Getting in the weeds: Georgia Southern receives $250K grant for seagrass and climate change research
Georgia Southern University’s Tyler Cyronak, Ph.D., has secured a $250,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate the pivotal role of seagrass in combating climate change.
“Coastal ecosystems and coastal communities are some of the most vulnerable to climate change,” explains Cyronak.
Georgia Southern University launches cutting-edge Center for Advanced Materials Science
Georgia Southern University is opening the Center for Advanced Materials Science, a cutting-edge research hub dedicated to pioneering advancements in material science that will engage both undergraduate and graduate students. Located within the College of Science and Mathematics, the new center is poised to become a cornerstone of innovation and collaboration in the field.
Georgia Southern faculty receive $424,000 grants to advance cancer treatments
Karelle Aiken, Ph.D., and Jannet Kocerha, Ph.D., are using a $424,000 grant to pursue new cancer drug treatments. The goal is to overcome various barriers that impact the effectiveness of cancer therapeutics by exploiting a cancer cell’s dependency on unusually high levels of amino acids nutrients.
Georgia Southern University launches new School of Earth, Environment and Sustainability
On July 1, the College of Science and Mathematics at Georgia Southern University will launch a new School of Earth, Environment and Sustainability. The SEES will bring together the geosciences program and the James H. Oliver, Jr., Institute for Coastal Plain Science.
Georgia Southern University announces Michael Huggins, Ph.D., as new dean of the College of Science and Mathematics
Michael Huggins, Ph.D., will join Georgia Southern University on August 1 as the Dean of the College of Science and Mathematics.
National Institutes of Health awards Georgia Southern University $426,000 to study tumor formation
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), awarded Georgia Southern University’s Dongyu Jia, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Biology, a federal grant totaling $426,000 to fill in the gaps of learning the steps of tumor formation at the beginning stages and what initially triggers their epithelial cell shape change before becoming invasive.
Graduating student had ‘wild’ time at Georgia Southern
Carson Moore never wanted to go to college.
Moore, a graduating senior with a keen interest in animals, will receive a BS in biology from Georgia Southern at Paulson Stadium on Dec. 13.
Growing up, Moore worked in a horse barn for twelve years and volunteered for a mini-zoo in her hometown of Macon, Georgia. She did not want to leave her work with animals behind to go to college.
Georgia Southern University unveils new master’s and doctoral degrees in environmental science
Georgia Southern University’s College of Science and Mathematics (COSM) now offers a master’s degree in environmental science and will begin recruiting for the inaugural class of doctoral students in environmental science for the fall 2023 entering class. The post-graduate degrees supplement the recently approved bachelor’s degree in sustainability science. Housed in the James H. Oliver, Jr., Institute for Coastal Plain Science, every department in the college will play a role in this interdisciplinary trio of programs.
Georgia Southern University explains recent Georgia earthquake
A total of three quakes were reported in the state in less than a week, raising questions about the nature of earthquakes in Georgia. James Reichard, Ph.D., Georgia Southern geology professor, has been speaking with news outlets about why it happened and what it can tell us about the state we live in.
Georgia Southern University professor wins national Student Impact Award from Top Hat
Georgia Southern biology lecturer Elizabeth Sargent, Ph.D., won the 2022 Student Impact Award from Top Hat, a digital platform for teachers and professors to connect with students online, distribute assignments and give in-class quizzes and exams.