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🌱 🍅 As part of a series on home gardening, Consumer Horticulturist Bob Westerfield breaks down the best ways to support tomato plants for an extended growing season, healthier plants, and juicier fruit. 🔗 bit.ly/3ZYvZ8L

🦋 🐛 Renowned ecologist and science communicator Sonia Altizer has been named head of the UGA Department of Entomology, bringing a collaborative vision and decades of research and public outreach experience to the role. 🔗 bit.ly/44BF1Kj

🌟 Professor of Food Science and Technology Fanbin Kong has become the first UGA professor to publish through a new contract with Elsevier, one of the largest academic journal publishers. 🔗 bit.ly/3Gv3hWp

CAES researchers Franklin West, Erin Kaiser, and other experts from UGA have found a new drug that may boost the brain’s ability to heal itself after injury. 🔗 bit.ly/46xfX9G

Happy birthday, dear UGArden! 🎂 For fifteen years, UGArden has been a model of sustainable agriculture at UGA where students can learn to grow food organically, connect with the land, and serve the broader Athens community. 🔗 bit.ly/3TtGIV1

Facilitated in part by University of Georgia Cooperative Extension, the Rural Engagement Workshop for Academic Faculty at The University of Georgia has awarded a series of seed grants to help faculty address challenges in rural Georgia. 🔗 bit.ly/449N4iv

🔬 Regenerative Bioscience Center Director Steven Stice is researching how a new stem cell therapy can rebuild the brain by enhancing the body’s self-repair system to treat stroke, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, and traumatic brain injuries. 🔗 bit.ly/44ucHL6

Precision agriculture innovator Liang Dong is set to become the UGA's newest Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, effective Aug. 1, and will serve as associate director for research at the Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture.

🌟 Congratulations to our 2025 #40Under40 honorees! UGA's 40 Under 40 celebrates young alumni leading the pack in their industries and communities. This year, we've got five outstanding #AgDawgs to celebrate. 🔗 alumni.uga.edu/40u40/

Agricultural and applied economics student Jesse Cronic recently represented CAES as part of the Future Agriculture Leaders Delegation to China, an exploration of agribusiness, trade dynamics, and the cultural ties that shape global agriculture. 🔗 bit.ly/40mkHLM

With heat index values reaching dangerous levels, Georgia farmers and landscape professionals face increased risk of heat-related illness. UGA Extension specialists urge both workers and supervisors to prioritize hydration, rest, and mental well-being. 🔗 bit.ly/450VMPd

Research trials have begun at UGA Grand Farm. Despite record rainfall in late spring, our cotton, soybean, and corn trials are progressing well. These crops mark the first wave of future field projects on our working innovation farm in Perry, Georgia. 🔗 bit.ly/44UM8O4

Land-grant universities are empowering the next generation of change-makers in animal health. Students in our poultry science program gain hands-on, practical experience through the only survival surgery course offered to undergrads at UGA. 🔗 bit.ly/453Sw5y

David and Soraya Bertioli, CAES researchers and founders of the Wild Peanut Lab, are partnering with Mars, Incorporated to engineer a peanut that can thrive in the face of the rapidly-changing climate, disease, and pests threatening the world's peanut supply. 🔗 nyti.ms/3TSqPro

🐛 Does your lawn grow inexplicably brown around this time of year? It could be the fall armyworm, a caterpillar native to North America, making a meal of your turfgrass. 🔗 bit.ly/41aVRi0

For the third consecutive year, UGA is the No. 1 U.S. university for new commercial products brought to market based on university research. 🔗 bit.ly/4lQWEx2

Fairy ring is a serious turfgrass disease affecting golf courses, sports fields, and residential lawns all across Georgia. Plant pathology researchers Alfredo Martinez and Bikash Ghimire share their expert advice on managing this persistent disease here: bit.ly/4m2i4ao

Renowned mycologist Marin Brewer has been named head of the UGA Department of Plant Pathology, bringing decades of experience and a student-centered vision to one of the nation’s leading plant pathology programs. 🔗 bit.ly/40FUec4

Agricultural Climatologist Pam Knox connects climate science to Georgia agriculture by keeping UGA Extension agents informed of weather patterns, drought outlooks, climate variability, and severe weather events. 🔗 bit.ly/40EUfNt

Farm ownership is a demanding profession with significant mental health challenges affecting producers across the country. UGA Extension experts have published a guide on managing stress designed for farmers and the people who care about them. 🔗 bit.ly/4l6lfgb