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PhD Candidate Receives NSF Grant for Research on Understanding the Interface of Diplomacy, Politics, and Conservation
Asif Ali Sandeelo (above), a fifth-year PhD candidate in the Integrative Conservation (ICON) and Anthropology program at UGA, has received a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG)...
CICR Newsletter – Summer 2025
Our annual Center for Integrative Conservation Research newsletter, highlighting some of the achievements of our community over the last year, is now available. Read it here!
ICON 8002 Practicum: New Iterationsof the ICON-EBCI Partnership
ICON 8110 students visit Kituwah, the Cherokee Mother Town, in April with EBCI Forest Manager Josh Parris (Image: Laura German) By Laura German During this academic year, two ICON cohorts worked in...
CICR celebrates the 2024-25 ICON graduates
Congratulations to the following students on defending their Integrative Conservation dissertations this year: Rachel Arney, PhD, ICON & Geography, “The Politics of Environmental Knowledge...
Kristen Morrow Receives Dissertation Completion Award
Kristen Morrow was awarded the Dissertation Completion Award for the 2025-2026 academic year. This competitive award from the UGA Graduate School provides support to doctoral candidates in the final...
2025-26 ICSO Board Announced
Congratulations to the newly elected 2025-2026 Integrative Conservation Student Organization (ICSO) Board! These positions will be effective May 1. ICSO Co-Chair: Ravneet Kaur and Bhavya Iyer ICC...
Upcoming Events
ICON PhD Program Orientation
Thursday, August 13, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
Annual orientation for our new students, with lunch and networking to follow!
210 River Rd. 2nd Floor, Room 232
Sustainability Certificate 10th Anniversary Kickoff: Reading with Ron Balthazor
Wednesday, August 26, 4:30-6:00 PM
Celebrate 10 years of UGA's interdisciplinary Sustainability Certificate with a reading by the program's founding director, Ron Balthazor, from his new work, A Book of Seasons. Light refreshments will be served; sponsored by the Sustainability Certificate, the Office of Sustainability, and the Department of English.
Auditorium, Odum School of Ecology