Youth Development

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Kira Olmos, 5, of Winters reacts to her first encounter with a stick insect at a Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. This candid image won a silver award in the ACE competition. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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UC Davis, UC ANR Communicators Win Awards

June 23, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Hats off to the communicators affiliated with the University of California, Davis, and the UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) for their international awards.
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Ventura County 4-H: Article

California 4-H Mindfulness Retreat

June 19, 2020
The California 4-H Mindfulness Retreat by Claire B., Santa Rosa Valley 4-H The California 4-H offers a Mindfulness Retreat each year in Cambria at Camp Ocean Pines. The goal of the retreat for members to develop their health and learn strategies to practice mindfulness.
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UC ANR is dedicated to confronting racism and working to help create an open and equitable society
Healthy Communities Blog: Article

Diversity • Equity • Inclusion

June 19, 2020
By Glenda L Humiston
UC ANR and the entire UC community are dedicated to helping create the open and equitable society to which we are all entitled.
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UC Cooperative Extension, Ventura County: Article

4-H Sustainable You! Virtual Summer Camp Offered

June 16, 2020
By Rose M Hayden-Smith
Youth ages 9-12 will have an opportunity to learn what it means to be sustainable through fun activities in a virtual summer camp. The camp will be held July 20-24th, with campers meeting online daily from 10-11:30 a.m. The camp is free of charge, but pre-registration is required.
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UC Davis fourth-year student Jessica Macaluso stands next to artist Robert Arneson's egghead sculpture in front of Mrak Hall. She will receive her bachelor's degree in psychology this fall.
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How a Student's 'A' Term Paper Went on to Win a Campuswide Competition

June 12, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
This is a story about how a student's "A" term paper in an entomology professor's went on to win a campuswide competition. When UC Davis fourth-year student Jessica Macaluso enrolled in a longevity class taught by UC Davis distinguished professor of entomology James R.
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An Australian walking stick (stick insect) gets some attention at a SaveNature.Org program. (Photo by Norm Gershenz)
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Coming June 12: A Virtual Insect Palooza with the Insect Discovery Lab

June 11, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The wonderful world of insects! And right in your living room! If you'd like to take a world tour and learn about such fascinating insects as darkling beetles, Australian walking sticks, giant African millipedes and others, be sure to sign up for the "Virtual Insect Palooza with the Insect Discovery...
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