Tag: College of Family and Consumer Sciences

Laura Perry Johnson named director of UGA Extension

J. Scott Angle, dean and director of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and…
ASPIRE Clinic trains UGA students, provides free nutrition counseling

For University of Georgia students and members of the Athens community looking for help with…
Researchers experiment with new uses for peanut skins

The U.S. grows about 3 million metric tons of peanuts per year and uses 60…
New $2.5 million NIH-funded study at UGA focuses on baby boomers

Baby boomers’ marital relationships and health during their transition to later adulthood are the focus…
Breast-feeding study shows need for effective peer counseling

The support of peer groups and clinicians is critical to the development of effective breast-feeding…
UGA study looks at alcohol abuse among newly immigrated Hispanic teens

Newly immigrated Hispanic youth who experience significant levels of bicultural stress—pressure from both their native…
UGA researchers experiment with new uses for nutritious peanut skins

The United States grows about 3 million metric tons of peanuts per year and uses…
Nakia Smith

Nakia Smith, a senior majoring in financial planning, found that UGA was the perfect place…
Breastfeeding study shows need for effective peer counseling programs

The support of peer groups and clinicians is critical to the development of effective breastfeeding…
Merin Joshy

Merin Joshy, a senior in human development and family science, plans to become a researcher/professor…
FACS department receives grant to support financial planning program

The financial planning, housing and consumer economics department within the University of Georgia College of…
UGA Extension celebrates 100 years

The cooperative service has delivered important university-based research and knowledge to the public for a…
Elizabeth Andress

Elizabeth Andress, professor of foods and nutrition and director of the National Center for Home…
Walk Georgia fighting obesity a step at a time

Free, Web-based program has reached 50,000-plus Georgians, plans to reach 100,000 by 2016.
AFTA conference panel to discuss ambiguous loss in military families

Athens, Ga. – In the wake of Memorial Day, the country’s solemn day of remembrance…
Two conferences in June to analyze obesity, family health, well-being

The University of Georgia will be the epicenter of two conferences addressing health and well-being…
Two faculty named inaugural UGA Athletic Association Profs

The UGA Athletic Association Professors in education and in family and consumer sciences were announced…
UGA Extension celebrates 100 years of service to Georgians

University of Georgia Extension invites Georgians to celebrate 100 years of community-centered information, education and…
K.A.S. Wickrama named Athletic Association Professor in Family and Consumer Sciences

Kandauda A.S. Wickrama, a professor of human development and family science, has been named a…
Strong African-American Families project at UGA celebrates successes

The Strong African-American Families project, launched in south Georgia in 2008 by the University of…
Lindsey Hutchins

Lindsey Hutchins, a senior majoring in human development and family science, has found UGA to…
UGA Griffin campus to host financial planning awareness event

Noted financial strategist and author Mark DiGiovanni will be the guest speaker at the Certified Financial…
Brody’s career shaped by work with Native American children

Forty years ago, on an Native American reservation in southwest Arizona, Gene Brody’s career took…
Researchers identify genes associated with molecules linked to diseases

Researchers led by a College of Family and Consumer Sciences faculty member have identified candidate…