Misty Smith

Misty Smith

• 2017 Spring Graduation Celebration & Brick Ceremony

  Misty Smith

  June 13, 2017

  

  The 2017 Spring Graduation Celebration & Brick Ceremony were held at the UGA Griffin Campus on Thursday, May 4 at 10 a.m. A total of twenty-five graduates from the five […]

  Posted in: Academics, Campus, Graduation

• African scientist working at UGA to improve food safety at home

  Allison Floyd

  May 15, 2017

  

  Daniel Mwalwayo has spent most of his professional career working to ensure a safe food supply in his home country of Malawi. This spring, he’s spending three months focused on […]

  Posted in: Food Science and Technology, Research, USDA

• Deng awarded UGA Creative Research Medal for salmonella classification software

  Sharon Dowdy

  May 11, 2017

  

  University of Georgia food microbiologist Xiangyu Deng’s work in the emerging field of bioinformatics led to his selection as a Creative Research Medal winner for 2017.  The medal is one […]

  Posted in: Campus, Center for Food Safety, Research

• UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences names Moore to lead research programs

  J. Faith Peppers

  May 2, 2017

  

  The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) has tapped Allen Moore, currently serving as the department head of the UGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Department […]

  Posted in: Campus, Research

• High school students complete one-year mentorship program at UGA-Griffin

  Sharon Dowdy

  April 28, 2017

  

  Last summer, seven seniors from Pike County High School (PCHS) in Zebulon, Georgia, with an aptitude for science made a commitment to work alongside University of Georgia Griffin campus scientists […]

  Posted in: Campus, Center for Food Safety, Food Science and Technology, Horticulture, STEM Students

• Weeklong tour teaches UGA CAES students about diversity of agriculture

  Clint Thompson

  March 10, 2017

  

  Agriculture is Georgia’s top industry, and students from the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences are learning about the diversity of agriculture during a weeklong tour across […]

  Posted in: Academics, Campus, Research

• Native prairie grasses bred as colorful landscape plants, wildlife habitats

  Sharon Dowdy

  February 22, 2017

  

  Landscapers can soon add a bit of Georgia’s historical Piedmont and native prairies to their designs thanks to the creation of three new little bluestem perennial grasses, released through a […]

  Posted in: Horticulture, Research, USDA

• New UGA facility in Griffin will help launch new food products

  Sharon Dowdy

  February 1, 2017

  

  University of Georgia scientists are now better equipped to help businesses launch new food products with the opening of the Food Technology Center, locally known as the FoodPIC building, on […]

  Posted in: Campus, FoodPIC, Research

• 4-H Youth in Governance at Griffin Campus

  Be-Atrice Cunningham

  August 6, 2016

  

  The UGA Griffin campus recently hosted the local 4-H Youth Development program’s Youth in Governance participants. The students toured the Research and Education Garden, Food Science, the USDA Seed Storage, […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community, Extension