Research

• 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

• UGA Cooperative Extension experts available to speak on the drought

  Merritt Melancon

  November 19, 2016

  

  After months of abnormally dry and warm conditions, 52 north Georgia counties are now facing water use restrictions in accordance with Gov. Nathan Deal’s Level 2 drought response designation. Fifty-eight […]

  Posted in: Extension, Master Gardener, Turfgrass and Weed Science

• UGA food science student looks to composting to help protect peanut from aflatoxin contamination

  Allison Floyd

  October 27, 2016

  

  For millennia, farmers used compost to return nutrients to depleted soil. Now researchers are searching for a way composting can help battle aflatoxin. Ghana native Esther Yeboah Akoto, who is […]

  Posted in: Community, Food Science and Technology, Research

• New varieties provide a host of bloom colors, plant sizes

  Bob Westerfield

  October 25, 2016

  

  Fall is the perfect time to admire blooming shrubs and trees. In many areas of the state, people take great pride in adorning their landscape with spectacular shrubs that exhibit […]

  Posted in: Extension, Horticulture, Research