The UGA River Basin Center announces the 2023 call for proposals for John Spencer Research Grants to graduate students. This program was initiated in 2017 with a contribution from Kathleen Amos in honor of her son, former RBC master’s student John Spencer. Ongoing funding is provided by donations to the RBC.
UGA assistant professor Matt Levi maps and models soil data for use across disciplines, from precision agriculture to fire prediction research. An earnest respect for soil and its critical functions underlies his interdisciplinary work in predictive GIS mapping.
2021 John Spencer Research Grant recipient Courtney Scott and affiliates Ali Moss and Rebecca Abney helped to found the Get Outdoors Club, which aims to celebrate the connections between Black students and the outdoors.
Affiliate Shishir Rao wrote an article exploring the role of community-based fish sanctuaries in freshwater conservation for the publication JLR Explore, an organization that highlights Karnataka, India’s natural history.
Carleisha Hanns, 2022 James E. Butler Fellow and River Basin Center student affiliate, applies leading mapping technology to ecological conservation.
Gabriel Stephenson is a first-year student pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Ecology and a minor in Film Studies. He’s working as a communications intern for the River Basin Center this semester and is excited to be a part of this community!
UPDATED Jan. 27, 2023: The run will now begin at the Odum School of Ecology. See map and directions. Written directions: The Odum School of
The Upper Oconee Science and Policy Summit will be held 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023 at the UGA Special Collections Library.
Graduate student Matt Chambers is working with the Atchison Levee Board and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha district to help engineer solutions to flooding in the Missouri River Basin through levee setbacks.
For Jasmine Longmire, ecological justice feels personal. During her junior year at Georgia Gwinnett College, she experienced a kidney failure that changed how she views
