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UC Davis entomology major Lohitashwa “Lohit” Garikipati showed his praying mantises at a Bohart Museum open house last September. He will be showing his collection on Saturday, Feb. 17 during the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Praying Mantises to Draw Attention at UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day

January 31, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's about value. It's about respect. It should not be about fear. UC Davis entomology major Lohitashwa Lohit Garikipati, who will be displaying his praying mantis collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology during the seventh annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb.
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Monthly news round up: January 2018

January 31, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Woodland as ag hub topic of forum (Woodland Daily Democrat) Jenice Tupolo, Jan. 30 Developing Woodland as an agricultural center is becoming more of a reality, even as local organizations worked together in creating a forum focused on agricultural innovation in Yolo County. ...
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A beekeeping class at the UC Davis Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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UC Davis Bee Symposium: Speakers Announced

January 30, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
DAVIS--Keynote speaker at the fourth annual UC Davis Bee Symposium: Keeping Bees Healthy, set Saturday, March 3 in the UC Davis Conference Room on Alumni Drive, is noted bee scientist/professor/author Tom Seeley of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., who will speak on "Darwinian Beekeeping.
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A four-year pilot archive project begun after the UCCE centennial in 2014.
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Federal grant to fund preservation of UCCE history

January 29, 2018
By Jeannette Warnert
An ongoing effort to collect, digitally preserve and share 100 years of historical records by the UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) has earned the UC Merced Library a more than $300,000 grant.
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A four-year pilot archive project began after the UCCE centennial in 2014.
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Federal grant to fund preservation of UCCE history

January 29, 2018
By Jeannette Warnert
An ongoing effort to collect, digitally preserve and share 100 years of historical records by the UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) has earned the UC Merced Library a more than $300,000 grant.
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Phillipp Brand, a graduate student in the Santiago Ramirez lab, UC Davis Department of Evolution and Ecology, and a member of the Population Biology Graduate Group, won the Graduate Student Research Poster competition last year. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Are You a Graduate Student Involved in Pollinator Research?

January 26, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you're a graduate student engaged in pollinator research, you may want to enter the Graduate Student Research Poster competition, to take place Saturday, March 3 during the fourth annual UC Davis Bee Symposium in the UC Davis Conference Center. The winners will share $1800 in cash prizes.
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