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Thomas Sparks at his desk. He was the first graduate student of UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock.
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No Generation Gap in this 'Family of Scientists'

September 10, 2019
Let's see...John Casida, Bruce Hammock and now Thomas Sparks. You probably recognize their names as exemplary scientists affiliated with the University of California system. They all meshed entomology, chemistry and toxicology and biochemistry.
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Mohamed Nouri
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Names in the News

August 30, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Nouri named UCCE orchard systems advisor for San Joaquin County Mohamed Nouri joined UC Cooperative Extension on July 1, 2019, as an orchard systems advisor serving San Joaquin County.
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Future entomologists? A group of students in a Bay Area three-week insect class, taught by SaveNature.Org, poses for a photo.
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Youths Experience the Joy of Insects

August 16, 2019
Do you remember when insects first fascinated you or when you developed a love of insects? Odds are that the children who attend the SaveNature.Org insect-themed sessions in Berkeley will.
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July 2019 News clips (July 1-15)

July 31, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Inside The Lives Of Farmworkers: Top 5 Lessons I Learned On The Ground (NPR) Dan Charles, July 15 Philip Martin, an economist at the University of California, Davis, who's spent his professional life studying farm labor markets, says employers are adapting to the worker shortage in four different wa...
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Soda taxes have been proven to reduce consumption.
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Soda tax advocates ride a political roller-coaster

July 26, 2019
When Genoveva Islas was 12 years old, she was responsible for giving insulin injections to her diabetic tia, her aunt. Tia lost her toes, lost her leg, lost her life, Islas said. This is a very important fight.
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