UGA SNAP-Ed team recognized as part of 30-year celebration
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Education Program, or SNAP-Ed, was launched in 1992 as the nutrition education arm of SNAP, the nation’s largest and oldest nutrition assistance program that...
View ArticleUGA diabetes prevention program earns top recognition from CDC
The University of Georgia Cooperative Extension diabetes prevention program has received the highest recognition offered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC’s Full Plus...
View ArticleUGA Radon Education program promotes awareness, home testing
The United States Environmental Protection Agency estimates one out of every 15 homes in the country has high radon levels, though many parts of Georgia fall above this average. Being a heavier gas,...
View ArticleKindler earns Georgia Clinical & Translational Sciences Alliance KL2 award
Joseph Kindler, an assistant professor in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, has received a Georgia Clinical and Translational Sciences Alliance KL2 award. The goal of the Georgia CTSA...
View ArticleNoble earns Young Investigator Award from American Society for Nutrition
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Assistant professor approaches life, work with open-mindedness
There’s a slight gap in Dee Warmath’s academic resume. A 19-year gap, in fact, between the time Warmath finished her master’s program and earned her doctorate. “I thought I’d go out and see the world...
View ArticleDesign Sprint challenges students to use creative thinking to solve problems
A three-person team of University of Georgia undergraduates from both the Terry College of Business and the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences claimed the top prize in an annual...
View ArticleLaing named a national media spokesperson for Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
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View ArticleER physician turns to fashion students to solve problems
Emergency room physicians have to make quick decisions, few as important as determining appropriate dosages of medication for incoming patients. Some drugs are dosed using a patient’s height and...
View ArticleUGA students offer free tax prep services through VITA program
Beginning Jan. 30, University of Georgia students will again provide free tax preparation services as part of the UGA Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program. Since 2006, UGA’s College of Family and...
View ArticleUGA, Fort Valley State Extension team up to provide free estate planning...
While many people like to plan every detail of their lives, planning for death is not often high on the list. The statistics bear this out. According to the most recent data, the rate of Americans...
View ArticleChildhood obesity expert to lead USDA health equity efforts
Caree Cotwright, an associate professor in the University of Georgia’s College of Family and Consumer Sciences, has been named director of nutrition security and health equity for the U.S. Department...
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Zvonkovic to serve on FWCA Conference panel
Anisa Zvonkovic Anisa Zvonkovic, dean of the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, will be a panelist at the Faculty Women of Color in the Academy (FWCA) Conference, held April 20-23 in Arlington,...
View ArticleFinancial Planning Academy teaches campers life skills
Until last week, the University of Georgia was never on Griffyn Taylor’s radar. An accomplished student at South Plantation High School near Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Taylor arrived on campus fresh from a...
View ArticleInnovative lab leading research into next generation fabrics
In a large industrial facility five miles from campus, a University of Georgia lab is at the forefront of researching the next generation of sustainable protective fabrics. Originally funded by the...
View ArticleNoble named fellow of The Obesity Society
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View ArticleFACS postdoctoral researcher receives SEC Emerging Scholar Award
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View ArticleExtension project focuses on education, outreach to address opioid crisis
As drug overdoses linked to opioids continue to rise, rural communities in particular struggle to control the epidemic. More than 75 percent of the nearly 107,000 drug overdose deaths in 2021 involved...
View ArticleDestination: Arrived and thriving
There are more than 2,000 seats in the Classic Center Theatre. On this day, every seat is taken, with more than 400 black-robed graduates on the stage and four times that many smiling family members in...
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Assistant professor shares experiences to teach food safety
She didn’t realize it at the time, but Carla Schwan’s passion for food microbiology began in a hospital bed in rural Brazil. Just 12 years old at the time, Schwan’s predicament began with what she...
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