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This blog shares news, information and resources relevant to UC ANR academics and staff across the state.

Five new faculty join AES at UC Merced, UC Santa Cruz

December 21, 2025

By Katherine Webb-Martinez

Five new AES faculty joined the founding nine AES faculty at UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz campuses: Joshua Garcia, Andrea Joyce, Crystal Kolden, Madeleine Fairbairn and Pallab Sarker.

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Recording available for using AI and data analytics for Cooperative Extension

December 21, 2025

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

A webinar on using artificial intelligence and advanced data analytics in Cooperative Extension work is now available on YouTube.

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Headshots of Anderson Safre and Lydia Tymon

Names in the News

December 19, 2025

Anderson Safre joined UC ANR on Dec. 1 as a UC Cooperative Extension specialist and Lydia Tymon joined UC ANR on Oct. 1 as the new UCCE environmental horticulture advisor serving San Bernardino and Riverside counties.

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Valachovic joins UC ANR Policy Institute

December 18, 2025

Yana Valachovic has joined the UC ANR Policy Institute as interim associate director for Natural Ecosystems and Working Landscapes.

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L&D - Advancing environmental education, exploring farm stress, making ANR digitally accessible, ANR credit card machine, career planning, networking

December 18, 2025

UC ANR Learning & DevelopmentLanding page | Archived webANRs | Learning resourcesExtension Methods & DeliveryBuilding SupportInclusion & BelongingOffice, Team, & Personal DevelopmentEXTENSION METHODS & DELIVERY Advancing Environmental Education Practice…

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