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Dr. Tessa Andrews of the UGA Genetics Department is on a research team from the University of Georgia that will join 103 institutions from across the country to form a collaborative learning community that seeks to foster inclusive undergraduate science education.

Matthew Treaster was one of five UGA Ph.D. students have been recently named 2022 ARCS Scholars. He will receive $7,500 a year. Treaster, a third-year Ph.D.

Using the CRISPR gene-editing tool, C.J. Tsai of the UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources and Franklin College of Arts and Sciences has developed a method that shortens the time it takes a poplar tree to flower, from about seven to 10 years to just a few months.

A multidisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Georgia and two partner institutions have been awarded a $15.8 million grant over five years from the U.S. Department of Energy to reengineer poplar trees (Populus sp. and hybrids) to be used as a sustainable energy source.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, University of Georgia student Daniel Rouhani had to reimagine his research so he could continue his work as a CURO Summer Fellow. Then something struck him.