Ecovoice 2022

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Welcome to EcoVoice 2022, the Odum School of Ecology magazine.

IN THIS ISSUE:

Features

  • Odum Students Changing the Landscape
  • Opening the Door to Discovery: Exploring Undergraduate Ecology Research Opportunities
  • Postcards from Costa Rica
  • On the Road—and the River— with the Ecological Problem Solving Class

Research

  • Disease Ecology Research Briefs
  • Dogs, Frogs, and Copepods: Model Provides Clues About Guinea Worm Transmission
  • Precision Conservation Saves Time, Money—and Species
  • UGA Partnerships Yield Tangible Results in Fighting Floodplain Invasive Species
  • Nutrients a Larger Factor than Temperature in Colorado Mountain Stream Ecosystems
  • Climate Change Could Increase Costs of Reproduction in Plants, Study Finds
  • Joro Spiders Likely to Spread Beyond Georgia

Outreach

  • EcoReach Grows with Help of Americorps VISTA

Inside the School

  • Discovery at the River’s Bend
  • Faculty Profile: John Schacke
  • Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Ecology
  • Awards and Honors
  • Parents & Families Day
  • Covich Honored at Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting
  • Emeritus Update
  • Bookshelf
  • Alumni News
  • In Memoriam: Gary W. Barrett
  • Honor Roll of Donors
Ecovoice 2021

IN THIS ISSUE:

Transitions

  • Q&A with Interim Dean Sonia Altizer
  • John L. Gittleman Moves to Faculty Role After 14 Years as Dean
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Action Plan

Features

  • The Coronavirus Working Group: Tracking the Pandemic and Informing the Fight
  • Drawdown Georgia: Local Action to Fight Global Climate Change
  • The First Earth Day at UGA: Toward Balance

Research

  • Long-term Data Reveal Impact of Barriers and Drought on Migratory Shrimp in Puerto Rico
  • “Emerge,” New Program to Create Environment of Inclusion in Freshwater Science, Receives NSF Funding
  • Comprehensive Study Reveals an Unexpected Role of Fire in Longleaf Pine Forests
  • Evolution of the Fastest Jaws in Nature: Function Before Form in Miniature Trap-Jaw Ants
  • Researchers Model the Effects of Seasonal Animal Migration on Disease Transmission
  • Coral Reefs Show “Ecological Memory” and Resilience to Rising Temperatures
  • Disease Ecology Research Briefs
  • Researchers Identify Rules for Predicting Climate Change Effects on Host-Parasite Interactions

Outreach

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, UGA form Network for Engineering with Nature
  • EcoReach Creates Virtual Science Lessons for Kids

Inside the School

  • Newly Described Fish Species Named in Honor of Bud and Mary Freeman
  • Awards and Honors
  • Retirements
  • Meet Our Newest Faculty
  • In Memoriam
  • Alumni News
  • Honor Roll of Donors

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Ecovoice 2019
EcoVoice 2015

Welcome to EcoVoice 2015, the Odum School of Ecology’s annual magazine.

IN THIS ISSUE:

Feature Story: From Wormsloe to the World
One of Georgia’s most historically and environmentally significant places is home to innovative interdisciplinary research.

Articles

  • Ecology of Infectious Diseases
  • Cancelled Flights
  • Nutrient Pollution Damages Streams in Ways Previously Unknown
  • Species Going Extinct 1,000 Times Faster Than in Pre-Human Times
  • WiSci: Women in Science
  • UGA Hosts International Conference on Ecology, Evolution of Infectious Diseases
  • Watershed UGA
  • Odum School Introduces New Bachelor of Arts Degree in Ecology

Departments

  • News Briefs
  • Student Profiles
  • Odum Lecture: Nancy Grimm
  • Alumni News
  • Graduate Student Symposium
  • Spring Fling
  • Meet Our Newest Faculty
  • Inside the School
  • Honor Roll of Donors
  • In Print

Download: Ecovoice 2015

EcoVoice 2014

Writer: Beth Gavrilles, bethgav@uga.edu

Contact: Beth Gavrilles, bethgav@uga.edu

EcoVoice is back! Find out more about the latest happenings at the Odum School of Ecology.

IN THIS ISSUE:

Feature Story: Blue Is the New Green
The UGA River Basin Center is meeting Georgia’s water challenges

Articles

  • Ecosystem Services: Report finds protecting natural areas makes good fiscal sense
  • Climate Change: As climate and disease links become clearer, study highlights need to forecast future shifts
  • Coral Reef Ecology in the Caribbean and Pacific
  • Drought Affects the Carbon Cycle in Georgia Blackwater Rivers
  • New Model to Assess Fish Passage
  • Improving Global Conservation Funding
  • On Cricket Sex and Gender Discrimination in Science: Marlene Zuk speaks at UGA
  • EcoFocus Film Festival 2014

Departments

  • Student Profiles
  • Alumni News
  • Spring Fling
  • Faculty Profile
  • Inside the School
  • Honor Roll of Donors
  • In Print

 

Download: EcoVoice 2014

EcoVoice 2013

Writer: Beth Gavrilles, bethgav@uga.edu

Contact: Beth Gavrilles, bethgav@uga.edu

EcoVoice is back! Find out more about the latest happenings at the Odum School of Ecology.

