkering studio of the newly headquartered CREATE Labs. CREATE—short for the Center for Research, Engineering, And Technological Exploration—started as an idea of UGA engineering student Marcus DiBattista and his […]


