Research Insights
Research Live
Research Live is the Office of Research’s monthly webinar series, focused on topics of practical interest to the UGA research community. These virtual events provide an opportunity for faculty, students and staff to interact directly from OoR professionals. All events are free and open to anyone in the UGA community.
Below is a schedule of upcoming Research Live presentations. To participate, simply click on the registration link, and you’ll be asked to provide a UGA email address before being sent the Zoom meeting information.
Research Live is the Office of Research’s monthly webinar series, focused on topics of practical interest to the UGA research community. These virtual events provide an opportunity for faculty, students and staff to interact directly from OoR professionals. All events are free and open to anyone in the UGA community.
Spring 2025 Research Live Schedule
January
“Sustainability and the Scientific Process: Walking the Walk in University Research”
Thursday, Jan. 23, 2:30-3:30pm
Presenters:
- Star Scott,Manager & Founder, UGA Sustainable Science & Green Labs
- Mark Hunter, Dean & Eugene P. Odum Professor, Odum School of Ecology
This edition of Research Live will explore opportunities to redefine what it means to “do good science” by engaging in Sustainable Science and Green Labs practices. Despite the many positive contributions of the global research enterprise, scientific operations have significant social and environmental impacts that require ongoing attention by scientists and their teams. Join us as we explore opportunities to make UGA research more sustainable through the guidance of the Odum School of Ecology and the UGA Green Labs program.
Zoom registration is required.
“Humanities & Arts as Competitive Difference”
Thursday, Jan. 30, 2:30-3:30pm
Presenters:
- Nicholas Allen, Baldwin Professor in Humanities & Director, Willson Center for Humanities & Arts
- Mark Callahan, Artistic Director, UGA Arts Collaborative; Associate Academic Director, Willson Center
- Elizabeth Wright, Distinguished Research Professor of Spanish Literature & Associate Academic Director, Willson Center
The arts and humanities at UGA are engaged across campus in creating competitive difference. Our community engages with federal agencies, private foundations, and philanthropy to support diverse inquiries into all forms of creative thinking and practice, from the arts partnering with mathematics to the humanities with marine science. This conversation will share recent opportunities and innovations, and give a sense of our collective future plans.
Zoom registration is required.
February
“A Lab Full of VIPs: Vertically Integrating Your Research Projects”
Tuesday, Feb. 18, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Presenters:
- Thomas Mote, Distinguished Research Professor of Geography, Franklin College; Associate Vice President for Instruction, Office of Instruction
- Art Edison,GRA Eminent Scholar, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center; Professor of Genetics and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Franklin College
- Chloe Crump, undergraduate student & biology major
UGA’s Vertically Integrated Projects-Research (VIPR) program is built on a time-tested national model for engaging both undergraduates and graduate students in ambitious, long-term, large-scale, multidisciplinary research projects led by faculty. In this webinar, VIPR leadership and participating faculty and students will talk about the significant benefits of VIPR for participants at all levels, as well as discuss the wide-ranging opportunities at UGA for establishing VIPs in research environments across a variety of disciplines.
Zoom registration is required.
April
“Bridging Connections: Partnerships Supporting Research Data Services at UGA”
Thursday, April 17, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Presenters:
- Beth Woods, Director of Research and Computational Data Management, UGA Libraries
- Katie Ireland, Interim Lab Coordinator, UGA Libraries
- Kellie Templeman, Research Data Management Coordinator, UGA Libraries
- Meagan Duever, GIS Librarian, UGA Libraries
Research and Computational Data Management (RCDM) is a new unit that serves as a one-stop shop for information about research data services at the University of Georgia. The team provides outreach and consultative support to researchers and classes on topics including research data management planning, data analysis and visualization practices, and publishing and digital repository resources. The team has developed partnerships with key groups, both internal and external to the university, to bridge connections across the research community. Join this edition of Research Live to hear examples of current partnerships aimed at improving research data services and discuss potential collaboration opportunities to support UGA’s research needs.
Archived sessions by topic
Video archives will be available a few days after each session.