Alumni News | Odum School of Ecology

“We proved that women could certainly stand the rigors of Antarctica”

Oct 2019

Terry Tickhill Terrell, who received her PhD in ecology from UGA in 1976, was part of a the first all-female research team in Antarctica in 1969.

Focus on Faculty: John R. Schramski, PhD ’06

Oct 2019

Ecology alumnus John R. Schramski, PhD ’06, is an associate professor in the College of Engineering with a courtesy appointment in the Odum School. He teaches courses that are technically rigorous but also contextually broad across many scientific disciplines in their applications.

Monarch butterfly parasite uses strategy to spread infection

Oct 2019

A harmful parasite is able to maintain high levels of infection in resident populations of monarch butterflies by using more than one transmission strategy, according to research from the UGA Odum School of Ecology.

Jacob Allgeier, PhD ’13, awarded 2019 Packard Fellowship to study sustainable coastal fisheries

Oct 2019

UGA ecology alumnus Jacob Allgeier, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan, has received a 2019 Packard Fellowship to study sustainable coastal fisheries in the Bahamas and Haiti.

$1.5 million gift to Odum School of Ecology honors legacy of ecology student John Spencer

Oct 2019

A graduate fellowship established through a $1.5 million commitment from John Spencer’s mother and stepfather, Kathelen and Dan Amos, is ensuring that John’s legacy will reach far into the future.

Inspired by Nature: A conversation with Delia Owens

Oct 2019

UGA alumna Delia Owens discusses how her 23 years of research and conservation in Africa inspired her bestseller Where the Crawdads Sing.

De Jesús Crespo Awarded 2019 Early-Career Research Fellowship

Sep 2019

UGA ICON & Ecology alumna Rebeca de Jesús Crespo received a 2019 Early-Career Research Fellowship from the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.