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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

New study from Nutrition Policy Institute shows beverages improve in child care after California's 2010 Healthy Beverages in Child Care Act

April 15, 2020
By Danielle Lee
Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) researchers' latest study of 680 licensed child care providers across California evaluating adherence to California's 2010 Healthy Beverages in Child Care Act (CA AB2084) suggests that nearly half were adherent to the policy in 2016, an increase from about one quarte...
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Adult varied carpet beetle on a flower. (Credit: DH Choe)
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Carpet Beetles in the Home

April 15, 2020
Like many, you have probably been doing extra cleaning around the house lately. Have you been finding furry-looking brown casings in the corners of drawers, in the carpet, or in the closet? These might be carpet beetles.
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California 4-H Grown: Article

Thank You to our Volunteers

April 14, 2020
By Gemma M Miner
Dear 4-H Volunteer, Thank you! Thank you for your dedication, courage and your conviction, for bringing your sense of adventure to share and learn alongside the youth that you mentor.
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Drosophila on a raspberry.
Dennis Mathew, University of Nevada, Reno, will speak on
“Mechanism Underlying Starvation-Dependent Modulation of Olfactory Sensory Neurons in the Drosophila Larva” at the PBESA symposium. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

PBESA Meeting: Free Virtual Symposium on Sensory Physiology

April 14, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal is organizing a free, virtual symposium on Recent Advances in Sensory Physiology, zeroing in on such organisms as mosquitoes, honey bees, butterflies and fruit flies, as part of the April 20th meeting of the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of Americ...
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Town Hall on Thursday 4/16; UCPath down times

April 14, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Town Hall Join UC ANR on Thursday, April 16, from 1:3 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. for a town hall meeting. Vice President Humiston will share general updates and host a question/answer session. Vice Provost Mark Bell will discuss innovation in UC ANR in the midst of COVID-19.
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California Naturalists exploring a vernal pool
California Naturalist: Article

Community Science to Connect

April 14, 2020
As stay-at-home and lockdown orders disconnect us from people and places, our access to nature and our nature-loving communities has drastically changed. Contributing to citizen and community science projects (CCS) can help us stay connected.
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