Tag: College of Family and Consumer Sciences

LaTrena Stokes

LaTrena Stokes is a recipient of the Women of UGA Scholarship from the Jeannette Rankin…
‘Making a difference’: UGA employees help victims of Hurricane Sandy

Stories of effective preparation and a commitment to service by disaster relief workers in the…
Former MSU administrator joins FACS faculty

Sheri Worthy, who joined UGA this month after serving as leader and graduate coordinator for…
Expert on ambiguous loss to lead annual Marriage and Family Therapy Institute

Pauline Boss, who coined the term “ambiguous loss” and has developed guidelines for treating those…
Radon exposure causes more deaths each year than drunk driving

Radon is tasteless, odorless and invisible, but the radioactive gas still kills more Americans every…
Cook healthy meals in 15 minutes

UGA’s Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program teaches busy families how to prepare quick, nutritious…
Social support has buffering role on poor diet behaviors, UGA study shows

Older African Americans who are dissatisfied with their lives tend to choose diets high in…
Andress receives national award for excellence in extension

Elizabeth Andress, a professor of foods and nutrition in the University of Georgia College of…
UGA Cooperative Extension launches Zero Weight Gain Challenge during holidays

University of Georgia Cooperative Extension agents are proposing tips to help Georgians keep the pounds…
JRF scholarship helps low-income, female students pay for college

For LaTrena Stokes, the scholarship she was first awarded from the Jeannette Rankin Women’s Scholarship…
GTIPI receives state grant to continue education programs

UGA’s Traffic Injury Prevention Institute was awarded a $650,000 grant from the Georgia Governor’s Office…
Penn State professor to talk about behaviors that influence eating

Leann L. Birch, director of the center for childhood obesity at Penn State University, will…
Childhood obesity expert to discuss how behavioral factors influence eating

Leann L. Birch, director of the center for childhood obesity at Penn State University, will…
Financial adviser to provide community insight into today’s economy

Amy Dunham, a financial adviser with Edward Jones in Griffin, will present a public lecture…
Study: Facebook a good place to teach food safety

New UGA research published in the August issue of the Journal of Food Protection found…
Athletic Association Professorships awarded to five at UGA

Five University of Georgia faculty members have received Athletic Association Professorships endowed by UGA’s Athletic…
UGA researchers find Facebook is a good place to teach food safety

New research from the University of Georgia published in the August issue of the Journal…
Students learn about Ghana during summer study-abroad program

For Leyla Alexander-Genculu, a senior fashion merchandising major from Atlanta, studying abroad in Ghana this…
UGA research aims to prevent farm-related injuries in youth

The biggest threat to the health and safety of most children and adolescents is a…
Mary Ann Johnson

Mary Ann Johnson, who holds the Bill and June Flatt Professorship in Foods and Nutrition,…
Foods, nutrition professor named to UGA Foundation Professorship

Richard D. Lewis, professor of foods and nutrition in the University of Georgia College of…
FACS faculty member named to UGA Foundation Professorship

Richard D. Lewis, professor of foods and nutrition, has been named to the University of…
UGA study finds that education plays mitigating role in escaping roots of adversity

Decades of research show people born into poverty are likely to continue to live that…
Mad cow scare shows how well nation’s food-safety system works

While the California dairy cow that tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow…