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Warnell celebrates Homecoming with golf, awards

Sandi Martin

UGA trounced Tennessee Tech in our Homecoming game on Saturday, and Warnell helped the celebration even before kickoff. Alumni and friends came into Athens for golf, clay shooting and fine dining during Warnell’s annual Homecoming festivities.

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Warnell hosts Boy Scouts Advance-a-Rama

Sandi Martin

Warnell hosted the Cherokee District’s Fall Advance-a-Rama, in which more than 250 Boy Scouts and Scout leaders took classes on UGA’s campus and at Whitehall to work towards earning merit badges.

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Warnell names new associate dean of academic affairs

Sandi Martin

Dr. Sarah Covert will soon take over duties as Warnell’s associate dean of academic affairs, replacing Dr. Ron Hendrick, who is leaving next week for a new job at Ohio State University.

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Female Monarch Butterflies on 30-year decline in eastern North America

Sandi Martin

A Warnell researcher has discovered a troubling pattern in population sex ratios of one of the world’s most famous insects.

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Warnell dean, alumnus and board member inducted into Foresters Hall of Fame

Sandi Martin

Dean Mike Clutter, alumnus Hank Haynes and Timberlink founder Kate Robie inducted into the Georgia Foresters Hall of Fame.

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New cost-effective method of farming Siberian sturgeon for caviar could protect wild sturgeon, boost economy

Sandi Martin

Caviar is one of the world’s most prized delicacies, but overfishing has pushed wild sturgeon to the brink of extinction. A new, cost-effective and environmentally sustainable method for farming sturgeon pioneered by a University of Georgia professor has the potential to protect wild sturgeon populations while creating a lucrative agricultural commodity.

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Genetically engineered trees could help restore devastated American chestnut

Sandi Martin

Warnell researcher studying how an inserted gene could help fight off the fungal disease that caused the chestnut blight decades ago.

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Warnell researchers help discover second smallest salamander in U.S.

Sandi Martin

Patch-nosed salamander is the first new genus of four-footed creature discovered in the U.S. in nearly 50 years.

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International group at Warnell to discuss tracking monarch butterflies

Sandi Martin

An international panel of butterfly experts is landing at the Warnell School next week to discuss the status of monarch butterfly populations in North America, and find ways to integrate and improve population monitoring programs.

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Warnell attends Natural Resources Conservation Workshop

Sandi Martin

Warnell headed to Tifton recently to attend the Natural Resources Conservation Workshop, sponsoring a lunch for the students and professionals teaching courses at the camp. The workshop, held at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, focused on Georgia’s natural resources — wildlife, forestry, soil and water and attracted high school students interested in conservation.

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