Caviar is one of the world’s most prized delicacies, but overfishing has pushed wild sturgeon to the brink of extinction. A new, cost-effective and environmentally sustainable method for farming sturgeon pioneered by a University of Georgia professor has the potential to protect wild sturgeon populations while creating a lucrative agricultural commodity.

Susan Ellis-Felege, a Ph.D. candidate working under Dr. John Carroll, has won a prestigious AAUW national fellowship, one of only about 60 awarded nationwide.

The International Society of Arboriculture has awarded Warnell’s Dr. Kim Coder the “Award of Achievement.”