Drake discusses infectious disease modeling on CBS podcast
May 2020
Prof. John Drake discussed infectious disease modeling on Debriefing the Briefing, a CBS News podcast covering the coronavirus pandemic.
Lizzie King: Linking social change and ecological data
May 2020
Restoration ecologist Elizabeth King incorporates social and cultural information into her ecological research.
Can the course of the pandemic be predicted?
May 2020
Prof. John Drake gave a talk, “Can the course of the epidemic be predicted?” for UGA’s “Ask Me Anything” series on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fellowship honors late Prof. Emerita Rebecca Sharitz
May 2020
The family of the late Prof. Emerita Rebecca Sharitz and her husband Carl Byrne Hatfield has created a fellowship in their memory to support doctoral students in ecology and plant biology working at SREL.
The story behind UGA’s first Earth Day
Apr 2020
The first Earth Day at UGA featured a day-long teach-in led by students and faculty from the Institute of Ecology and student group Balance.
COVID-19 models and how they work
Apr 2020
Prof. John Drake explains how infectious disease models work and why they’re such an important tool in understanding the COVID-19 pandemic.
UGA professor, alumnus are 2020 ESA Fellows
Apr 2020
UGA ecologist John Drake was named a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America and Jacob Allgeier, PhD ’13, was named an Early Career Fellow for 2020.
Butterflies raised in captivity fare worse than wild counterparts
Apr 2020
UGA ecologist Andy Davis compared the strength, color, and wing shape of monarch butterflies reared in the lab with their wild counterparts.
Ecology community mourns Lawrence R. Pomeroy
Apr 2020
Groundbreaking marine ecologist Lawrence R. Pomeroy, 94, passed away peacefully on March 26, 2020, in Burlington, North Carolina.
Odum Faculty Members Named UGA Athletic Association Professors
Mar 2020
Odum School of Ecology faculty members Vanessa Ezenwa and Olin “Gene” Rhodes have been named University of Georgia Athletic Association Professors.