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America 250: UGA researchers highlight key moments that shaped U. S. history
3+ hour, 10+ min ago (872+ words) This year, the United States of America is celebrating 250 years of independence. To explore more deeply the impact of the American experiment, as well as the events most impactful to the country itself, the Office of Research Communications reached out…...
Snakes and turtles and frogs, oh my! Warnell Day on the Lawn celebrates state wildlife, natural resources
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (283+ words) What started as an exercise in science communication for Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources students has turned into a beloved spring tradition. Every April for the past 21 years, students in John Maerz's herpetology class have set up tents…...
The beautiful game was always about community. UGA researchers are trying to keep it that way
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1270+ words) Welch Suggs has fond memories growing up in competitive athletics. He played soccer as a kid but moved on to cross-country and track and field from middle school to college. He made all-state teams, ran for the Division III Rhodes…...
More than monuments: Christian Langer uncovers the Egypt that time forgot
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1067+ words) Christian Langer has been fascinated with ancient Egypt since he was 3 years old. His parents read to him all manner of books cultural and scientific, and as time went on, he became captivated by stories of millennia-old pharaohs and mummies....
Where science meets fashion: Raha Saremi turns agricultural waste into biomaterials
4+ week, 1+ day ago (193+ words) When cracking a pecan, most people throw away the shell. Raha Saremi wants you to wear it. As a material scientist in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, Saremi witnessed firsthand the sheer volume of agricultural byproducts going to…...
How crop genomics expert Robin Buell earned SEC Professor of the Year
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (156+ words) University of Georgia Office of Research Robin Buell, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar Chair in Crop Genomics at the University of Georgia, was named the 2026 Southeastern Conference Professor of the Year earlier this spring. Buell became the fourth UGA faculty…...
The bite that can rewrite your diet'and the researchers trying to fight it
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1522+ words) At a wedding reception 13 years ago, Allen Gudenrath (BA "72) couldn"t stop reaching for lamb "pops'fried lamb hors d"oeuvres that look like a cross between a lamp chop and a chicken wing. "Boy, they were delicious, he says. Later…...
UGA reaffirmed as APLU Innovation and Economic Prosperity university
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (348+ words) The University of Georgia has been reaffirmed as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University by the'Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, marking the institution's second reaffirmation of the distinction. The IEP designation recognizes institutions that demonstrate a substantive, sustainable and…...
No walls required: How Franklin College's 2026 grads followed their curiosity everywhere
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (119+ words) University of Georgia Office of Research What do the Virgin Mary's embroidered robes, a mobile app to monitor pets, and the pre-gaming ritual of getting ready with your friends have in common? They're all areas studied by students who just…...
Harper selected to contribute to UN report on climate change
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (675+ words) Anna Harper, associate professor of geography in the University of Georgia Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, was selected to serve on the prestigious Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 7th Assessment Report. IPCC is a unit of the United Nations with…...