ANR Employee News

Mary Bianchi, UC Cooperative Extension horticulture advisor emeritus, died on Nov. 4. She was 67. Bianchi served the University of California for 32 years, with the last 26 years of her UCCE career in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.

Tail length, fur color, eye size, ear shape and nose structure are some of the characteristics highlighted during the Rodent Speed Dating ID activity at West Coast Rodent Academy (WCRA). If you thought you would find rats at WCRA, you wouldn't be wrong.

Vice President Glenda Humiston and the Strategic Visioning Committee are pleased to announce the release of the UC ANR Strategic Vision 2040, which will guide our work, structure and resource allocation to optimize and align our research, programs and partnerships over the next 15 years.

The first UC ANR Leadership Academy has been launched with a cohort of 20 ANR members. The program, which is being conducted in collaboration with Coro Northern California, held the first of its 10 sessions in August and just finished the sixth session.

In October, Vice President Glenda Humiston, Associate Vice President Brent Hales, and Research and Extension Center directors Ashraf El-kereamy and Atef Swelam attended three global food and agriculture events in Italy, met with key leaders of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN...