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California 4-H Grown: Article

Early Birds - Register for the Camping Conference!

February 7, 2020
By Suzanne Morikawa
Are you a 4-H camp leader who loves camp? Well, this is the place to be! On April 3-5, 2020 4-H is hosting the California 4-H Camping Conference for camp leaders to expand their knowledge, enhance their leadership skills and dive into ways to improve their camps.
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Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, with part of the tardigrade collection. The Bohart collection includes some 25,000 slide-mounted specimens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Oh, for a Water Bear Sculpture at the Bohart Museum!

January 31, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you can picture a huge water bear (tardigrade) sculpture gracing the entrance to the Bohart Museum of Entomology on Crocker Lane, UC Davis campus, the scientists need your help to make it happen.
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From Soil to Science: Article

2019 Annual Report

January 31, 2020
We are pleased to share our 2019 Annual Report available in two formats! We have our print version and are excited to present our story map version! Special thanks to Michelle Nozzari for putting together the story map version and Deborah Curle for the print version.
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

Nutrition Policy Institute receives grant to study Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income California families

January 29, 2020
By Danielle Lee
Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) Senior Researcher and Policy Advisor Wendi Gosliner, in collaboration with Professor Lia Fernald at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, received a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Equity-Focused Policy Research grant to understand the reaso...
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This is one of the trapdoor spiders, Aptostichus sp., that Jason Bond is studying. (Image by Jason Bond)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Tracking Down Trapdoor Spiders in California

January 28, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Trapdoor spiders can hide, but not for long. Jason Bond, professor and the Schlinger Chair in Insect Systematics, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, has received a 4-year, $1.4 million National Science Foundation grant to study trapdoor spiders in the California Floristic Province.
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Ventura County 4-H: Article

More than 100 Gather to See Local Veterinary Legend Dr. Mike Speak

January 28, 2020
On Saturday, 01/25/2020, we attended Dr. Mike's Speech Event at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in the Clark Livestock Center. It was hosted by the Ventura County 4-H Animal Science. We were event staff, so we helped to run the event and set up as well as clean up.
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The 2019-20 Chancellor’s Fellows, from left: Top row — Christopher Barker, Eleonora Grandi, Jane Gu, Erin Hamilton, Maceo Montoya and Santiago Ramirez. Bottom row — Shalini Satkunanandan, Christopher Simmons, Anne Todgham, Aijun Wang, Megan Welsh and Nicolas Zwyns. (Courtesy of UC Davis Dateline)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Christopher Barker, Santiago Ramirez: Chancellor's Fellows

January 23, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
UC Davis associate professors Christopher Barker and Santiago Ramirez, global leaders in their fields and close affiliates of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, are among the 20th class of Chancellor's Fellows.
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Noticias: Article

Más escuelas están fomentando hábitos de vida saludable

January 22, 2020
By Basilisa M Rawleigh
Roco Rosales, una madre de familia latina residente en el condado de San Bernardino, tena varios obstculos para cumplir con su meta de perder peso y llevar un estilo de vida saludable hasta que encontr ayuda en la escuela de sus hijos.
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