ANR Employee News
February 2024
UC goes to Washington
Vice President Glenda Humiston and Associate Vice President Brent Hales were joined by 19 UC ANR representatives for the Council for Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching and Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities...
UC ANR gives growing advice, discusses ag tech at World Ag Expo
Visitors to World Ag Expo on Feb. 13-15 in Tulare had numerous opportunities to meet with UC ANR scientists and staff to learn about their research and resources. At a booth hosted by Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center,...
Meet your Staff Assembly Council during Lunch and Learns at South Coast, Kearney, Hopland
Sessions include free lunch, brief presentation on Staff Assembly and a tour or hike Your UC ANR Staff Assembly Council is hitting the road this spring! All UC ANR staff are invited to meet Council members and learn about Staff Assembly and...
Names in the News
Jegede joins UCCE as agricultural toxicology specialist Olukayode “Kayode” Jegede joined UC ANR on Jan. 2 as an assistant professor of Cooperative Extension for agricultural toxicology with the Department of Molecular Biosciences,...
Doris Calloway, who changed nutrition, remembered in series of articles
For Women's History Month in March, Doris Howes Calloway, who passed away in 2001, has a career worth exploring. The pioneering nutrition scientist who served as a researcher and administrator at UC Berkeley for 27 years is being honored by her...
Celebration Corner
Zalom receives DPR Lifetime IPM Achievement Award Frank Zalom, UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus and former director of the UC Statewide IPM Program, recently received the Lifetime IPM Achievement Award from the California...
Share your favorite Extension methods March 27
Academics and staff who want training, networking and new extension ideas are invited to join the Sustainable Food Systems Strategic Initiative panel for a webinar featuring lightning presentations by UC ANR colleagues showcasing valuable extension...
Review evaluation process and learn about support tools
The annual performance evaluation is an opportunity for staff and supervisors to recognize accomplishments, identify opportunities to build skills, and align individual efforts to high-level unit and division goals. The evaluation review period runs from...
L&D - Accessibility guidelines, visualization for storytelling, UCD Library, inclusive training, Giving Day
UC ANR Learning & Development Landing page | Archived webinars | Learning platforms Extension Methods & DeliveryBuilding SupportEquity, Diversity, InclusionOffice, Team, & Personal...
Help promote COVID, flu vaccination
An informational campaign to raise awareness of COVID-19 and Influenza vaccination among migrant workers who speak Mexican indigenous languages has been created by Ricardo Vela, manager of News and Information Outreach in Spanish; Amira Resnick,...
Extension professionals gather to form climate-action plan
More than 40 Cooperative Extension professionals from across the U.S. and outlying territories gathered recently in Tucson, Arizona, for Cooperative Extension's first national Climate Action Convening. Individuals from land-grant institutions met with...
UCCE academics enliven Western Region International Plant Propagators’ Society meeting
In late January, the University of California Nursery and Floriculture Alliance co-hosted the 62nd Western Region International Plant Propagators' Society (WR-IPPS) Annual Meeting in Temecula. UCNFA, associated with the Nursery and Floriculture...
Review evaluation process and learn about support tools
The annual performance evaluation is an opportunity for staff and supervisors to recognize accomplishments, identify opportunities to build skills, and align individual efforts to high-level unit and division goals. The evaluation review period runs from...
Pesticide policy trainings set for spring
The Office of Pesticide Information and Coordination has opened online registration for its annual UC ANR Pesticide Policy Update Trainings. This training is intended for campus, research and extension center, and county-based UC ANR personnel who...
In memoriam: Dorina M. Espinoza
With tremendous sadness, we mark the passing and remember the impact of our friend, colleague and mentor, Dorina Espinoza, who passed away Oct. 10 after a brief illness. One of her University of California colleagues, Irene Padasas, said it best,...
In memoriam: Helen Underhill
Helen Cope Underhill, former UC Cooperative Extension home advisor, passed away Jan. 2, 2024, at age 99. After attending Cooperative Extension home demonstration club meetings with her mother when she was a young girl in Alabama, Underhill decided she...
In memoriam: Jeane Johnson
Jeane Greenawalt Johnson, former 4-H home advisor in Ventura County, died Feb. 2 in Los Gatos. She was 97. Johnson graduated from Kansas State University with a bachelor's degree in home economics in 1947 and later a bachelor's degree in education...
Contact
Pamela S Kan-Rice
Title: Assistant Director, News and Information Outreach
Address:
2801 Second Street
180
Davis, CA 95618-7779
Phone: (530) 750-1221
Email:
pam.kanrice@ucanr.edu