Three UGA faculty members have been named recipients of the Richard B. Russell Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, the university's highest early career teaching honor.



"This year's Russell Award recipients combine innovation in the classroom with a heartfelt commitment to student success," said Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Pamela Whitten, whose office administers the awards. "They inspire students and exemplify the University of Georgia's unrivaled learning environment."

Top Image: A female burying beetle feeds her begging young. The parent and offspring are in a mouse carcass prepared by the parent as food. (Credit: Allen Moore/UGA)

Athens, Ga. - University of Georgia researchers have confirmed that becoming a parent brings about more than just the obvious offspring—it also rewires the parents' brain.

Congrats to Andrea Sweigart who has received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). This is the highest honor given to scientists by the US Government in the early stages of their independent careers.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/09/president-obama-honors-federally-funded-early-career-scientists

As of January 9th, 2017 Nancy Manley has taken on the role of Executive Director of Sponsored Project Administration at UGA.

A team of scientists led by researchers at the University of Georgia has developed a new mouse model that closely mimics fetal brain abnormalities caused by the Zika virus in humans. See full article here.

December 1, 2016

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Georgia has developed a new technology that may help scientists better understand how an individual cell synchronizes its biological clock with other cells. See full article here.