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BOC Business Partner Team 1 with their county office partners. Top row from left: Jenel Vinze, Erin Spaniel, Kathleen Stewart, Melanie Weir, Sue Lake, Brandy Lee McCarthy, Stephanie Gomez, Shauna La Brash Bottom row from left: Lupe Ibarra, Lindsey Torres, Mikayla Hwee, Sheree Nuxoll, Kathy Speer, Kaitlin Zuwala, Heather Waller and Kathy Hanke seated.

BOC leads a successful training in Davis

January 27, 2025

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

The UC ANR Business Operations Center (BOC) hosted a two-day training on administrative services at the ANR Building in Davis on Dec.

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Anita Oberholster, a professor of Cooperative Extension in the Department of Viticulture and Enology, extracting wine from casks in the Teaching and Research Winery. (Jael Mackendorf / UC Davis)

In memoriam: Anita Oberholster

January 14, 2025

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

Oberholster pioneered research into how wildfire smoke affected grapes and wine Anita Oberholster, a wine chemist and professor of Cooperative Extension in the Department of Viticulture and Enology at University of California, Davis, died Jan. 11 after a long battle with cancer. She was 50.

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L to R: Gerry Spinelli, Chris Shogren, UCCE Environmental Horticulture Advisor, Lindsey Pedroncelli and Natalie Levy, UCCE Soil Health and Organics Material Management Advisor, pose with a batch of fresh pesto.

South Coast REC studies pesto profitability for small-scale basil growers

January 10, 2025

By Saoimanu Sope

UC ANR advisors, staff research methods in conserving highly perishable product If you visited the greenhouse at the University of California South Coast Research and Extension Center in early fall, you would have smelled a sweet aroma with notes of lemon, pepper and licorice.

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2024 has been an extraordinary year

December 23, 2024

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

Dear UC ANR Colleagues: For everyone across UC ANR, 2024 has been an extraordinary year of research and extension activities that have made a true difference in so many lives.

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Changes coming to UC ANR SSO logins

December 22, 2024

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

To comply with UC-wide policy to protect UC ANR and its employees' data, IT is taking steps to strengthen security for logins. The following changes to the Duo authentication process will go into effect on Jan. 13, 2025. Please make sure to have your Duo Mobile application up-to-date.

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