Tag: Environment
-
UGA study finds invasion of exotic ambrosia beetles
A pest survey led by researchers at the University of Georgia and the Georgia Forestry…
-
University Housing to offer preview of first sustainable residence hall on campus
The University of Georgia is continuing a solid push toward lasting sustainability practices with the…
-
Long-term study finds that nutrient enrichment of headwater stream disrupts food web
The researchers-a team from the UGA Odum School of Ecology and department of entomology in…
-
UGA acquires zoysiagrass collection
The University of Georgia has received the zoysiagrass collection developed by Jack Murray, a turf…
-
Study finds new relationship between gene duplication and alternative splicing in plants
University of Georgia scientists looking to understand the genetic mechanisms of plant defense and growth…
-
UGA professors win NASA climate change grant
University of Georgia professors in two schools have received a $447,000 grant from NASA that…
-
Water-saving technology focus of new grant
UGA is part of a national team that received a five-year $5 million U.S. Department…
-
UGA research shows some plants can remove indoor pollutants
Researchers showed that certain species can effectively remove air-borne contaminants, including harmful volatile organic compounds,…
-
UGA researchers to study how to prevent and manage water conflicts
Two University of Georgia researchers will determine how to prevent and manage conflicts between nations…
-
Nat’l Environmental Research Parks to join for 2-day workshop at UGA’s center
The seven National Environmental Research Parks will come together at the University of Georgia’s Savannah…
-
Center for Community Design and Preservation to host public charrette in Washington
A team of urban planners, landscape architects, historic preservationists and designers from the University of…
-
UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences receives $1.3 million federal stimulus grant
A $1.3 million stimulus grant to University of Georgia College of Family and Consumer Sciences…
-
UGA education prof’s science textbook inspires Malawi teen to ‘harness the wind’
A science textbook written by University of Georgia education professor Mary M. Atwater is being…
-
EcoFocus Film Festival to launch Oct. 2
The EcoFocus Film Festival, an initiative of the University of Georgia Eugene P. Odum School…
-
Female monarch butterflies on 30-year decline in eastern North America
Female monarch butterflies in eastern North America have significantly declined over the past 30 years,…
-
UGA seeks community cooperation to manage game day trash and recycling
The university plans to distribute 12,000 trash bags in parking lots and around campus this…
-
UGA licenses technology to make fuel from dead forests and agricultural waste
An innovative process for turning waste biomass-such as dead trees, agricultural waste and lumber byproducts-into…
-
UGA researchers find no overall loss of vegetable diversity in the 20th century
Two University of Georgia scholars argue against the conventional wisdom that the 20th century was…
-
UGA researchers show component of mothballs is present in deep-space clouds
Interstellar clouds, drifting through the unimaginable vastness of space, may be the stuff dreams are…
-
New parking deck opens
The University of Georgia began selling permits for its new parking deck at the intramural…
-
UGA researcher receives grant to study vitamin D levels for children
A University of Georgia nutrition researcher has been awarded a $2.2 million grant to explore…
-
Method for farming sturgeon pioneered by UGA professor
A new, cost-effective and environmentally sustainable method for farming sturgeon pioneered by a University of…
-
Clarke County Champion Trees in State Botanical Garden
Seventeen trees growing in the State Botanical Garden of Georgia (2450 South Milledge Avenue) have…
-
UGA professor named fellow of American Society of Landscape Architects
William A. Mann, professor emeritus at UGA’s College of Environment & Design, will be inducted…
)