AAAS elects 3 more UGA faculty as Fellows

Three University of Georgia faculty have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the organization announced on April 18, bringing the university to 45 total members

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Academic advisor helps students find community and strive for sustainability

As the undergraduate advisor for the Odum School of Ecology, Misha Boyd finds ways to enhance the student experience. With her inclination for the pursuit of fresh initiatives and hearing the perspectives

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Collaboration and coronaviruses: Lunn brings interdisciplinary approach to disease ecology

Bats deserve more than just a few weeks in the limelight each Halloween. The flying mammals are critical pollinators and pest control agents, according to Tamika Lunn, a disease ecologist and new

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Odum faculty named Athletic Association and Foundation Professors

Two faculty in the Odum School of Ecology have been recognized with named professorships based on their long-standing commitments to excellence in research, education and service at UGA. Craig Osenberg

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Ecology lecturer identifies solutions

Alli Injaian, lecturer and academic coordinator at the Odum School of Ecology, sometimes feels like a talent manager. Fifty percent of her job is teaching, but the other 50% involves instructional service and administrative responsibilities like determining faculty teaching assignments.

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UGA’s Lipp Named Georgia Power Professor

University of Georgia College of Public Health professor and Odum courtesy faculty Erin Lipp has been appointed to the Georgia Power Professorship in Environmental Health Science.

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Hunter, Altizer named Odum chair and professor

Dean Mark Hunter has been named the Eugene Odum Chair in Ecology, and Sonia Altizer has been named the Martha Odum Distinguished Professor in Ecology at the University of Georgia’s Odum School of Ecology.

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New AI tool will help survey, protect coral reefs

University of Georgia ecologist Jim Porter has received funding to create an artificial intelligence tool expected to greatly improve mapping of coral reefs and lead to significant advancements in underwater 3D measurements—information that will aid efforts to help these reefs survive.

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Land use, nutrient conditions contribute to oak decline

New research led by the Odum School of Ecology’s Nina Wurzburger sheds light, for the first time, on how land-use disturbance and nutrient conditions play a role in the decline of oak forests. The most promising strategy to address this decline is reduced cutting.

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Conservation, freshwater ecosystems, tropical ecology: Pringle’s contributions to the Odum School of Ecology

Catherine Pringle’s path to freshwater ecosystem ecology was a sure one. “From childhood, I’ve been fascinated by nature, spending hours poking around in streams and creeks as a kid,” she

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