Research

• University of Georgia mobile app helps DOT control roadside weeds

  Sharon Dowdy

  May 18, 2015

  

  In addition to building and maintaining roads, the Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) mows grass and kills weeds that obstruct drivers’ views. A University of Georgia scientist has created an […]

  Posted in: Research, Turfgrass and Weed Science

• UGA Griffin Breaks Ground on Food Technology Center

  Michele Hatcher

  October 20, 2014

  

  A neat, long pile of soil anchored with red handled shovels standing at attention waited under blue skies and perfect fall temperatures as a crowd gathered to witness the long […]

  Posted in: Campus, FoodPIC

• Squash vine borers on gardeners’ hit list

  Sharon Dowdy and Amanda Tedrow

  July 24, 2014

  

  Backyard squash growers may not agree on which variety is best, but they do agree on one thing – squash vine borers are the enemy. The small larvae burrow through […]

  Posted in: Entomology, Extension, Research

• It’s Not Too Late to Plant Homegrown Tomatoes

  Sharon Dowdy

  July 23, 2014

  

  Bob Westerfield spends his days growing vegetables and watching for problems. As University of Georgia Extension’s consumer vegetable horticulturist, he answers questions from backyard gardeners and Extension agents across the […]

  Posted in: Extension, Research

• Georgia Tech President Visits Griffin Campus

  Be-Atrice Cunningham

  June 24, 2014

  

  Georgia Tech President Bud Peterson and Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Gary Black came to Griffin on June 19 for a tour of the campus. The tour included updates on existing […]

  Posted in: Center for Food Safety, FoodPIC

• Dr. Gary Pederson Receives Prestigious Award

  Kayla Manns

  May 28, 2014

  

  Dr. Gary Pederson was recently honored by the American Forage and Grassland Council (AFGC) conference when he received the AFGC Medallion Dr. Gary PedersonAward. This prestigious award is the highest […]

  Posted in: Research

• Creative Research Medal

  Sharon Dowdy

  May 28, 2014

  

  Dr. Walid Alali, a food scientist in the Center for Food Safety, has received the University of Georgia’s Creative Research Medal. He was honored for his research on the epidemiology […]

  Posted in: Center for Food Safety

• UGA’s Doyle named National Academy of Inventors Fellow

  Terry Hastings

  January 27, 2014

  

  The National Academy of Inventors named Michael Doyle, University of Georgia Regent’s Professor of Food Microbiology and director of UGA’s Center for Food Safety in Griffin, Ga., to the 2013 […]

  Posted in: Center for Food Safety