Ecology students awarded Goldwater Scholarships
Apr 2012
Ecology majors Theresa Stratmann and Buck Trible have been awarded 2012 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, two of the four received by UGA students this year.
Jeb Byers is one of three 2012 Russell Award recipients
Mar 2012
Associate Professor Jeb Byers is one of three University of Georgia faculty named recipients of the Richard B. Russell Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
Trace element plays major role in tropical forest nitrogen cycle
Mar 2012
A new paper by researchers from the University of Georgia and Princeton University sheds light on the critical part played by a little-studied element, molybdenum, in the nutrient cycles of tropical forests. Understanding the role of molybdenum may help scientists more accurately predict how tropical forests will respond to climate change. The findings were recently published in the journal PLoS ONE.
Ecology Professor Emeritus is regional winner of Governor?s Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Award
Mar 2012
Carl Jordan, professor emeritus in the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology, has received the 2012 Governor?s Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Award for the Northeast Georgia region.
Ecologist Thomas W. Schoener to deliver 27th Odum lecture
Mar 2012
Thomas W. Schoener, Distinguished Professor in the College of Biological Sciences, Department of Evolution and Ecology, and Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, will deliver the 27th Eugene P. Odum Lecture on Tuesday, March 27
EcoFocus Film Festival Unveils 2012 Film Lineup
Mar 2012
The 2012 EcoFocus Film Festival, which runs from March 23-31 at Cin? and various locations across the University of Georgia campus, includes something for everyone with 18 feature-length and 22 short films on a wide range of environmental topics.
EcoFocus Film Festival Director Sara Beresford profiled in Georgia Magazine
Mar 2012
Ecology alumna Sara Beresford, director of the EcoFocus Film Festival, was profiled in the March 2012 issue of Georgia Magazine.
Study extends the ‘ecology of fear’ to fear of parasites
Feb 2012
Squirrels and raccoons will give up food to avoid ticks A recent paper by Ph.D. student Alexa Fritzsche sheds light on the interaction between ticks and host animals. The study is based on research conducted while Fritzsche was a research technician at Washington University in St. Louis.
River Basin Center’s Sheehan elected to State Bar of Georgia Environmental Law Section
Feb 2012
Katie Sheehan, legal fellow at the University of Georgia River Basin Center, was elected to the position of member-at-large of the Environmental Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia for 2012.
Research by Jeb Byers featured on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Georgia Outdoors
Feb 2012
The Feb. 24 episode of Georgia Outdoors, the award-winning Georgia Public Broadcasting television series, featured Odum School of Ecology Associate Professor Jeb Byers.