ANR Adventures

It's that week of the UC ANR year when a number of our colleagues prepare for their next act. Some are retiring, some are just moving on. Hopefully all are excited about their post-ANR adventure. While I was attending a LEAD21 Board meeting last week, the program manager shared graduate statistics.

These days we get in our cars, put our foot on the brake, and press a button to start the vehicle. It is so simple. Yet it's really not. Have you ever thought about the fine details of all that needs to go right for the car to actually start? Air travel is the same way.

I am in Pennsylvania the first part of this week for a conference. I under-dressed for the rain and cold that will be in the Mid-Atlantic states all week. I don't miss the humidity of the Eastern U.S. The conference is interesting but I was most looking forward to the tours.

Odd that people from the Oakland office came to Davis Monday to cool off, citing that their homes in the Bay area don't have air conditioners and that it was actually cooler in Davis. That didn't last long.

We did it! Yesterday, 281 donors gave $100,000 to UC ANR programs. THANK YOU to each and every generous donor! So many good things will come as a result of the support.