Maria M. Lameiras

Maria M. Lameiras

• 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

• Plant pathologist Bochra Bahri joins UGA turfgrass research team

  Sharon Dowdy

  December 20, 2019

  

  Bochra Bahri has joined the University of Georgia as an assistant professor of plant pathology. Based on the UGA Griffin campus, Bahri will conduct research on turfgrass and forage diseases […]

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

• Inaugural Dawg Dash 5K and 1-mile Fun Run/Walk 

  UGA Griffin Campus

  October 23, 2019

  

  Saturday November 16th 2019 will mark the Inaugural Dawg Dash 5K and 1-mile Fun Run/Walk.   Open to everyone and all fitness levels are welcome. Proceeds will benefit the Griffin-Spalding County Way […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community

• Interim Assistant Provost named for UGA Griffin Campus

  Be-Atrice Cunningham

  October 4, 2019

  

  We are pleased to announce that Dr. G. David Buntin, a dedicated member of the UGA faculty, has been named Interim Assistant Provost and Campus Director at the UGA Griffin […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community, Entomology

• Dan Suiter to lead programming at UGA Center for Urban Agriculture

  Sharon Dowdy

  September 10, 2019

  

  University of Georgia Department of Entomology Professor Dan Suiter has been named the chair of the UGA Center for Urban Agriculture Faculty Advisory Committee. Suiter’s appointment will enhance the programming […]

  Posted in: Center for Urban Ag