ESPM professor John Battles, alum Lenya Quinn-Davidson (B.S. '04) and Ph.D. candidate Kate Wilkin were highlighted in this Science article on cooperative extension programs across the US. Quinn-Davidson, a CE fire adviser, and Wilkin both participated in Graduate Students in Extension, a program launched by Battles and others that offers up to a year of funding for graduate students to conduct applied research projects and learn the principles of outreach.
Berkeley Lab | May 13, 2016
ESPM assistant adjunct professor Eoin Brodie, deputy director of Berkeley Lab's Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, co-authored a research editorial in mBio that calls for a predictive understanding of Earth's microbiomes to address maintaining our food, energy, and water supplies while inmproving the health of our population and ecosystems. Berkeley Lab will be participating in a new National Microbiome Initiative launched by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
California Magazine | May 12, 2016
NST 198 course "Cooking Healthy on a Budget," to be renamed "Personal Food Security and Wellness," is highlighted in this California Magazine article on the student hunger crisis at UC Berkeley. Launched with a grant from the UC Global Food Initiative, the course is part of expanded campus efforts on improved nutrition and education.
Ars Technica | May 12, 2016
Alumni Bill Hagopian (B.S. '94) and Hope Jahren (Ph.D. '96), who have been working together since their overlapping times at Berkeley, are featured on Ars Technica on the many one-of-a-kind instruments they created to study plants and the deep geological history of Earth's atmosphere. Jahren and Hagopian, her lab manager, have been collaborating since 1996.
The San Diego Union-Tribune | May 11, 2016
ESPM CE Specialist Tom Scott is featured in The San Diego Union-Tribune on the goldspotted borer beetle, which has decimated old-growth trees across Southern California. Scott comments that the estimated number of infested trees is so large that "nobody would believe it."
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat | May 10, 2016
ESPM"s UC Berkeley Forest Bathology and Mycology Lab, run by CE Specialist Matteo Gargelotto, is organizing the annual Sudden Oak Death Blitz in Sonoma County this weekend. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat notes that last year over 500 volunteers took leaf samples from 2,168 trees in the 15-county region.
Mercury News | May 07, 2016
ESPM professor Scott Stephens is featured in this Mercury News article about wildfire risk in California. Stephens notes that CA's naturally dry landscapes make wildfires inevitable, and that climate change is extending the length of a typical fire season, changing what we know about wildfire patterns.
KION News | May 07, 2016
ESPM CE Specialist and adjunct professor Matteo Garbelotto was featured on KION News on Sudden Oak Death, a tree disease that is killing millions of oak trees on CA's Central Coast. Garbelotto comments that SOD has killed more trees in the Big Sur area than elsewhere in the state, due to highly conducive weather conditions.
NBC Bay Area | May 06, 2016
ESPM CE Specialist Bill Stewart is featured in this NBC Bay Area video segment on the massive Fort McMurray fire in Alberta, Canada. Stewart, who leads the UC Center for Fire Research and Outreach noted that the fire is an example of a community living in a fireprone environment surrounded by fuel.