Toxic pollutants can impact wildlife disease spread
Dec 2020
Exposure to toxic pollutants associated with human activities may be influencing the spread of infectious diseases in wildlife.
Altizer one of 4 UGA faculty members named AAAS Fellows
Nov 2020
Odum School of Ecology professor Sonia Altizer has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Ecologist studies the forces that shape savannas
Nov 2020
Ricardo Holdo, an associate professor in the Odum School of Ecology, studies savannas and the many forces that shape them.
UGA invests in faculty development, strategic hires
Nov 2020
Cluster hiring initiatives in integrative, precision agriculture and brain and behavioral health underway The University of Georgia continues to invest in faculty whose work addresses urgent statewide and global issues
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.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, UGA form Network for Engineering with Nature
Oct 2020
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the University of Georgia are partnering to form the Network for Engineering With Nature.
Like it or not, Joro spiders are here to stay
Oct 2020
Discovered in Georgia seven years ago, the Asian spider is settling in. Chances are, if you live in northeast Georgia you’ve come across an East Asian Joro spider this fall.
Sicker livestock may increase climate woes
Oct 2020
Climate change is affecting the spread and severity of infectious diseases—and infectious diseases may in turn be contributing to climate change.
New UGA model highlights continued COVID-19 risks
Sep 2020
A new model from the UGA Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases shows continued risk from the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.
Herd immunity an impractical strategy, study finds
Sep 2020
Achieving herd immunity to COVID-19 is an impractical public health strategy, according to a new model from UGA scientists.