Into the woods: Class workdays teach students about invasive plants
Mar 2022
Ecology students, led by Asst. Prof. Richard Hall, spent two workdays removing invasive plants to restore conditions in Oconee Forest Park.
UGA Partnerships Yield Tangible Results in Fighting Floodplain Invasive Species
Mar 2022
UGA ecology students worked with conservation practitioners at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia to fight floodplain invasive species with native plants.
Alumni Spotlight: Calley Mersmann, BS ’11
Jan 2022
As the Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator for the City of Cleveland, Ohio, Calley Mersmann, BS ’11, helps people live more sustainably.
Alumni News: Lovich and Gibbons publish Turtles of the World
Jan 2022
Turtles of the World, by Jeffrey Lovich (PhD ’90) and Prof. Emeritus Whit Gibbons, explores the biology of these charismatic—and imperiled—animals.
Ecology mourns the loss of Lovejoy and Wilson
Dec 2021
A statement from Dean Sonia Altizer on the passing of E.O. Wilson and Thomas Lovejoy, brilliant evolutionary ecologists and champions of conservation and biodiversity.
Alumni News: Huda Alkaff, MS CESD ’97, receives Catalyst Award
Dec 2021
Huda Alkaff, MS CESD ’97, founder and director of Wisconsin Green Muslims, was named a recipient of the third annual Catalyst Award.
Using community science to illuminate firefly habitats in metro Atlanta
Jul 2021
The Atlanta Firefly Project uses community science to investigate where urban fireflies thrive and how landscape management affects local populations.
Sustainable solutions could cut Georgia’s carbon footprint by 50% by 2030
Jul 2021
Georgia’s sunshine, trees, agriculture and construction industries could help the state reduce its carbon footprint in half by 2030.
Erika Zavaleta to deliver 2021 Odum Lecture
Mar 2021
Ecologist Erika Zavaleta will deliver the 2021 Odum Lecture, “The interdependence of biological and cultural diversity,” on March 23.
Drawdown Georgia: Home-grown solutions to reverse climate change
Oct 2020
As part of Drawdown Georgia, researchers from UGA are finding ways to use existing resources to combat climate change.