2020

• UGA Griffin to return to campus in phases throughout the summer

  Ashley Biles

  July 8, 2020

  The University of Georgia Griffin Campus is instituting a phased return of faculty, staff, and students to campus throughout the summer. With guidance from the University System of Georgia (USG), […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community

• Suiter to be featured on Georgia Farm Monitor TV show July 18

  Ashley Biles

  July 7, 2020

  

  If you’ve ever wondered how to protect your home from termites, tune in to your local Georgia Public Broadcasting station this weekend when two University of Georgia professors will join […]

  Posted in: Center for Urban Ag, Entomology, Extension

• Free online school garden workshop for educators

  Josh Paine

  June 5, 2020

  

  University of Georgia Cooperative Extension will be offering a free, online school garden symposium for educators starting at 10 a.m. June 16. Four one-hour presentations will be presented on the […]

  Posted in: Campus, Extension

• UGA agriculture faculty produce COVID-19 video, materials for farm workers

  Maria M. Lameiras

  May 29, 2020

  

  As the spring harvest approached, members of the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association knew they would need assistance to provide important information about COVID-19 safety measures and food handling […]

  Posted in: Center for Food Safety, Community, Extension

• Slaughter named ABWA scholarship recipient

  Ashley Biles

  May 27, 2020

  

  Each year the Iris Chapter of ABWA (American Business Women’s Association) presents a scholarship to a student who is pursuing a degree in business or a business-related field on the […]

  Posted in: Campus, Center for Food Safety, Community

• UGA scientist leads coronavirus research on Griffin campus

  Sharon Dowdy

  May 15, 2020

  

  Back in January when she heard COVID-19 had been identified, Malak Esseili stopped taking her children along on trips to the grocery store. She also called her sisters and told […]

  Posted in: Center for Food Safety, Research

• UGA Family and Consumer Sciences – 2nd Annual Diversity and Inclusion Financial Planning Symposium

  Melissa Gordon

  March 16, 2020

  

  Over the past several years, many industries have been challenged with the task of learning how to engage a younger audience in order to rebuild their aging workforce. The financial […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community

• 2020 Diversity and Inclusion Financial Planning Symposium

  Melissa Gordon

  February 3, 2020

  

  This is a half-day program where college and high school students, faculty, career influencers, and leaders in the financial planning industry come together to exchange ideas, network and discuss ways […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community

• Food science student awarded prestigious Food Marketing Institute Foundation Scholarship

  Sharon Dowdy

  January 17, 2020

  

  University of Georgia food science graduate student Ikechukwu “Ike” Oguadinma, 27, has been awarded the Food Safety Auditing Scholarship from the Food Marketing Institute Foundation in partnership with the Safe Quality Food […]

  Posted in: Food Science and Technology, Research