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Lenna Ontai receives ANR award
Lenna Ontai, a Cooperative Extension specialist of HCD, has received a 2009 ANR Distinguished Service Award for her outstanding teamwork on the EatFit nutrition education program, which aims to promote healthy eating behavior among adolescents.
ANR News and Information Outreach
ANR Report, May 19, 2009 (page 5)
Change in the Central Valley
"Professor Jonathan London of the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences advocates a multidisciplinary approach to Central Valley studies, one that relies on collaborative partnerships with community organizations to ensure that research is relevant to people in the region. London is director of the UC Davis Center for Regional Change (CRC), which serves as a link between the university and the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada regions. Through the Center for Regional Change, faculty from various departments—human and community development, landscape architecture, plant sciences, agricultural and resource economics, sociology, and others—are addressing the challenges faced by the valley."
"Rapid population growth and related economic and cultural dynamism in California's Central Valley is changing the face of the most productive and diverse farming region in the nation. The Central Valley stretches approximately 400 miles from Bakersfield to Redding. The fastest-growing area of the state, it is home to 6.6 million residents, with a population projected to nearly double by 2040. Most of the growth is due to residents from the coastal areas
of California moving to the valley to seek jobs or cheaper housing. The immigrant population is growing as well, increasing ethnic diversity in the valley."
Change in the Central Valley Impact report by College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
[More CAES Impact reports available at: http://impact.ucdavis.edu/].
Students present research
On Saturday April 25 we had a great event on campus — Twentieth Annual UC Davis Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference, co-sponsored by the Office of Provost and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. http://urc.ucdavis.edu.
Paige Seegan (right) and sponsor Professor Adrienne Nishina
Selena Vasti
Paige Seegan shows her poster to Associate Dean Diane Ullman
Our Human Development majors participated in the Conference and presented their projects.
Paige Seegan: Senior, Human Development and Psychology double major. Faculty sponsor for the project — Adrienne Nishina. The title of the poster is "Stability in Adolescent Same-and Cross-Gender Best Friendship." Abstract: Paige Seegan
Elena Vasti: Senior, Human Development major, Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior minor. Sponsor for the project — Barbara Lehman. The title of the poster is "The Age of Homelessness: A Needs Assessment of the Elderly Homeless Population in Davis, California." Abstract: Elena Vasti
Our student presenters are recognized for their contribution to university research by being awarded a certificate as an Undergraduate Research Scholar. We congratulate Paige Seegan and Elena Vasti for their accomplishments and hope that that experience helps to launch productive and satisfying academic and professional careers.
Janet Thompson receives award!
Janet Thompson, Director of the Early Childhood Lab, and Prof. Ross Thompson, Dept. of Psychology, received an award on March 12 for "Research Accomplishments on behalf of Child Development Programs," presented by CCDAA (California Child Development Administrators Association). The Thompsons co-wrote the Social-Emotional Development section of the California Preschool Learning Foundations, a publication of the California Dept. of Education.
Link: Center for Child and Family Studies
Study to look at area youth
Interdisciplinary project draws on researchers from Davis, Sacramento "The Healthy Youth, Healthy Regions study will focus on disparities in four areas that affect the well-being of children, adolescents and young adults in the Sacramento region: education, health, employment and civic engagement." Dateline Article, May 15, 2009
CRD graduate Morgan Kanninen launches community bike shop for migrant workers.
Center for Regional Change
Collaboration on innovative research in California's Central Valley and Sierra Nevada.