Youth Development

Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

Affiliated Nutrition Policy Institute researcher Lauren Au weighs in on proposed new USDA school nutrition standards in CNN and The New York Times

February 4, 2023
By Danielle Lee, Lorrene D Ritchie
In a recent CNN article, Lauren Au, Assistant Professor at the University of California, Davis in the Department of Nutrition and an affiliated researcher with the Nutrition Policy Institute, shared her thoughts on the proposed changes to school nutrition standards.
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Not through Feb 20, 2023 SNAP can be used for hot foods in select counties including San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara
Healthy Youth, Families, and Communities: Article

Severe winter storms, power outages, and CalFresh Food

February 2, 2023
By Shannon Klisch
It has been several weeks since we experienced flooding and power outages in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties but that doesn't mean that everything is back to normal. Many people experienced power outages and damage from flooding.
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Associate dean Jason Bond leads professor Lynn Kimsey into the Bohart Museum after informing her of "the water leakage." At right is doctoral student Iris Quayle from the Bond lab.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

'A Water Leak' That Turned Into a Surprise Birthday Party

February 1, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's Saturday night, and UC Davis professor Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, is home, thinking about "what's for dinner" and concerned about the historic storms that recently drenched the campus.
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

New study shows variation of WIC participants’ perceptions and satisfaction with WIC nutrition education and services by race, ethnicity, and language preference

January 25, 2023
By Danielle Lee, Lorrene D Ritchie
The federal Special Supplemental Nutrition program for Women, Infants and Children, known as WIC, aims to safeguard the health of over 6 million low-income women, infants, and children up to age 5 in the United States by providing nutritious foods, information on healthy eating, and referrals for ad...
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An enthusiastic little girl (future entomologist?) buries her head in a beetle display at the Bohart Museum open house, much to the delight of UC Berkeley associate professor and carabid beetle specialist Kipling "Kip" Will. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Beetlemania at the Bohart: Something Clicked

January 23, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Something clicked at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on "Beetlemania" last Sunday afternoon at the University of California, Davis. But it was not the click beetles. That "click" was the love of science in general, and the love of beetles, in particular.
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