IN THIS ISSUE:

Features

  • A Question of Latitude
  • Longleaf Pine Ecosystem Recovery
  • Hotspots and Silver Bullets
  • Using Social Networks to Fight Disease

Articles

  • The Ecology of Fear
  • EcoReach Expands
  • EcoFocus Film Festival 2013
  • Symposium Honoring Professor Emeritus Bernard Patten
  • Spring Fling: Costa R(on)ica!

Departments

  • Notes from the Dean
  • Student Profiles
  • Alumni News
  • Faculty Profile
  • Inside the School
  • Honor Roll of Donors
  • In Print

Download: EcoVoice 2013

EcoVoice 2012

Writer: Beth Gavrilles, bethgav@uga.edu

Contact: Beth Gavrilles, bethgav@uga.edu

EcoVoice 2012 covers events at the Odum School from Spring 2011 to Summer 2012.

IN THIS ISSUE:

  • Futurity: The Next Five Years and Beyond, by Dean John Gittleman
  • Mohan Receives NSF Grant to Study “Forests of the Future”
  • OSE Outreach: RBC Staff, Students Review Southeastern Green Building Programs
  • OSE Undergraduates: What We’ve Been Up To, by Malavika Rajeev
  • The Future of UGA Sustainability: The Time is Now, by OSE IDEA Board Chair Rutherford Seydel
  • Research Spotlight: Unraveling the Ecology and Evolution of Bat Rabies
  • 2012 Graduate Student Symposium, by Kyle McKay and Kimberly Kellett
  • Ecology Awards
  • Former Student and Professor Return to UGA Campus for a Seminar Highlighting Their Work
  • Professor Emeritus Bruce Wallace Honored by Colleagues at NABS Annual Meeting
  • Alumni News
  • New Faculty Highlight: ElizabethKing
  • First Annual Parents and Families Day, by Lee Snelling
  • Inside the School: Student, Post Doc, Faculty, and Staff News
  • Professors Appointed to Emeritus Status
  • 2011 Donor Honor Roll

Download: EcoVoice 2012

EcoVoice 2011

Writer: Beth Gavrilles, bethgav@uga.edu

Contact: Beth Gavrilles, bethgav@uga.edu

EcoVoice is back! Find out more about the latest happenings at the Odum School of Ecology.

IN THIS ISSUE:
  • Ecology Responds to Gulf Oil Spill
  • Ecology Small Grants  Fund Grad Student Research
  • Notes from Dean Gittleman
  • A World Premiere, U.S. Premiere, and Inspiring Environmental Films from Around the World
  • Odum School Outreach
  • Odum School Lives Up to the Legacy: Dr. Eugene Odum is Celebrated through the School’s Green Initiatives
  • Alumni News
  • Upcoming Events
  • Dave Coleman Publishes Big Ecology
  • Graduate Student Symposium 2011Inside the School: Student News, Post Doc News, Faculty News, and Ecology Awards
  • In Memoriam: Thelma Richardson

Download: EcoVoice 2011

EcoVoice 2008/2009

Writer: Anisa S. Jimenez, anisaj@uga.edu

Contact: Anisa S. Jimenez, anisaj@uga.edu

In the Odum School’s bi-annual newsletter, read more about our environmental film festival, new faculty members, the undergraduate recycling effort, how we’re helping save a not-so-little piece of Ecuador, how the River Basin Center is working to protect coastal areas from global climate change, updates on our Green Building and much more!

IN THIS ISSUE:

EcoFocus Film Festival – page 1
Notes from the Dean – page 2
Undergraduates help provide UGA gameday recycling – page 2
Fundacion Maquipucuna – page 3
Ecology Movers and Shakers – page 4
2008 Annual Awards Banquet winners announced – page 5
Launch of new Odum School web site – page 5
Organic farming good for environment – and pocketbook – page 6
River Basin Center receives grant to address coastal climate change – page 6
Breaking News – page 7
Green Building progress – page 7
Donor profile:  Rebecca Bell – page 8

Download: EcoVoice Fall 2008/ Winter 2009.

Ecovoice Spring/ Summer 2008

Writer: Anisa S. Jimenez, anisaj@uga.edu

Contact: Anisa S. Jimenez, anisaj@uga.edu

EcoVoice Spring/Summer 2008

Odum Update: Fall 2007

Writer: Anisa S. Jimenez, anisaj@uga.edu

Contact: Anisa S. Jimenez, anisaj@uga.edu

Odum Update: Fall 2007