Accessing the connections between infectious disease, climate change and biodiversity loss
Apr 2024
Regents’ Professor and CEID Director John Drake is co-author on a new report calling for a more unified approach to planetary health.
Alumni Spotlight: Pursuing momentum with Virginia Schutte, PhD ’14
Mar 2024
Virginia Schutte (PhD ’14) prefers to be uncomfortable—at least intellectually. For her, it’s an indicator of success. It’s how she knows that she’s pushing forward, challenging herself and trying new
Students explore infectious disease research through Ecology REU program
Mar 2024
When T’Kai Adekunle first took an ecology class at Savannah State University, she knew she wanted to explore the field more. “I wanted to use what I had just learned
What it takes to create a successful oyster reef breakwater
Feb 2024
Jeb Byers, Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Ecology, recently coauthored a publicaiton on oyster reef breakwaters, a form of natural infrastructure.
Joro spiders well poised to populate cities
Feb 2024
New research from Andy Davis at the Odum School of Ecology reveals that the Joro spider is surprisingly tolerant of the vibrations and noise common in urban landscapes—clues as to why the spider has been successful in spreading across Georgia and the Southeast over the last decade.
Extreme heat hurts monarchs and their parasites
Feb 2024
New research from Odum School of Ecology scientists at the University of Georgia shows that constant exposure to high temperatures limits parasite development in monarch butterflies and also lowers monarch survival.
Magnifying impact: UGA seeding formation of broad research teams
Feb 2024
This Office of Research feature highlights research teams across UGA, profiling the work of Odum’s Pejman Rohani in co-assembling a multi-institutional team that landed one of UGA’s largest awards in history.
Signature Lecture Series draws prominent speakers to campus
Feb 2024
The 38th Odum Lecture will be delivered by Kai Chan, Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of British Columbia, and is part of the University of Georgia’s spring 2024 Signature Lecture Series.
Ants and art: UGA alumnus investigates ant behavior, visual science communication
Dec 2023
Ben Taylor (AB ’17, MS ’23) has always been fascinated by behavior, which made the Sasaki Lab a perfect fit for graduate work.
Nutrient pollution reduces nutrient retention services of streams, new research shows
Oct 2023
Few nutrients are as fundamental to or ubiquitous in modern life as nitrogen and phosphorus. As fertilizers, they form the bedrock of our global agricultural systems—but at a cost to our waterways.