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Founded in 1222, UNIPD — now home to UGA's dual master's degree program in sustainable agriculture — is considered the fifth-oldest university in the world. Located about 25 miles from Venice in northern Italy's Veneto region, the city of Padova is much older. Padova traces its roots to 1183 B.C. In addition to scores of notable faculty and alumni – Galileo Galilei taught mathematics at UNIPD for 17 years, and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus and Andrea Vesalio, the founder of modern anatomy, both studied there – the world's oldest botanical garden, established in 1545, is also located at the university. CAES News
Founded in 1222, UNIPD — now home to UGA's dual master's degree program in sustainable agriculture — is considered the fifth-oldest university in the world. Located about 25 miles from Venice in northern Italy's Veneto region, the city of Padova is much older. Padova traces its roots to 1183 B.C. In addition to scores of notable faculty and alumni – Galileo Galilei taught mathematics at UNIPD for 17 years, and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus and Andrea Vesalio, the founder of modern anatomy, both studied there – the world's oldest botanical garden, established in 1545, is also located at the university.
UGA, Padova partnership leads to joint research
A dual degree master’s program that evolved from a partnership between the University of Georgia and the University of Padova in Padua, Italy, has also led to collaborative research between the two institutions.
Katrien M. Devos, a professor of crop and soil sciences and plant biology at the University of Georgia, has been named a Fellow of the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) in honor of her career studying evolutionary biology and working to breed more resilient crop varieties. CAES News
Katrien M. Devos, a professor of crop and soil sciences and plant biology at the University of Georgia, has been named a Fellow of the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) in honor of her career studying evolutionary biology and working to breed more resilient crop varieties.
University of Georgia’s Katrien Devos recognized as Fellow of Crop Science Society of America
Katrien M. Devos, a professor of crop and soil sciences and plant biology at the University of Georgia, has been named a Fellow of the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA).
The 'Paulk' variety is UGA's newest muscadine release. CAES News
The 'Paulk' variety is UGA's newest muscadine release.
Muscadine conference set for July 9 at UGA
Producers and those interested in muscadine grape production are invited to the University of Georgia Summer Muscadine Conference on Tuesday, July 9, at the university’s South Milledge Greenhouse Complex on Milledge Avenue in Athens.
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Enhance your livestock judging skills in the Classic City! Camp is open to any 4-H or FFA member who is a rising 6th-12th grader. Participants will need to come with their Ag Teacher, Extension Agent/Volunteer Coach and are responsible for their own lodging. We will have local producers sharing their livestock along with former and current collegiate judging team members from across the nation assisting with officials and reasons. Participants will be grouped on age and experience levels. Choose from two camp dates: June 24-26, 2019 - Athens, Ga. June 27-29, 2019 - Athens, Ga. Application Deadline: May 24, 2019
Jun 24
06/24 12:00PM - 06/26 12:00PM Livestock Judging Camp Edgar Rhodes Center, Athens, GA
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Enhance your livestock judging skills in the Classic City! Camp is open to any 4-H or FFA member who is a rising 6th-12th grader. Participants will need to come with their Ag Teacher, Extension Agent/Volunteer Coach and are responsible for their own lodging. We will have local producers sharing their livestock along with former and current collegiate judging team members from across the nation assisting with officials and reasons. Participants will be grouped on age and experience levels. Choose from two camp dates: June 24-26, 2019 - Athens, Ga. June 27-29, 2019 - Athens, Ga. Application Deadline: May 24, 2019
Jun 27
06/27 12:00PM - 06/29 12:00PM Livestock Judging Camp Edgar Rhodes Center, Athens, GA
For the past seven years, the summer tour at Durham Horticulture Farm has provided the northeast Georgia farming community — and those who are simply curious — about where their food comes from with a chance to stroll UGA’s 90-acre organic research and horticulture farm and learn the latest information about organic growing methods. Faculty and researchers will be at their plots to talk about their research and to share best practices for small and medium vegetable and fruit producers. Topics covered will include natural pest and disease control, viticulture, no-till vegetable production, organic watermelon production, pollinator protection and beekeeping, and more.The Twilight Summer Field Day promises to be compelling for anyone interested in fruit and vegetable production, organic farming, and the challenges that growers face and how they overcome those challenges.  In the case of inclement weather, the 2019 Twilight Summer Field Day will be held on Friday, June 28. 
Jun 27
6:00PM - 8:00PM Durham Horticulture Farm Twilight Summer Field Day Durham Horticulture Farm, Watkinsville, GA
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