ANR News Releases

News releases share the latest updates on Extension activities and impact by scientists and staff across UC Agriculture and Natural Resources.

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources professionals are working and available. (Photo: Pixabay)

ANR is still working for Californians

March 18, 2020

By Linda Forbes

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources is available to assist Californians across the state during the new coronavirus crisis.

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Former dean Gordon Rausser has gifted $50 million to Berkeley’s College of Natural Resources, the largest amount ever received by the college. (UC Berkeley photo by Keegan Houser)

UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources receives $50 million gift

March 3, 2020

By Jeannette Warnert

The College of Natural Resources at the University of California, Berkeley, has been renamed the Rausser College of Natural Resources in honor of a landmark $50 million gift by Gordon Rausser, former dean of the college and the Robert Gordon Sproul Distinguished Professor Emeritus of agricultural an...

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Field of strawberries growing out of plastic mulch with weeds between rows.

Clif Bar invests in University of California’s first-ever organic research institute

January 23, 2020

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

The University of California system's first-ever institute for organic research and education will be established in the UC's Agriculture and Natural Resources division (UC ANR) with a $500,000 endowment gift from Clif Bar & Company and $500,000 in matching funds from UC President Janet Napolitano.

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UC scientists help the ag industry face pest problems on their farms and ranches. (Photo: Michael Rosenblum)

UC ANR is improving California life with science-based solutions

December 20, 2019

By Jeannette Warnert

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources reflected on some of its most compelling achievements in a report that provides an overview of the sweeping impacts its scientists and educators made in 2018.

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The 2018 River Fire started about 60 feet from Glenn McGourty's home, but the wind blew smoke away from his grapes. Photo by Glenn McGourty'

Where there is fire, is there smoke flavor in winegrapes?

December 19, 2019

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

UPDATED: Viticultural area is Kelsey Bench, not Kelseyville Bench. UC Cooperative Extension study shows smoke damage to grapes not uniform across vineyards By the time the Mendocino Complex Fires were officially contained on Oct.

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