UGA Department of Nutritional Sciences

Farm to lab: Austin Mills' curiosity led him from an Iowa farm to our Nutritional Neuroscience Lab, where his research focuses on the long-term effects of weight loss drugs on adolescents.

The Ph.D. student has presented his findings on GLP-1s all over the country, and along the way has developed a tight bond with his lab mates and a renewed fascination with research.

“One of the things that has changed a lot for me from, say, five years ago, is I’ve learned that research is a bunch of pivoting as you hit roadblocks,” he said. "Nothing in science is ever settled because we should always be questioning and thinking.”

Read more about Austin's winding path to Athens here: https://facsoftoday.uga.edu/story/farm-to-lab



UGA Department of Nutritional Sciences

🌟New RDN alert🌟 Alumna Lindsey Reynolds earned her RDN credential from the Commission on Dietetic Registration! Lindsey is a graduate of our MS/Dietetics Double Dawg pathway and completed her supervised practice with the . Next stop: Clinical Dietitian position with in Decatur. We are extremely proud of your accomplishments, 🎈

Please join us on Tuesday, 6/9, to hear from MS/DI student Julia Adams. Julia's defense presentation is titled, "Mixed Methods Exploration of UGA Extension Agent and Leadership Attitudes toward Family Healthy Weight Programs."

Please join us on Thursday, June 4th to hear from PhD student Grace Madu. Grace's dissertation defense presentation is entitled "Melanin Concentrating Hormone and Ethanol Intake in Rats."

You did it, FACS grads!

Your UGA journey doesn’t end at graduation! No matter where life takes you next — grad school, a new job or a brand-new city — you’ll always have your FACS family cheering you on.

Stay connected as you start this next chapter:
• Update your contact info so you never miss an opportunity (see link below).
• Explore whether there’s a UGA Alumni Chapter in your new hometown
• Follow and engage with us on social to keep FACS close, wherever you are — stay connected Once a Dawg, always a Dawg.

🐾 We’re so proud of you — and we can’t wait to see all you’ll do next.

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🎓FACS Convocation 2026🎓

Congratulations to the Nutritional Sciences Class of 2026! Your hard work and dedication have paid off, and the faculty and staff are incredibly proud of what you’ve accomplished. We’re excited to see the impact you’ll make as professionals and leaders in nutrition and health.

Go Dawgs!
❤️🖤

📸: UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences