The University of Georgia has named its 40 Under 40 Class of 2025, recognizing a group of young alumni based on their personal, professional and philanthropic achievements. Honorees from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences include Caroline Lewallen (BSA '11 - Agricultural Education), Charles Orgbon (BSA '18 - Environmental Economics and Management), Colby Ruiz (BSA '15 - Biological Science), Caroline Stelling (BSA '11 - Environmental Economics and Management) and Tyson Strickland (BSA '11, DVM '16 - Animal Science).

Jesse Cronic, a third-year agricultural and applied economics student in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, was selected to join the Future Agriculture Leaders Delegation to China, a program organized by the U.S. Soybean Export Council and the U.S. Heartland China Association. The experience offered an immersive look at Chinese agribusiness, trade dynamics and the cultural ties that shape global agriculture.

Liang Dong, professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of the Microelectronics Research Center at Iowa State University, is set to become the University of Georgia’s newest Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, effective Aug. 1. At UGA, Dong will be the GRA Eminent Scholar in Precision Agriculture, with a joint appointment in the colleges of Engineering and Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. He will also serve as associate director for research at the Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture.