ANR Employee News

Oberholster pioneered research into how wildfire smoke affected grapes and wine Anita Oberholster, a wine chemist and professor of Cooperative Extension in the Department of Viticulture and Enology at University of California, Davis, died Jan. 11 after a long battle with cancer. She was 50.

UC ANR advisors, staff research methods in conserving highly perishable product If you visited the greenhouse at the University of California South Coast Research and Extension Center in early fall, you would have smelled a sweet aroma with notes of lemon, pepper and licorice.

Dear UC ANR Colleagues: For everyone across UC ANR, 2024 has been an extraordinary year of research and extension activities that have made a true difference in so many lives.

To comply with UC-wide policy to protect UC ANR and its employees' data, IT is taking steps to strengthen security for logins. The following changes to the Duo authentication process will go into effect on Jan. 13, 2025. Please make sure to have your Duo Mobile application up-to-date.

Holtz receives Almond Technical Achievement Award Brent Holtz, UC Cooperative Extension orchard systems advisor, received the 2024 Almond Board of California's Almond Technical Achievement Award on Dec. 11 at the Almond Conference, held at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center in Sacramento.