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Alumni Collective Builds Connections for Life   GIA Alumni Collective is a network where graduates of GIA’s diploma and certificate programs around the world can share valuable insights and inspiration. With a new look and feel, the GIA Alumni Collective builds on community, connects alumni, is the hub to register for more than 20 Continuing Education offerings (10% discount for alumni), and much more.   After successfully completing a GIA program or course, alumni can register and tap into a community that supports their journey. The GIA Alumni Collective builds on the history of the previous GIA Alumni Association with new branding.  “GIA Alumni Collective is a bridge to connect alumni to an open, trusting, inspirational and passionate community, united to push forward the boundaries of gemology, jewelry and the reach of GIA’s important consumer protection mission,” said Susan Jacques, GIA president and CEO.   GIA Alumni Collective offers continuing education l...

GIA updates education materials and grading reports for LGD Following the recent update to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Jewelry Guides, GIA has revised its education materials supporting its core consumer protection mission and updated its grading reports for laboratory-grown diamonds (LGD) to align with the revised guides. Beginning July 1, 2019, GIA Laboratory-Grown Diamond Reports and identification reports will no longer use the term ‘synthetic.’ The new GIA Laboratory-Grown Diamond Report will feature the same visual representation of the scales for color, clarity and cut as GIA’s grading reports for natural diamonds. The updated reports will continue to use descriptive terms for color and clarity, for example, Near Colorless and Very Slightly Included, as shown on the scales. The report will also include a QR code linking to GIA’s online Report Check service with more information about the growth processes of laboratory-grown diamonds. All detected clarit...