Odum School of Ecology

08/20/2026

Save the date for our first Ecology Seminar of the semester!

Hope you can join us.

08/18/2026

Save the date for our first Conservation Seminar!

08/06/2026

So proud of our EcoDawgs!

08/03/2026

We're hiring! Four positions:

HR Operations Manager
Event Coordinator
Asso. Director of Alumni & Industry Relations
Business Operations Coordinator

More info: ecology.uga.edu/jobs

07/31/2026

I scream, you scream, we all scream for Ecology’s Welcome Back Ice Cream Social!

Mark your calendars…

07/29/2026

When Christopher Morales Williams won gold in the 400-meter race at the world championships this spring, he didn’t have much time to celebrate. He had to come right back to Athens to finish the semester. But finishing a degree is a priority for this ecology student. Morales’ story of chasing world records while completing his undergraduate degree at the Odum School is the cover story in EcoVoice, which came out this summer.

EcoVoice is the Odum School of Ecology's alumni magazine and newsletter of the accomplishments and news of the ecology community at UGA.

06/22/2026

Congrats to Marisa Mizzoni, who was named a Wormsloe Fellow and will pursue field work at the Center for Research and Education at Wormsloe on the Isle of Hope! Mizzoni is researching the impacts of contaminants like heavy metals and pesticides on the ecology and health of bats. Her work on the Wormsloe property could provide groundwork for future environmental policy. https://www.libs.uga.edu/news/new-wormsloe-fellows-pursue-research-bats-magnolias-georgias-coast

06/09/2026

Congratulations to Jill Anderson, winner of the 2026 W.S. Cooper Award from the Ecological Society of America!

Anderson was honored for a study that examined how a widespread mountain plant, Drummond's rockcress, responds to climate change.

She led a team that planted more than 100,000 seeds and seedlings in experimental gardens at different elevations to test how the plants performed under different climate conditions.

They found that although the species is widespread and adaptable, climate change is already threatening their survival, and they may need human help moving to cooler habitats as temperatures rise.

The study was published in Science in 2025. Anderson will accept the award in July at ESA's annual meeting.

https://ecology.uga.edu/i5o3

06/03/2026

BioBlitz!

Four dozen volunteers joined the Odum School of Ecology and the Rowen Foundation on a Saturday in April to survey a 2,000-acre site in Gwinnett County.

The group split into teams and identified as many species of plants, animals, fungi and other organisms as they could.

Info collected by the citizen scientists will be used to guide development on the site, slated to become a mixed-use business and residential site.

https://ecology.uga.edu/qlig

📷 Agustin Orozco-Tello

05/19/2026

So proud of Jill Anderson and her 2026 W.S. Cooper Award from ESA!