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Office of Global Programs celebrates a year of enhancing international cooperation
As the faculty and students of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences look back on 2014, one thing that may stand out is the number of days they spent traveling.
Michael Dirr, professor emeritus of horticulture at the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, was recently inducted into the National Academy of Inventors. CAES News
Michael Dirr, professor emeritus of horticulture at the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, was recently inducted into the National Academy of Inventors.
Retired UGA plant breeder inducted into National Academy of Inventors
The National Academy of Inventors has inducted Michael Dirr, professor emeritus of horticulture in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, into the 2014 class of NAI Fellows.
Technology gifts are on the top of many Christmas lists. If your child received one this holiday, University of Georgia Extension specialists say to review the apps on the device and police any new ones downloaded to the device to ensure that they are appropriate for children. CAES News
Technology gifts are on the top of many Christmas lists. If your child received one this holiday, University of Georgia Extension specialists say to review the apps on the device and police any new ones downloaded to the device to ensure that they are appropriate for children.
Tablets make great learning tools for kids, but parents should be vigilant
So your 4-year-old got a touchscreen tablet as a gift Now what? A UGA human development specialist says the introduction of touchscreen tablets into the marketplace represented a technological “game changer” for kids.
Pictured is George Vellidis in one of his introductory precision ag classes from previous years on the UGA Tifton Campus. CAES News
Pictured is George Vellidis in one of his introductory precision ag classes from previous years on the UGA Tifton Campus.
UGA CAES to offer advanced agriscience and environmental systems courses
The addition of specialized agriscience and environmental systems courses — precision agriculture, sustainable agriculture and plant breeding/genetics — is expected to bolster already strong academic programs at the University of Georgia Athens and Tifton campuses.
Camden Lowrance, right, is pictured with his father during Lowrence's visit to Greece. CAES News
Camden Lowrance, right, is pictured with his father during Lowrence's visit to Greece.
UGA Tifton grad student recounts experience of studying overseas
Studying overseas was an eye-opening experience for University of Georgia graduate student Camden Lowrance. Six months in Greece allowed Lowrance to work on his master’s thesis and to prove that he could more than survive — he could excel at his work — in a foreign country.
There were almost 800,000 acres of peanuts grown in Georgia in 2015. CAES News
There were almost 800,000 acres of peanuts grown in Georgia in 2015.
UGA Tifton Campus to host annual Peanut Farm Show
The University of Georgia Tifton Campus will become the center for all things peanut for growers and industry personnel on Thursday, Jan. 15, when the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center hosts the annual Georgia Peanut Farm Show.
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Nancy Hinkle
UGA entomologist's pioneering work with “invisible bugs” wins her national recognition
University of Georgia entomologist Nancy Hinkle has built a career as a well-respected veterinary entomologist, but it’s her work with invisible insects that gained her notoriety outside academia.
Pictured is a tobacco field in Coffee County that was affected by black shank disease. CAES News
Pictured is a tobacco field in Coffee County that was affected by black shank disease.
Georgia tobacco farmers feel sting of black shank disease
April showers washed away chemical treatments and provided moisture for infections in 2014, causing Georgia farmers to lose between 4 and 5 percent of the state’s 12,000-plus tobacco acres to black shank disease.
Animal and Dairy Sciences major Amy Harding offers hay to one of the UGA Dairy Teaching Dairy's new Jersey heifers. CAES News
Animal and Dairy Sciences major Amy Harding offers hay to one of the UGA Dairy Teaching Dairy's new Jersey heifers.
UGA Teaching Dairy welcomes prize heifers; first Jerseys in 40 years
For those who haven’t spent much time with dairy cattle, cows may seem like a pretty predictable bunch.