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Each year, hundreds of international researchers — from master’s degree students to academic faculty — apply to come to the University of Georgia to work in a wide range of academic fields. CAES News
UGA faculty excellence attracts international researchers across disciplines
Each year, hundreds of international researchers — from master’s degree students to academic faculty — apply to come to the University of Georgia to work in a wide range of academic fields.
In Athens, Greece, CAES students hiked up the Acropolis to view various temples and the Parthenon, learning about the modern-day uses of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, a stone Roman theater structure on the southwest slope. CAES News
International agriculture programs broaden student horizons
From the time that our ancestors began cultivating food in the Fertile Crescent thousands of years ago, agriculture has been a life-sustaining practice that has enabled early civilizations to evolve into modern societies.
At the White Oak Pastures farm store, visitors can purchase grass-fed beef, grass-fed lamb, heritage and Iberico pork, pastured chicken and poultry, specialty meats, organic vegetables, and a line of products created on site. CAES News
CAES alumnus reimagined the legacy of his ancestral farmland
Will Harris still works the same land in Bluffton, Georgia, that his great-grandfather first tended in 1866, but he will leave a very different operation to his children and grandchildren than the one he began working on as a child.

Upcoming Events

Horticulture Graduate Student Association presents Spooky Plant Sale Fundraiser October 5 and 6, 202311AM - 4PMTate Student Center Buy beautiful succulents and monsteras! For more information, contact us at HGSA@uga.edu
Oct 06
11:00AM - 4:00PM HGSA Spooky Plant Sale! Tate Center, Athens, GA
The Master Cattlemen’s Program delivers a practical, science-based production management curriculum to Georgia’s beef producers.  University of Georgia Extension Agents work with industry experts to deliver classes on beef cattle topics such as nutrition, facilities, forages, economics, marketing, foreign animal diseases, agro-terrorism, general herd health, external parasites, reproduction, Beef Quality Assurance, sire selection, record keeping and Georgia Cattlemen’s Association goals.  The materials are intended to help Georgia beef producers be more profitable and sustainable. Participants meet one night a week for eight weeks.  Over the eight week period, attendees learn and discuss current issues, meet industry experts, and network with area producers. The program is held in the fall and winter of each year, and rotate between the four regions of Georgia.
Oct 10
6:00PM - 8:00PM Master Cattleman Program - Session 8 North GA Technical College, Clarkesville, GA
UGA Center for Food Safety Webinar Series       Changing Landscape of Foodborne Illness, 1999-2023: A Personal View Guest speaker: Art Liang, Former Director of the CDC Food Safety Office Date: Wednesday, October 18 Time: 10 a.m. ET In person in the Melton Building Conference Room OR Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/94647425740 Hosted by Dr. Francisco Diez, Director of the UGA Center for Food Safety About Dr. Liang: Art is the former Director of the CDC Food Safety Office. He has been a CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service officer and the Chief of the Communicable Disease Division, Hawaii Dept. of Health. He has served on the Executive Committee of the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods. He has also been a member of the Preventive Medicine Residency Advisory Committee for the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine. He is board certified in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health. He has a BA from Oberlin College, an MPH in International Health and Epidemiology from the University of Hawaii; and MD from the University of Maryland.
Oct 18
10:00AM - 11:00AM Webinar with Dr. Art Liang - Changing Landscape of Foodborne Illness, 1999-2023: A Personal View https://zoom.us/j/94647425740
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