Research

Averitt Awards: Excellence in Graduate Instruction

The Averitt Awards are the highest honors bestowed upon graduate students within the Georgia Southern University Jack N. Averitt College of Graduate Studies. The award given to outstanding scholars serves to independently recognize academic excellence in three separate categories — research, service and instruction. Marisa Kortright, Spring ’26 Master of Science, Experimental Psychology College of…
Averitt Awards: Excellence in Graduate Research, Doctoral

The Averitt Awards are the highest honors bestowed upon graduate students within the Georgia Southern University Jack N. Averitt College of Graduate Studies. The award given to outstanding scholars serves to independently recognizes academic excellence in three separate categories — research, service and instruction. Joana Tome, Summer ’26 Doctor of Public Health, Public Health &…
Averitt Awards: Excellence in Graduate Research, Master’s

The Averitt Awards are the highest honors bestowed upon graduate students within the Georgia Southern University Jack N. Averitt College of Graduate Studies. The award given to outstanding scholars serves to independently recognize academic excellence in three separate categories — research, service and instruction. Henna Gavem, December ’26 Master of Science in Biology College of…
Averitt Awards: Excellence in Graduate Service

The Averitt Awards are the highest honors bestowed upon graduate students within the Georgia Southern University Jack N. Averitt College of Graduate Studies. The award given to outstanding scholars serves to independently recognize academic excellence in three separate categories — research, service and instruction. Andrew Steven Ashley, Spring ’26 Master of Science, Kinesiology Waters College…
Georgia Southern Biologist Selected as Fulbright U.S. Scholar

Advancing Science Education and Research in Vietnam Biology Professor Stephen Greiman, Ph.D., can remember the “pure excitement” he felt upon learning he had received the coveted Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award. “I was standing in the boarding line for a flight to Mongolia for fieldwork when I learned the news,” he said. “I immediately emailed my…
Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech Collaborate on Real-Time Hydration Monitoring for Athletes

Georgia Southern University is collaborating with the Georgia Institute of Technology to develop a hydration-monitoring device for athletes, as part of a broader effort to improve player safety and performance. Georgia currently ranks first nationally in preventing heat-related illness and death among athletes, and the two universities are working together to build on that success.…
Decoding Death: The Unique Science of Georgia’s Top Bug Expert

Warning: the following article is graphic in nature and is not suitable for all readers. The Gruesome Scene at the Portal Hunting Club Georgia Bureau of Investigation Agent Brett Dickerson got the call on a chilly Friday afternoon in December 2022. The Liberty County Sheriff’s Office found a woman’s remains scattered across the grounds of…
Honors Global Scholars Explore Sustainable Agriculture And Well-Being in Georgia and Ireland

When Amy Potter, Ph.D., attended a panel discussion in Ireland about environmental changes in the summer of 2023, she didn’t expect to be inspired to create a cross-disciplinary learning experience for students in Georgia Southern University’s Honors College. The geography professor had already been guiding her students through the history of Irish farming and agriculture…
Well-Being in Georgia and Ireland

When Amy Potter, Ph.D., attended a panel discussion in Ireland about environmental changes in the summer of 2023, she didn’t expect to be inspired to create a cross-disciplinary learning experience for students in Georgia Southern University’s Honors College. The geography professor had already been guiding her students through the history of Irish farming and agriculture…
Part of the Solution

BLOOMING IRISES ANNOUNCE SPRINGTIME in Statesboro, Georgia, making it the ideal time of year for Lissa Leege, Ph.D., to introduce visitors to her backyard, where she’s restoring 12 acres of wetlands to serve the local ecosystem and community. Most often, the biology professor’s visitors are her undergraduate research students from Georgia Southern University. They arrive…