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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 the state. Thirty-three students are spending their spring break immersing themselves in learning more about poultry, Vidalia onions, peanuts, turfgrass and many other commodities that…
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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 the UGA Griffin campus. The facility houses the university’s Food Product Innovation and Commercialization, or FoodPIC, Center. The $7.4 million project was funded through $3.5…
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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 assistant, UGA Extension Service-Southeast District, 29 years; Ronald M. Cervero, associate dean, College of Education, 30 years; Lynn C. Clapp, ADS Eatonton Beef Farm, 32 years; Kevin D.…
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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. 18 in Moultrie. This is the fourth consecutive year Morehead has taken part in the Expo festivities since becoming president of UGA in 2013. As…
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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 and molecular biology, 50 years; Edith Labau Bryan, business manager II, anthropology, 22 years; Stephen H. Bryant, associate director, athletics, 34 years; Doreen P. Cooper, building services worker II, FMD-Building Services,…
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A group of Griffin High School biology students visited the University of Georgia Griffin Campus last week to conduct a science experiment under the direction of college students. The UGA students were fulfilling their service learning component of their “Basic Skills in the Laboratory” class, taught by Margie Paz, a senior lecturer in the microbiology…
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Lew Hunnicutt hit the ground running 11 months ago when he was named the new assistant provost and campus director of the University of Georgia Griffin Campus. One of his top priorities is to clear up the misconception that the campus is not really a part of UGA. “We ARE the University of Georgia. We…
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More than 800 people braved the hot August temperatures for a firsthand glimpse of the latest research by University of Georgia scientists at the Turfgrass Research Field Day held Thursday, Aug. 4, on the UGA campus in Griffin, Georgia. “UGA serves as the research and education arm for the green industry in this state,” said…
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For years, food scientist Francisco Diez studied and admired the work of University of Georgia Regents’ Professor Mike Doyle, but the two researchers’ paths never crossed. For the next year, they will work closely together as Diez transitions into Doyle’s role as director of the UGA Center for Food Safety in Griffin, Georgia. Doyle, a…
