We spent yesterday in Riverside meeting with the teams from both UCCE Riverside and UCCE San Bernardino. It was very informative, particularly seeing the fresh ideas that are coming from some of the new staff.
The first half of this week I've been in CLE at CWRU to attend the ARIO conference because I'm the RIO for UCANR. During the meeting we have really focused on not just RM but also FFP, hearing from ORI and NIH, both units under HHS.
My mind remains where it was last week wrestling with the reality that central funding does not facilitate growth and reliance on it becomes a shrinking proposition. Unfortunately the academic footprint numbers are a stark reminder of this. Take a look.
Did you happen to see the nice callout in Western Farm Press that UC ANR received? The piece cited the important work that personnel around the state do to provide science and support to the agriculture community.
A couple times over the last few weeks the term excellence' has come up, in the context of an aspirational goal. I'm not sure one ever achieves excellence.
