Youth Development

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Martha Leija and Mario Preciado and their daughter Valentina, 8, a family from Mexico City, check over the morpho butterflies. At right is Bohart associate Greg Kareofelas. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

The Morphos! The Monarchs! The Bohart!

March 28, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When the Bohart Museum of Entomology hosts an open house, a sure crowd-pleaser is the global Lepidoptera collection, which totals some 500,000 specimens--60 percent moths and 40 percent butterflies.
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Además de obtener un entendimiento más profundo de las comidas indígenas y sus propiedades nutricionales, los jóvenes que terminaron el programa de verano obtuvieron un recetario de las comidas indígenas estadounidenses. Fotografía por Cailin McLallllughlin.
Comunidades Saludables: Article

El programa CalFresh Healthy Living de UC ayuda a jóvenes indígenas a conocer y saborear sus platillos tradicionales

March 24, 2023
By Basilisa M Rawleigh
El centro Foothill Indian Education Alliance, localizado en la ciudad de Placerville, adems de ser una academia en donde se ofrece tutora, hay tambin otras actividades culturales disponibles para los jvenes de los condados de El Dorado y Amador afiliados a la amplia diversidad de tribus nativas esta...
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With UC Davis students (right) assisting at the Bohart Museum arts-and-crafts table, artists create arthropods and other critters, using modeling clay. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

'Undescribed Species' Discovered at the Bohart Museum

March 22, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"Spiders have been around for 400 million years and they are an incredibly diverse group with more than 50,000 species described with probably another 200,000 remaining to yet be discovered.
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Puesto de los Jardineros Maestros en un Festival Latino
Nuestra Comunidad: Article

La tierra nos alimenta - March 2023

March 21, 2023
By Basilisa M Rawleigh
Saludos a los jardineros maestros, especialmente a la clase del 2023! Los Jardineros (Gardeners) es un grupo pequeo que anhela ayudar, a las comunidades, en desventaja, a cultivar sus propios alimentos y a aprender los conceptos bsicos de la jardinera.
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UC Davis doctoral student Emma Jochim answers questions at her station. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Bohart Museum Open House: Many Legs, Many Eyes, Many Ears, Many Hands

March 21, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology open house, "Many-Legged Wonders," presented March 18 in its Academic Surge Building, proved to be not only "many legs," but many eyes and ears, as families drove from far and wide to see and hear about spiders, scorpions, vinegaroons, centipedes, millipedes,...
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Youth with rabbit. In front of a judge.
Youth Development Insights: Article

To Help Youth Cultivate a Growth Mindset, Focus on Exhibition, Not Competition

March 20, 2023
By JoLynn C Miller
A key component for youth on their thriving pathway is cultivating a growth mindset. Youth with a strong growth mindset view challenges as opportunities to learn and grow. When young people possess a growth mindset, they are more resilient, and better able to adapt to challenging situations.
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A Western tiger swallowtail, Papilio rutulus, in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Big Bioblitz Set April 29 at UC Davis: Plants, Animals and More

March 15, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Mark your calendar! A BioBlitz is set from 9 to 11 a.m., Saturday, April 29 in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. It's being hosted by UC Davis doctoral student Grace Horne of the Department of Entomology and Nematology.
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A young boy reaches for fruit in the cafeteria lunch line.
Food Blog: Article

Universal school meals increased student participation, lessened stigma

March 14, 2023
By Danielle Lee, Lorrene D Ritchie, Wendi Gosliner
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated food and nutrition challenges. Many families initially lost access to meals offered by school and childcare facilities, experienced unemployment or work reductions, and faced increasing prices for food and other necessities.
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