- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Dear colleagues,
As part of the University’s obligation to be transparent and publicly accountable for its conduct, including the way it compensates its faculty and staff, UC is conducting its annual disclosure of systemwide employee compensation for calendar year 2012. This disclosure parallels last year’s payroll disclosure and is consistent with similar practices at many other public institutions.
The 2012 payroll data, along with a summary analysis, is available online at
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
The Ornamental & Environmental Horticulture, Nurseries & Master Gardener Program Team and the Water Resources Program Team will meet on Nov. 13-14, 2013 at the Putah Creek Lodge in Davis. Workgroups will meet on Nov. 12.
Registration and draft agendas will be available soon. Possible agenda topics include new positions, trainings and any agenda suggestions you may have.
Please send suggestions for the agendas to Janet Hartin at jshartin@ucanr.edu or Doug Parker at
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
The five strategic initiative panels reviewed 195 letters of intent (LOI) that were submitted to ANR’s 2013 competitive grants program to identify strong, substantive connections to the initiative priorities. Of those, 70 projects have been selected to submit full proposals, which will be due Friday, Oct. 4.
The LOIs invited to submit full proposals are posted for viewing at http://ucanr.edu/files/171613.pdf.
“The quality of the proposals is outstanding and participation is nearly double the 109 LOIs that we received in 2011,” said Bill Frost, associate vice president.
The full applications will undergo...
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Welcome to the first issue of the Second Street News*! This is your source of current information on the new ANR building located at 2801 Second Street in Davis. Construction is moving along quickly, and committees have been formed to tackle the thousands of details associated with a move of this size. Please don’t hesitate to contact us at http://ucanr.edu/sites/TheNewANRBuilding/Ask_a_Question with any questions or concerns that you may have.
ANR New Building Culture and Communications Committee
*If the newsletter link above doesn’t work for you, copy...
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Dear Colleagues:
Our ANR Strategic Vision was developed to address the numerous complex challenges facing California. Nutrition is one of the more complex problems, ranging from overnutrition to undernutrition, both linked to social-economic, science-health literacy, ethnic-cultural influences and individual and environmental barriers. The nutrition landscape can be improved through research, education and policy.
To address the critical nutrition issues that are impacting California, our nation and the world, ANR is launching the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI). This unit will work closely with the Youth, Families and Communities Statewide Program, which...
