Georgia Southern psychology majors win nationally competitive awards for consecutive years
Students from Georgia Southern’s College of Behavioral and Social Sciences’ psychology program have won nationally competitive travel awards for their research two years in a row.
Heaven Divinity (’24) and Carmen Ford (’24) won the Council on Undergraduate Research’s (CUR) Social Science and Psychology Conference Travel Awards in 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Georgia Southern’s Institute for Health Logistics & Analytics opens new exhibit, ‘Interconnected: A One Health Exploration,’ at Georgia Southern Museum
A new exhibit, “Interconnected: A One Health Exploration,” from Georgia Southern University’s Institute for Health Logistics & Analytics (IHLA) opens at the Georgia Southern Museum today, March 25, and runs through January 2026. The public is invited to join the opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. tonight, with remarks at 5:30 p.m. by featured speaker Bruce Conn, Ph.D., from the One Health Center at Berry College.
Georgia Southern’s Shainaz Landge receives Regents’ Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award
For Shainaz Landge, Ph.D., pushing boundaries in the classroom and the laboratory isn’t just a professional pursuit, it’s a passion. As an associate professor of organic chemistry at Georgia Southern University, Landge has spent more than a decade inspiring students to soar beyond traditional learning by blending research, mentorship and hands-on experiences that extend far beyond textbooks.
New exhibit at Henderson Library memorializes local African American veterans of World War I
Georgia Southern history professor Brian K. Feltman, Ph.D., is creating an exhibit honoring the African Americans from Bulloch County who made the ultimate sacrifice during the First World War.
“More than a Name: Commemorating Bulloch County’s African American Fallen Soldiers of the First World War” will debut at Georgia Southern’s Henderson Library in March 2025 and run until July.
Botanic Garden at Georgia Southern University expands access with new Saturday hours
For the first time in its history, the Botanic Garden at Georgia Southern University will be open on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. beginning March 22.
Georgia Southern expands REACH Georgia Scholarship Program to advance academic success and positive social development
Georgia Southern University recently introduced the REACH for Southern program, a co-curricular program that complements the REACH Georgia need-based scholarship and mentoring program, which offers high school students support to achieve postsecondary success.
Georgia Southern biologist predicts delayed but strong allergy season
Spring allergy sufferers in Georgia may experience a delayed, but still potent pollen season in 2025, according to Alan Harvey, Ph.D., biology professor at Georgia Southern University.
This year, according to Harvey, Georgia’s allergy season is expected to start later than usual due to the cold snap and snowfall.
Georgia Southern researchers investigate COVID-19 effects on adults with severe mental illness
Kadiatou Diallo-Montford was on the frontlines during the pandemic while she was pursuing her Doctor in Public Health at Georgia Southern University. She was working around the clock at Recovery Consultants of Atlanta, a nonprofit health clinic, as an onsite evaluator for patients seeking mental health services.
Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Economics Michael Toma appointed to Governor’s Council of Economic Advisers
When an invitation to sit on the Georgia Governor’s Council of Economic Advisers arrived in an informal email from a colleague, Michael Toma, Ph.D., welcomed the chance to share his ongoing research on the economic health of southeastern Georgia with Gov. Brian Kemp, the Georgia House of Representatives and Senate leadership and their constituents. However, when he joined a small group of colleagues from around the state in a legislative office near the capitol in Atlanta late last year, the opportunity felt far from casual.
Georgia Southern’s National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Research Center awarded almost $150K to assist the Georgia Department of Education with P-20 program evaluation
The National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Research Center at Georgia Southern University received a state grant for almost $150,000 through the Georgia Department of Education for program evaluation of Georgia’s federally funded P-20 programs.