2021

• UGA Faculty Elected Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

  Ian Bennett

  December 17, 2021

  

  University of Georgia professors Scott NeSmith, Anumantha Kanthasamy and S. Edward Law have been elected Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors. Including these three new Fellows, 12 UGA faculty have received this honor, all of […]

  Posted in: Horticulture, Research

• UGA Griffin Participates in Spalding County “Lite the Nite” Holiday Display

  Ashley Biles

  December 3, 2021

  

  Members of the UGA Griffin Ambassadors and the UGA Griffin Marketing Team created and submitted “life-size” holiday cards for the hometown holiday greeting portion of Spalding County’s “Lite the Nite” […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community

• Over 90 Vaccinations Given at UGA Griffin Clinic

  Ashley Biles

  November 18, 2021

  

  Great success was had at the first COVID-19 and Flu vaccine clinic held at the University of Georgia Griffin Campus with a total of 91 vaccinations administered on Thursday, October […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community

• Adams Named 2021 Marie Fort Garden Club Scholarship Recipient

  Ashley Biles

  November 5, 2021

  

  Congratulations are in order for UGA Griffin student, Darian Adams, for being named the recipient of the Marie Fort Garden Club Scholarship for 2021. The local club presents the $1,000 […]

  Posted in: Academics, Campus, Community

• UGA Griffin Students Take Part in Annual Stream Cleanup

  Ashley Biles

  November 5, 2021

  

  Getting up early on a Saturday morning to do physical labor is not necessarily every person’s idea of fun, especially when your bed is beckoning you to roll over for […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community

• New Master’s Degree Opportunity for UGA Griffin Undergraduates

  Ashley Biles

  October 20, 2021

  The University of Georgia Griffin Campus has added another Double Dawg opportunity for students: a joint Bachelor of Arts (AB) and non-thesis Master of Arts (MA) program. The AB degree […]

  Posted in: Academics, Campus

• UGA-Griffin Student Scores Job Testing Turf at PGA Tour Championship

  Clint Thompson

  October 8, 2021

  

  When professional golfer Patrick Cantlay sank the birdie that won him the 2021 PGA TOUR Championship, he did it on turf that had been tested that morning by a student […]

  Posted in: Academics, Campus, Community, Crop and Soil Sciences, Turfgrass and Weed Science

• Georgia Highlands College and UGA Griffin Campus are Working Together to Help Students Succeed with Guaranteed Admission from GHC to UGA! #TakingCharge 

  Melissa Todd

  October 7, 2021

  

  Georgia Highlands College and UGA Griffin Campus are working together to help students succeed with guaranteed admission from GHC to UGA! #TakingCharge Thanks to an exclusive articulation agreement between Georgia […]

  Posted in: Academics, Campus

• All The Buzz on The Third Annual Great Georgia Pollinator Census

  Leslie Matos

  August 30, 2021

  

  Thousands of Georgians came together on August 20 and 21 to count pollinator insects in their local gardens for the third annual Great Georgia Pollinator Census.  Coordinated by University of Georgia Cooperative […]

  Posted in: Community, Entomology, Extension, Master Gardener, Research

• Evidence of Study Suggests Source of Pandemic Foodborne Illness

  Jennifer Reynolds

  August 30, 2021

  

  Researchers at the University of Georgia have provided multifaceted evidence to suggest the likely origins behind the global spread of Salmonella Enteritidis, which has caused recurring outbreaks of the foodborne pandemic linked […]

  Posted in: Center for Food Safety, Research