New student organization at UGA aims to promote equality in the sciences
Concerned about retaining and advancing women in science and technology careers, a group of Odum School students has formed an organization to promote equality in the sciences.
Three ecology students receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Three ecology students were among eleven UGA students and alumni to receive Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation.
Byers receives First-Year Odyssey Teaching Award
Jeb Byers was one of four UGA faculty members hornored with First-Year Odyssey Teaching Awards at a reception celebrating the success of the First-Year Odyssey Seminar program.
2014 Odum Lecturer Marlene Zuk to give two talks at UGA
Marlene Zuk, professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Minnesota, will deliver the twenty-ninth annual Odum Lecture, ?Rapid evolution in silence: Adaptive signal loss in the Pacific field cricket,? at the Odum School of Ecology on April 1 at 4:00 p.m. The next day she will give a second talk, ?Gender, Science and Myths of Merit,? at 8:00 a.m.
2014 EcoFocus Film Festival set for March 19-29 in Athens
The University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology announces its sixth annual EcoFocus Film Festival, to be held March 19-29 on the UGA Campus and at Cin? in downtown Athens.
Ecology student Shafkat Khan wins UGA Sustainability Grant
Ecology doctoral student Shafkat Khan has received a grant from the UGA Office of Sustainability to establish a bicycle repair cooperative on campus, one of nine Campus Sustainability grants awarded this year.
Research offers new insights into cross species parasite transmission
Researchers at the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology have developed a new mathematical model that helps to explain how some parasites predominantly associate with one particular host species?but are still capable of infecting other species
Study finds sexual selection predicts high variation in immune genes across mammal species
A study by University of Georgia ecologists has found that diversity in mammal immune system genes may have more to do with the opportunity to choose a mate than with exposure to parasites.
Odum School of Ecology celebrates Eugene P. Odum’s centennial
On September 17 the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of its namesake and founder Eugene P. Odum, with cake, ice cream, and a program exploring Odum?s ongoing legacy.
As climate, disease links become clearer, study highlights need to forecast future shifts
Climate change is affecting the spread of infectious diseases worldwide, according to an international team of leading disease ecologists, with serious impacts to human health and biodiversity conservation. Writing in the journal Science, they propose that modeling the way disease systems respond to climate variables could help public health officials and environmental managers predict and mitigate the spread of lethal diseases.