2016

• Seventeen UGA employees retire Dec. 1, 2016

  UGA Columns

  December 5, 2016

  Seventeen UGA employees retired Dec. 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and years of service are:  Gregory A. Ashley, IT associate director, COE Centers, 26 years; Robert Earl Bell, public service […]

  Posted in: Campus, Extension

• UGA Alumni Association announces eighth annual Bulldog 100 list

  Kelundra Smith

  November 28, 2016

  

  The University of Georgia Alumni Association has released the 2017 Bulldog 100. This annual program recognizes the fastest-growing businesses owned or operated by UGA alumni. More than 500 nominations were […]

  Posted in: Alumni, Community

• UGA Cooperative Extension experts available to speak on the drought

  Merritt Melancon

  November 19, 2016

  

  After months of abnormally dry and warm conditions, 52 north Georgia counties are now facing water use restrictions in accordance with Gov. Nathan Deal’s Level 2 drought response designation. Fifty-eight […]

  Posted in: Extension, Master Gardener, Turfgrass and Weed Science

• Smoke From Georgia’s Wildfires Spreading Across Northern Georgia

  Pam Knox

  November 18, 2016

  

  If you’ve walked outside during the last week, you’ve probably noticed the smell of smoke in the air. The current exceptional drought covering much of northern Georgia and surrounding states […]

  Posted in: Extension

• UGA engineering students help Spalding County determine infrastructure needs

  Christopher James

  October 27, 2016

  

  University of Georgia senior Mariana Ozier looked like a professional engineer, scribbling notes as she walked a site pegged for redevelopment in Griffin. She and Spalding County Community Development Director […]

  Posted in: Community, Extension

• UGA food science student looks to composting to help protect peanut from aflatoxin contamination

  Allison Floyd

  October 27, 2016

  

  For millennia, farmers used compost to return nutrients to depleted soil. Now researchers are searching for a way composting can help battle aflatoxin. Ghana native Esther Yeboah Akoto, who is […]

  Posted in: Community, Food Science and Technology, Research

• New varieties provide a host of bloom colors, plant sizes

  Bob Westerfield

  October 25, 2016

  

  Fall is the perfect time to admire blooming shrubs and trees. In many areas of the state, people take great pride in adorning their landscape with spectacular shrubs that exhibit […]

  Posted in: Extension, Horticulture, Research

• UGA’s presence felt at Sunbelt Agricultural Expo

  Clint Thompson

  October 24, 2016

  University of Georgia President Jere W. Morehead and other university administrators celebrated the opening of the 2016 Sunbelt Agricultural Expo by visiting the opening day of the three-day trade show Oct. […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community, Extension

• New UGA scientist searches for grasses that can survive drought, heat and other environmental stressors

  Sharon Dowdy

  October 18, 2016

  

  Like most college students, David Jespersen was unsure of what he wanted to study. At first, he was intrigued by psychology, but the required biology and science classes drew him […]

  Posted in: Crop and Soil Sciences, Research, Turfgrass and Weed Science

• 17 UGA employees retired Oct. 1, 2016

  UGA Columns

  October 1, 2016

  Seventeen UGA employees retired Oct. 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and years of service are: Ramona Welmaker Adams, public service assistant, UGA Cooperative Extension-Northeast district, 22 years; John M. Brewer, professor, biochemistry […]

  Posted in: Campus