ANR Employees

Dear UC ANR Colleagues,I have important news to share regarding a change to our executive leadership team. Associate Vice President Brent Hales will be stepping away from his role at UC ANR, effective today, to pursue other professional opportunities. We are grateful for the contributions he has…

By Robyn Schelenz The University of California has always focused on bringing the fruits of its scientific research out of the lab and into the real world, but rarely has it had better ambassadors for its efforts than those in 4-H, the UC-administered youth development program known by its iconic four…

ANR Colleagues,Please join a special two-hour digital accessibility training via Zoom, 2-4 p.m. on Jan. 15, with guest speaker Sharon Goldrup, corporate accessibility trainer and curriculum design manager for Deque Systems. As we previously announced, all University of California…

 As 2025 comes to a close, I want to thank each and every one of you for everything that you do for our communities all across California.You are the reason we are able to share the latest science and develop the partnerships and programs that help solve many of our most pressing challenges – in…

Yu Meng offers tips for reducing food waste from holiday feasts.

 As of 11:59 p.m. on GivingTuesday 2025, UC ANR’s generous donors contributed over $142,000 to Cooperative Extension and the statewide programs, institutes, and research centers that make up the UC ANR network. That included more than $33,000 to support California 4-H youth.This was…

The UCCE San Diego team decorated gingerbread houses with UC ANR themes as a team-building exercise.

Farm Smart personnel, UCCE advisors, CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE educators and UC Master Gardeners are partnering on a CDFA Farm to School project to foster students’ knowledge in food, nutrition and agriculture.

UC ANR colleagues won awards, participated in events and celebrated together.

 More than 200 farmers, technologists, researchers, students and partners gathered at Lindcove Research and Extension Center on Dec. 5 for the fourth and final VINE Connect Field Day of 2025.The event marked a milestone: one year since the program launched, with attendance more than doubling since the…

Five new AES faculty joined the founding nine AES faculty at UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz campuses: Joshua Garcia, Andrea Joyce, Crystal Kolden, Madeleine Fairbairn and Pallab Sarker.

A webinar on using artificial intelligence and advanced data analytics in Cooperative Extension work is now available on YouTube.

Anderson Safre joined UC ANR on Dec. 1 as a UC Cooperative Extension specialist and Lydia Tymon joined UC ANR on Oct. 1 as the new UCCE environmental horticulture advisor serving San Bernardino and Riverside counties.

Yana Valachovic has joined the UC ANR Policy Institute as interim associate director for Natural Ecosystems and Working Landscapes.

UC ANR Learning & DevelopmentLanding page | Archived webANRs | Learning resourcesExtension Methods & DeliveryBuilding SupportInclusion & BelongingOffice, Team, & Personal DevelopmentEXTENSION METHODS & DELIVERY Advancing Environmental Education Practice…

A series of winter seminars hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology will be available in person and online.

As a follow-up to our earlier communication regarding the temporary internal hire prioritization process implemented in response to the SNAP-Ed funding loss, we want to provide an update as we prepare to transition back to our standard open recruitment requirements. The temporary internal-priority process…

President Milliken has launched a new series in which he interviews leaders powering positive change across the university, and others with unique perspectives on business, science, the arts and more.

The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) announced the launch of the Resilient Agriculture Finance and Insurance Research Collaborative, a research initiative to advance finance and insurance solutions…