Dr. John E. Boynton, a UC Davis alumnus, retired Duke University professor, and renowned expert on photosynthesis, has bequeathed a generous gift from his estate to establish a graduate student fellowship at UC Davis in honor of his mentor, UC Davis tomato geneticist Charles M. Rick, Jr. Boynton passed away last summer at the age…
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Each day this week, leading up to Valentine’s Day, campus is posting a “first love” nature story, written by campus scientists, on the “What Can I Do About Climate Change?” blog. As noted by Kat Kerlin, who created this blog series, “I believe that direct experience with the natural world, particularly as young people, can…
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Raymond Huffaker, Professor Emeritus in the Dept. of Agronomy and Range Science (now the Dept. of Plant Sciences) at UC Davis, made a funding gift to the Plant Sciences Graduate Student Research Assistantship (GSR) pool. Plant Sciences will award a Ray Huffaker GSR Award of up to $5,000 each year to Plant Sciences graduate students…
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I might be just the kind of person the state’s founders envisioned when on March 23, 1868 – 150 years ago Friday – they chartered the University of California. A fourth-generation California rice grower, I was able to go to a world-class university and pursue an advanced degree, thanks to California’s system of public higher…
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by Bill Rains, Melvin George, and Paul Gepts A Lasting Legacy The Division of Agronomy was one of the first divisions in the College of Agriculture established at UC Berkeley in 1868, and it was one of the first divisions to move to the farm at Davis, California. This early division evolved into an academic…
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April 10, 1920 — June 13, 2016 Kay Ryugo died peacefully in Boise, Idaho, on June 13, 2016. He was born on April 10, 1920, to Juntaro and Mutsu Ryugo in Sacramento, California. During World War II, he served stateside in the 442nd Regimental Battalion and 100th Infantry Battalion. He attended UC Davis and completed…
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Gurdev Khush, an adjunct professor in the Department of Plant Sciences, and winner of the World Food Prize, is featured in an archive about Punjabis who settled in the Sacramento Valley and elsewhere in California, farming the land and building a community. Quick Summary More than 100 years of history shared through videos, photos, diaries…
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by Natalie Jacewicz, NPR Celery, the mild-mannered straight man of the vegetable world, packs a puny six calories per stalk and — in my opinion — about as much flavor as a desk lamp. Yet despite its limitations, the fibrous plant has featured in Mediterranean and East Asian civilizations for thousands of years. The paradox…
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By Pat Bailey Quick Summary Two families rooted in agriculture and UC Davis Agriculture took Rich and Evelyne Rominger from Davis to D.C. June 9 gala set for presentation of UC Davis’ highest honor Alumni Richard and Evelyne Rominger, who for decades have played prominent roles in the community and in statewide and national…
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By Pat Bailey Quick Summary Breeding program started at UC Berkeley in late 1920s Revived in 1952 at UC Davis after WWII hiatus Program honored by Spain in 1999 for 50 years of strawberry breeding The University of California strawberry breeding program began at UC Berkeley, led by plant pathologist Harold E. Thomas and breeder…
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