ANR Update

The University of California Board of Regents will hold a virtual special meeting on Tuesday, July 7, at 3:30 p.m. PDT starting with the closed session of the Governance Committee. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting will be conducted entirely as a teleconference and start with public comment.

Dear Colleagues, As we prepare to celebrate a physically distanced Independence Day (I do hope you enjoy some safe social connections), I'd like to take this opportunity to wish you a safe and relaxing holiday.

Carefully resuming in-person activities UC ANR issued Stage 2 Safety Standards on May 20. Since then, many California counties have begun to modify stay-at-home orders to allow for additional lower risk activities to resume under advanced Stage 2 of the California resilience roadmap.

We are pleased to announce that Ashraf El-kereamy is our new director of Lindcove Research & Extension Center. Ashraf will start his new duties on July 1, 2020, and continue to serve as a Cooperative Extension specialist in the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences at UC Riverside.

The University of California is committed to maintaining the highest standards of conduct in the fulfillment of its education, research, public service and patient care mission.