The tiniest patient: Teaching veterinarians to treat bees
Oct 2025
Beekeepers need a prescription when hives get sick, but few veterinarians are qualified to treat bees. A new course at UGA will change that.
Yes, killer bees are back. No, you shouldn’t panic.
Sep 2025
Lewis Bartlett provides insight on the return of Africanized or “killer” bees.
RBC affiliate brings wastewater professionals together to talk septic
Jul 2025
Wastewater experts joined Krista Capps to examine issues surrounding Georgia’s decentralized, aging and poorly maintained wastewater infrastructure.
World Water Day 2025: Delivering safe water resources to all
Mar 2025
Ecology faculty Seth Wenger, Krista Capps and Charles van Rees, along with collaborators, published a new commentary on our relationships with water resources and how we manage them.
Dean’s Corner, March 2025: Ecology and the resilience of the U.S. food system
Mar 2025
The Odum School hosted a screening of Food and Country March 12 at Ciné Athens.
Sustainability Certificate Ambassador Spotlight: Emme McCumiskey
Feb 2025
Meet Emme McCumiskey! Emme is a third-year student pursuing majors in ecology and environmental resource science, minors in wildlife sciences and environmental geology, and certificates in sustainability and water resources.
Working at the intersection of policy and research with Brian Watts, BS ’11
Aug 2024
Brian Watts (BS ’11) had started his career at an accounting firm when he realized that “a lot of environmental research doesn’t go anywhere, or doesn’t seem to get enacted upon.” He decided to move into policy and now works for The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Alumni Spotlight: Pursuing momentum with Virginia Schutte, PhD ’14
Mar 2024
Virginia Schutte (PhD ’14) is a science communicator—someone who “makes stuff for the Internet about science.” Every day is different, and she likes it that way.
Students explore infectious disease research through Ecology REU program
Mar 2024
When T’Kai Adekunle first took an ecology class at Savannah State University, she knew she wanted to explore the field more. “I wanted to use what I had just learned
UGA researchers to leverage AI, remote sensing for NASA-funded conservation project
Nov 2023
In a NASA grant project focused on levee setbacks, UGA scientists are filling a critical gap in biodiversity benefit assessment for USACE.