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Young students anywhere in the world can now experience the wonder of gems and minerals with GemKit™ by GemKids®, an online treasure trove of information and activities from GIA®, the Gemological Institute of America, the 90-year-old global leader in gem and jewelry education.

The Board of Governors of GIA has named Pritesh Patel, currently GIA’s Chief Operating Officer, as the Institute’s President and Chief Executive Officer

GIA will launch its re-vamped Graduate Jeweler Diploma Program in 2024.

GIA has announced the planned retirement of its president and CEO, Susan Jacques, at the end of 2025. The Institute has begun a global search for a successor.

Registration for Converge, the singular gem and jewelry event combining the unique expertise of the American Gem Society (AGS) and the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), is now open.

Beginning later this year, GIA will start using descriptive terms to characterize the quality of laboratory-grown diamonds

GIA is adding a report comment employing the trade color term “Peacock” for designated colors of cultured pearls from the Pinctada margaritifera black-lipped pearl oyster, commonly known as Tahitian pearls.

GIA, the leading institute for research into diamonds, colored stones and pearls, recently evaluated a diamond ring cut from a single laboratory-grown diamond.

Experience the world of gemology in person with GIA at Couture and JCK Las Vegas.

GIA will temporarily expand services offered by the GIA Laboratories DMCC and the GIA Hong Kong laboratory.