Youth Development

Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

NPI welcomes Erica Martinez Resendiz as new project policy analyst

April 10, 2023
By Lorrene D Ritchie, Danielle Lee
Erica Martinez Resendiz joined the Nutrition Policy Institute as a project policy analyst on April 3, 2023. Erica, who began her work at NPI as a graduate student, received her master's in public health with a concentration in public health nutrition from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health.
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UC IPM staff Belinda Messenger-Sikes interacting with public. Photo credit: Chinh Lam.
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Visit UC IPM at Picnic Day 2023

April 10, 2023
By Lauren Fordyce
This Saturday, April 15th, is the annual UC Davis Picnic Day event! Stop by the UC Statewide IPM Program's booth from 9am to 3pm in the entomology building, Briggs Hall.
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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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