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St. Augustinegrass seedheads CAES News
St. Augustinegrass 03/21/13 Clint Waltz, Becky Griffin
St. Augustinegrass has long been admired in the southern part of Georgia for its attractive blue-green color. It thrives there due to the warm weather and the sandy soils. Happily, many homeowners north of Atlanta are also discovering the grass.
UGA Food Science and Technology Professor Ron Pegg is one of three UGA faculty members who will receive the 2013 Richard B. Russell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, the university's highest early career teaching honor. CAES News
Ronn Pegg wins top teaching award 03/20/13 Merritt Melancon
Ron Pegg’s students know him as one of the only food science professors to still require his students to use blue books during exams. However, his colleagues have come to know him as an instructor who is breaking new ground in food science instruction at the University of Georgia.
Soil temperature probe CAES News
Soil temperatures 03/19/13 Sharon Dowdy
Georgia’s recent warm daytime temperatures have home gardeners itching to dig in the soil and plant summer crops. But University of Georgia experts warn gardeners not to be tempted. Soil temperatures are still far too low for seeds to germinate and transplants to survive.
A crowd browses the Trial Gardens at UGA at an industry open house earlier this summer. The gardens are expected to be in full bloom for the public open house on July 9. CAES News
Plantapalooza 2013 03/14/13 Merritt Melancon
The staff of the UGA Trial Gardens will host the 2013 “Plantapalooza” plant preview and sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 6.
Atlanta architect and chocolatier Amy Stankus serves chocolates to the public during the Flavor of Georgia 2013 legislative reception on Monday March 11 at the Georgia Freight Depot in Atlanta. Stankus' company Chocolate South won the first prize in the 2013 Flavor of Georgia Food Product Contest. CAES News
2013 Flavor of Georgia 03/14/13 Merritt Melancon
Atlanta architect Amy Stankus has spent years creating beautiful buildings, but lately she’s turned her sights to some smaller — all-be-it more delicious — creations. Her Atlanta-based chocolate shop won the grand prize of the 2013 Flavor of Georgia Food Product Contest.
University of Georgia entomologist Michael Strand CAES News
Regents Professor 03/14/13 Sam Fahmy
Michael Strand, an internationally recognized University of Georgia entomologist whose insights into host-parasite interactions have important implications for agriculture and human health, has been named a Regents Professor, effective July 1.
Georgia currently has more than 500 volunteer weather observers submitting their precipitation measurements to the Community Collaborative Rain, Snow and Hail Network CAES News
Who wants a rain gauge? 03/14/13 Pam Knox
This April will mark the fifth anniversary of Georgia’s Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network, part of a non-profit network of volunteer precipitation observers across the U.S. who provide daily rainfall information to the public.
Donnie Smith, director of the Center of Innovation for Agribusiness on the UGA campus in Tifton, speaks with members of the Nigerian delegation prior to Tuesday night's supper at the Tifton Campus Conference Center. CAES News
Visiting scientists 03/13/13 Clint Thompson
A delegation of Nigerian scientists, on a nationwide agricultural tour, visited the UGA campus in Tifton, Ga., and other sites in south Georgia to learn how farmers benefit from research conducted by scientists in the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
UGA student Kaitlyn Lancaster passes out worms during her exhibit, while Alicia Boone (right) can't watch. CAES News
Science Night 03/08/13 Clint Thompson
Painting with worms. Learning more about birds. Matching wits with parents over fifth grade science questions. It’s all a part of making science fun for the whole family.
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Economy boost 03/08/13 J. Faith Peppers
Amid news of a still sputtering U.S. economic recovery, a report released this week shows the nation’s agbioscience industries are growing, especially in the South.