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IWP team adjusts to meet needs of web editors, offers resources

April 25, 2025
By Michael Hsu
IWP resources and issuesSince the launch of Integrated Web Project on March 24, the team has been addressing critical bugs – many of which were expected for a project of this magnitude and complexity (see Known Issues). Please read this roundup of key resources and current issues.IWP Training…
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Anita sampling wine from barrel
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UC Davis invites UC ANR to Remembrance Ceremony May 19

April 25, 2025
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
 UC ANR employees are invited to join UC Davis on Monday, May 19, as the campus honors its community members who have passed away over the last year. Among the people who will be remembered is Anita Oberholster, a wine chemist and professor of Cooperative Extension in the Department of Viticulture…
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John Pehrson, standing behind a walker, smiles under the John E. Pehrson Hall sign on the building named in his honor.
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In memoriam: John E. Pehrson

April 21, 2025
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
 John E. Pehrson, UC Cooperative Extension citrus specialist emeritus, died on Jan. 30 in La Verne. He was 97. Pehrson joined UCCE as a farm advisor in 1953 for Orange County, moved to UCCE in Tulare County as a citrus advisor in 1966, then became a …
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South Coast REC seeks research proposals by April 28

April 14, 2025
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
 South Coast Research and Extension Center is accepting research proposals for the 2025-2026 season. With about 20 acres of available land in the heart of temperate Irvine, South Coast REC is the prime spot for research on a wide variety of agronomic crops, ornamental plants and natural resources…
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