Three UGA faculty members receive 2025 Russell Awards
Mar 2025
Alex Strauss receives a Richard B. Russell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, the university’s highest early career teaching honor.
Vahsen studies plant evolution and its consequences
Mar 2025
As a kid, Megan Vahsen was really interested in science and math, and she was good at them. So when she went to college, it made sense to major in
A Bug’s Life
Mar 2025
Ecology faculty Sonia Altizer, Lewis Bartlett and Andy Davis provide expertise in this Georgia Magazine feature story.
Lecturer, coordinator helps shape ecology curriculum
Feb 2025
Amanda Rugenski seeks multiple pathways for student success Amanda Rugenski was in a bog when she realized that she wanted to be a scientist. While on a field trip with
Q&A with Jeb Byers: Mapping invasive species along global coastlines
Feb 2025
UGA’s Office of Research conducted a Q&A with Ecology’s Jeb Byers.
Predicting pandemics with Pejman Rohani
Dec 2024
Ecology’s Pej Rohani and CEID colleagues are helping to develop computational models for forecasting the spread of influenza, which annually causes half a million deaths worldwide.
The hidden disease risks of modern housing development in rural Africa
Nov 2024
Before she joined the Odum School, assistant professor Tamika Lunn conducted research on where bats in Kenya prefer to roost. The results were published in the latest issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
The monarch butterfly may not be endangered, but its migration is
Oct 2024
Breeding population of monarchs is stable, but they’re dying off on their way to Mexico With vigorous debate surrounding the health of the monarch butterfly, new research from the University
‘We need to emerge!’: SFS program fosters diversity in freshwater science
Oct 2024
Ecology’s Amy Rosemond created the Emerge program to help underrepresented minority groups create relationships and feel a sense of belonging in the scientific community.
Building a more sustainable world
Sep 2024
Ecology’s Krista Capps led a session on water stewardship for the Sustainable Development Excellence program developed by Boehringer Ingelheim in conjunction with UGA partners including the Odum School.