Research

  • Georgia Southern Triumphs at VIP Consortium 2024 with Outstanding New Site Development Award

    Georgia Southern University brought home the award for “Outstanding New Site Development” at the 2024 Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Consortium hosted by Georgia Tech. This international award recognizes Georgia Southern’s efforts to create VIP teams and projects. Started in 2022, the University’s VIP teams went from 4 teams and 17 students to 12 teams and…

  • GS Researchers

    Research Takes Flight

    Georgia Southern University Secures Millions in Grants for Cutting-Edge Research and Critical Initiatives In recent months, Georgia Southern University has been the proud recipient of an array of substantial grants. These awards underscore theinstitution’s commitment to excellence and its proactive approach to addressing pressing needs. The grants highlight the remarkable workcarried out by the University’s…

  • Averitt Award Winners

    Excellence in Research and Teaching

    Four Scholars Honored with Top Graduate Student Award Every year, Georgia Southern graduate students are called upon to teach, grade assignments, run laboratories, conduct research, and write andpublish complex papers. But too often their academic achievements are overlooked. Meet the four graduate students who won this year’s AverittAward, which is the highest honor presented to…

  • The Hairline, part of the Let's Get Dressed exhibit

    Celebrating Diversity Through Fashion

    Georgia Southern Museum Exhibition Showcases What We Wear From hairstyles to sunglasses to everyday outfits, a new Georgia Southern University Museum exhibition features the fashion choices students, faculty and staff make each day. The “Let’s Get Dressed” exhibition celebrates the diverse identities in the campus community including race, ethnicity, gender, religion, culture, ability and body…

  • Ready to Launch

    Students Gain Hands-on Experience in Propulsion, Aerodynamics and Controls  Georgia Southern University’s engineering program has become a launching pad for aspiring aerospace engineers, providing them with unique opportunities to gain hands-on experience and contribute to cutting-edge research. Through the prestigious Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) grant jointly…

  • telescope looking at the stars

    Curious Minds

    We asked Georgia Southern professors to answer some of the most pressing questions and cover the most interesting and controversial topics facing the world today.

  • Students at Eagle Experience events

    Research Briefs

    New data from Georgia Southern University shows there are real benefits for students and for the university when students engage in on-campus activities.

  • Asli Aslan (R) and Luke Roberson (L) test the waters of the Ogeechee River at Kings Ferry beach.

    Protecting a Priceless Treasure

    Asli Aslan Leads New Institute for Water and Health “As an environmental health scientist, trust me, I have seen the worst in my life,” said Asli Aslan, Ph.D., associate professor in the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health and director of the new Institute for Water and Health at Georgia Southern. A water microbiologist with…

  • Averitt Award Winners

    Four Scholars Honored with Top Graduate Award

    Every year, Georgia Southern graduate students are called on to teach, grade assignments, run laboratories, conduct research, and write and publish complex papers. But too often their academic achievements go uncelebrated. Meet the four graduate students who won the Averitt Award this spring. It is the highest honor presented to graduate students within the Georgia…

  • The Center for Rehabilitation and Independent Living

    New Center For Rehabilitation and Independent Living

    Georgia Southern has established a new research center to improve the health and quality of life for people in coastal Georgia. The Center for Rehabilitation and Independent Living (CRIL) is housed in the Waters College of Health Professions. It offers specialized services to include clinical gait screenings, sport-specific athletic movement analyses, concussion assessment, overuse injury…