Stories by Erin Malsbury, BS ’19, featured in Science
Jan 2020
Alumna Erin Malsbury, BS ’19, who is studying science communication at UC Santa Cruz, recently published three articles in Science Magazine.
UGA Ecology Graduate Student Symposium is Jan. 31-Feb. 1
Jan 2020
The Odum School of Ecology Graduate Student Symposium takes place Jan. 31-Feb. 1 in the Odum School auditorium. Alumna Rebeca de Jesús Crespo will deliver the keynote address.
Tweaking the approach to save the desert tortoise
Dec 2019
“Increase the size, increase the survival” is the premise behind head-starting, but research by UGA scientists reveals larger size alone is not enough to save the desert tortoise from predator attacks.
Worden, PhD ’00, discusses giant viruses
Dec 2019
Alexandra Z. Worden, UGA Ecology PhD ’00, was featured on the podcast This Week in Virology discussing giant viruses that infect ocean hosts.
A summer among the sequoias
Nov 2019
Katherine Russell, BS ’18, describes her experience studying the impacts of recent wildfires on the giant sequoias of California.
“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.