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• UGA Food Scientists Get Creative with Georgia Commodities

  Ligaya Figueras

  August 20, 2021

  

  As farmers across the state swelter in the summer heat tending crops and livestock, food scientists inside a state-of-the-art 14,500-square-foot facility on the University of Georgia campus in Griffin are laboring over […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community, FoodPIC, Research

• UGA Professor Earns Award from American Phytopathological Society

  Ashley Biles

  July 27, 2021

  

  It is said that if you find a job you love, you will never work a day in your life. For Alfredo Martinez-Espinoza, this has come true through his work […]

  Posted in: Campus, Crop and Soil Sciences, Extension

• Burnham Named ABWA Scholarship Recipient

  Ashley Biles

  July 27, 2021

  

  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: Academics, Campus, Community

• Computer Software Helps Solve What-if Questions in Agriculture

  Ashley Biles

  June 10, 2021

  

  Anyone familiar with agriculture knows that a successful harvest largely relies on environmental factors. An especially hot summer with no rain in sight or poor soil quality can cause as […]

  Posted in: Campus, Continuing Education, Research

• UGA Weather Network Celebrates 30 Years of Service to Agriculture in Georgia

  Pam Knox

  June 3, 2021

  

  On June 1, 1991, the first agricultural weather station operated by the University of Georgia began transmitting data from Griffin, Georgia. Since then, the UGA Weather Network has grown to […]

  Posted in: Campus, Extension, Research

• Giant Invasive Bees Could Threaten Native Pollinators

  Ashley Biles

  May 28, 2021

  

  University of Georgia entomologists are seeking citizen help to document the presence of the sculptured resin bee — also known as the giant resin bee — an invasive bee that […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community, Entomology

• UGA Griffin Holds Spring 2021 Undergraduate Brick Ceremony

  Ashley Biles

  May 19, 2021

  

  The University of Georgia Griffin campus held a Brick Ceremony for the Spring 2021 undergraduate students on Thursday, May 13 at the Naomi Chapman Woodroof Agricultural Pavilion. This event is […]

  Posted in: Academics, Campus, Graduation

• UGA Griffin Holds Spring 2021 Graduate Brick Ceremony

  Ashley Biles

  May 18, 2021

  

  University of Georgia Griffin graduates had the opportunity to literally leave their mark on campus during the Spring 2021 Brick Ceremony held on Thursday, May 13. This event is special […]

  Posted in: Academics, Campus, Graduation

• High School Students Complete STEM Internship Program at UGA Griffin

  Ashley Biles

  May 3, 2021

  

  Congratulations are in order for five Pike County High School seniors who recently completed the UGA Griffin Campus STEM Internship Program on Wednesday, April 14. The students -Victor Avila, Anna […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community, STEM Students

• Irrigation Benefits Both Newly Planted and Established Peach Trees in UGA Study

  Ashley Biles

  April 27, 2021

  

  While peach orchards are a common sight throughout middle and south Georgia — helping the Peach State live up to its name — peach producers need more than just the […]

  Posted in: Campus, Community, Extension, Horticulture, Master Gardener