Seven students from universities across Georgia have been selected to participate in the year-long Georgia Sea Grant Research Trainee program at the UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant, one of which is the Geography department's very own Ph.D students, Courtney Balling. Balling, also…

Dr. Amy Trauger has been named the Canada Research Chair in Food Studies at the University of Guelph which is administered through the Fulbright Canada program. With this position, Dr.

Three undergraduates in the Geography Department's Atmospheric Sciences Program have been awarded the Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Research by Dr. Christopher Elcik shows that a widely-recognized association between warm, tropical air masses and emergency room visits for conditions such as osteoarthritis is due more to strenuous physical activity than to atmospheric pressure.  

The CyanoTRACKER project led by Dr. Deepak Mishra is developing cyber-infrastructure for citizen participation to track harmful algae before they can take over an entire body of water.  It is the first early reporting system of its kind.