Undergraduate ecology and scientific illustration major Elizabeth Nixon won first place in the State Botanical Garden of Georgia 2010 art competition sponsored by the J.A. and H.G. Woodruff, Jr. Charitable Trust.
An op-ed about freshwater sustainability by Odum School of Ecology postodoctoral researcher John Kominoski, Ph.D. ’08, was featured in the December 22 issue of the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
A team of researchers that includes Odum School postdoctoral associate John Kominoski, Ph.D. ’08, has found that the Southeast, with the exception of Florida, does not have enough water capacity to meet its own needs.
In a paper just published in the journal Ecology Letters, ecologists at the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology and other researchers studying invasive insects report that the success of new gypsy moth populations is partly dependent upon the size of the patch they occupy?information that could eventually help control the spread of the moths and other invasive pests.
Researchers from the University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, writing in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, suggest that the breeding periods of several salamander and frog species have shifted over the last thirty years, possibly due to changes in temperature and precipitation patterns.
A story in the Dec. 15 Athens Banner Herald featured the efforts of Ecology students, faculty, and staff to improve the health of Lily Branch, a stream that flows through the UGA campus.
Associate professor Jeb Byers was recently featured in the WFSU Online blog In the Grass, On the Reef: Science and Culture on the Forgotten Coast.
The Atlanta chapter of the Achievement Rewards for College Students Foundation recently awarded $55,000 to seven outstanding UGA doctoral students in the biomedical and health sciences, including Ecology student Julie Rushmore, who also received a special $10,000 grant for global health research abroad.
Ecology alumna Beth A. Shapiro (BS ?99, MS ?99), assistant professor at Penn State University, will receive the University of Georgia Young Alumnus Award on Nov. 5, 2010, for her professional and civic contributions and her continuing engagement with UGA.
Footage of monarch butterflies shot at the Odum School of Ecology for ?Great Migrations: Born to Move,? will air on National Geographic Channel Sunday, Nov. 7 at 8 p.m.