For the second year in a row, the James H. Oliver, Jr. Institute for Coastal Plain Science at Georgia Southern University is hosting the Gateway Program Tick Identification and Techniques Workshop on the Statesboro Campus. The two-week workshop began on May 20 and drew a crowd of 20 participants from around the globe. The workshop offers tick identification techniques, tick physiology, tick control and management, tick-borne diseases, distribution modeling, and surveillance techniques and tools. Lorenza Beati, Ph.D., curator of the U.S. National Tick Collection at Georgia Southern, is leading the workshop, along with 15 instructors from the Centers for Disease…
Georgia Southern University Health Services and Sexual Assault Response Team recently founded the Prevention of Men’s Violence Against Women Champions Committee. The goal of the committee is to use social capital to reduce the stigma surrounding sexual violence and to prevent sexual assault on campus.
Georgia Southern University professors from the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health (JPHCOPH) recently completed a study that shows adverse childhood experiences are associated with short sleep duration in adults. Today, the study was published in SLEEP, the benchmark international journal for sleep and circadian science.
This Georgia Southern University Faculty Spotlight features Professor of Biology Sophie George, Ph.D., who is on temporary assignment at the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Washington.
Corina Newsome is a student pursuing a Master of Science in biology. She spent her undergraduate years as a zoo and wildlife biology major at Malone University in Canton, Ohio.
The Georgia state budget for the 2020 fiscal year, signed this week by Gov. Brian P. Kemp, includes funding for three major Georgia Southern projects supporting student success and workforce development.
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences recognized Georgia Southern University’s Multimedia Development Center (MDC) with four professional Emmy® award nominations and eight student Emmy® award nominations on Saturday.
Like many 16 and 17 year olds trying to determine the next steps of their lives after high school, Mary Hart said thinking about her future was overwhelming. Her passion for helping others and her interests in holistic health led her to the undergraduate health and physical education program at Georgia Southern University.

Professor Emeritus and alumni, Robert Strozier, Ph.D., passed away April 28, in Savannah. Strozier is being remembered as a mentor, poet, acclaimed speaker and extraordinary English professor on the Armstrong Campus.