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Entomology PhDs wore insect antennae on their mortarboards. In front (from left) are six new PhDs: Lindsay Mack and Erin "Taylor" Kelly of the Geoffrey Attardo lab; and Christine Tabuloc of the Joanna Chiu lab. In back are Xavier Zahnle of the Jason Bond lab; and Zachary Griebenow and Jill Oberski of the Phil Ward lab.
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Entomology PhDs Ready to 'Knock It Out of the Park'

June 16, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"Your day has finally arrived. And it's truly a great day. It's not just the musical strains of Pomp and Circumstance and all the cheers that make the day feel so good.
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

New research brief shows increased farmers market dollar-for-dollar match for CalFresh shoppers impacts market sales revenues

June 16, 2023
By Danielle Lee, Sridharshi C Hewawitharana, Wendi Gosliner
A new research brief developed by the Nutrition Policy Institute presents findings from an evaluation that examines how changing the maximum dollar-for-dollar match incentive levels offered to CalFresh participants at farmers markets impacted markets sales revenues.
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master gardeners explaining tree attributes to a person who will be planting the tree at home.
Environmental Horticulture News: Article

Trees for Tomorrow Update: Trees Cool 1,900 Urban Heat Islands (updated 10/2024)

June 1, 2023
By Janet S Hartin
A major focus of the UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Master Gardener program in San Bernardino, Riverside and - more recently, Los Angeles County - is to implement the Trees for Tomorrow Start Today project in partnership with over 30 other community-based partners and agencies including the South C...
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UC Davis first-year entomology student Kat Taylor (in ant headgear) staffed the arts-and-crafts table at the Bohart Museum open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Colony of Red Ants Roams the Bohart Museum of Entomology

May 31, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
A colony of red ants recently roamed the Bohart Museum of Entomology. They really weren't red ants, but children wearing ant headgear, created during the family arts-and-crafts activity at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house on ants.
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