Student News Archives

Postcards from Costa Rica

Oct 2022

The Odum School’s semester-long Tropical Ecology study away program brings undergraduates to Costa Rica for an intensive 12 weeks to experience what the syllabus describes as “one of the most

Opening the door to discovery: Exploring undergraduate ecology research opportunities

Oct 2022

Chances are that you’ve heard about research by ecology undergraduate Benjamin Frick, AB ’23. With faculty mentor Andy Davis, Frick coauthored a paper about Joro spiders that was published in

Undergraduate service-learning: Odum students changing the landscape

Oct 2022

If you stepped into the Ecology courtyard this summer, you may have noticed some new additions: Philadelphia fleabane, golden Alexander, blue-eyed grass, and mealycup sage are just some of the

Part 3: On the Road—and the River—with the Ecological Problem Solving Class

Sep 2022

Biodiversity, Conservation, and Recreation on the Flint The last week of Maymester 2022’s Field Program in Ecological Problem Solving heavily featured the Flint River, which cuts through the western half

Part 2: On the Road—and the River—with the Ecological Problem Solving Class

Aug 2022

No course built around water sharing and water policy would be complete without an agricultural component. Between visits to Albany State University’s Water Planning and Policy Center and UGA’s Stripling Irrigation Research Park, students in the Field Program in Ecological Problem Solving class learned about the relationship between farming and water.

Part 1: On the road—and the river—with the Ecological Problem Solving Class

Aug 2022

Odum’s Ecological Problem Solving class travelled through the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin to receive a whirlwind introduction to problem solving at the intersection of science, society and policy.