ANR Employee News

The countdown has begun...GivingTuesday is just four weeks away. Mark your calendars for November 30. We know how important this giving day is to raising support for your work. To get started, register your participation in ANR's GivingTuesday campaign before Nov. 1 at https://surveys.ucanr.

UC Cooperative Extension specialists based at UC Davis and UC Riverside can now identify themselves as a Professor of Cooperative Extension as well as UCCE specialist. Adoption of the new working title is underway at UC Berkeley.

Thank you all for your patience and understanding while the ANR server was the target of an unprecedented aggressive and persistent cyberattack. I am happy to report that most web services are back online.

Stetter named Dean of Veterinary Medicine Mark Stetter, dean and professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University, has been chosen as the new dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine. He will officially take the position on Oct. 18.

Disasters are increasingly common in California, ranging from droughts, floods and wildfires to human health (e.g. COVID-19). Given the frequency of disasters in California, it is important that UC ANR is prepared to engage before, during, and after emergencies across the state.