Posts Tagged: Thomas and Nina Leigh Distinguished Alumni Seminar

He'll Give the Leigh Distinguished Seminar

It's quite an honor to be singled out to deliver the Thomas and Nina Leigh Distinguished Alumni Seminar, hosted annually by the UC Davis Department of Entomology. This year's recipient is Marc Tatar, an authority on the aging of...

Professor Marc Tatar of Brown State University, Providence, R.I., will deliver the Thomas and Nina Leigh Distinguished Alumni Seminar at UC Davis on Dec. 5.

Professor Marc Tatar of Brown State University, Providence, R.I., will deliver the Thomas and Nina Leigh Distinguished Alumni Seminar at UC Davis on Dec. 5.

In Pursuit of Ants

Ants are such tiny critters. But they're much more than that. Much more. Ant specialist Brian Fisher, an entomologist with the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, describes ants as "industrious, tenacious workers who live in colonies and...

Ants crawl along a vine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ants crawl along a vine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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