ANR Employee News

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.

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.

Holtz receives Almond Technical Achievement Award Brent Holtz, UC Cooperative Extension orchard systems advisor, received the 2024 Almond Board of California's Almond Technical Achievement Award on Dec. 11 at the Almond Conference, held at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center in Sacramento.

Berris to advise on water management, soil health in northern Bay Area Helaine Berris joined UC Agriculture and Natural Resources on Nov. 4 as the UC Cooperative Extension water and soil advisor for Sonoma, Marin, Napa and Mendocino counties.

As of 11:59 p.m. at the conclusion of GivingTuesday 2024 on Dec. 3, generous donors gave $106,334 for UC Cooperative Extension and the statewide programs, institutes and research centers that make up UC ANR.