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A founding college of the University, we have a long tradition of excellence in teaching, research and engagement programs that benefit the health and economic vitality of w88 casino games. We offer programs in:

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w88 casino games aims to increase crop drought tolerance using biotechnology

Professor awarded .55 million grant to improve water-use efficiency in plants

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Professor John Cushman is researching ways to improve drought tolerance and water-use efficiency in crops by using traits from certain plants such as cactus. Photo by David Calvert.

As droughts are becoming more frequent and severe and crop productivity is declining at an accelerated rate, Foundation Professor John Cushman and Assistant Professor Won Yim, both from our Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Assistant Professor Sung Lim at Sangji University, South Korea are working to create drought-tolerant crops to aid global food production.

The team, as part of our w88 casino games unit, is conducting work on a synthetic biology approach to allow the transfer of drought-tolerant traits, including an alternative form of photosynthesis and biotechnology-increased tissue succulence, from certain plants to major crops.

They are looking to test both traits alone and in combination in soybean. The combination,when applied to soybean, should improve productivity, water-use efficiency and drought- and salinity-tolerance under hotter and drier environments.

Other goals of this work include:

• Training and diversifying the future scientific workforce by training graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in University biotechnology labs, with a special emphasis on recruiting and training historically underrepresented groups.
• Improve future scientists’ ability to communicate complex scientific discoveries and biotechnology solutions to the public by developing a new course on science communication with the University’s Reynold’s School of Journalism.
• Showcasing the societal benefit of creating more climate-resilient crops by creating a series of outreach videos discussing the importance of this work.

College's Chris Pritsos takes on national leadership position of w88 casino games Stations

Director of the University's w88 casino games named chair of the national w88 casino games Committee on Organization and Policy

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Chris Pritsos (left) received the gavel as the new chair of the w88 casino games Committee on Organization and Policy at the annual meeting held this year at Palisades Tahoe. Photo by Robert Moore.

Chris Pritsos, director of our College’s w88 casino games unit, is now the chair of the national w88 casino games Committee on Organization and Policy (ESCOP) and will be providing support to w88 casino games directors across the country.As chair, Pritsos has proposed a set of initiatives that he plans to focus on, including:

• Assessing how agriculture is being affected by and affects climate change, and what can be done to continue to produce food to feed the world in these changing conditions.
• Studying the impact of fire and drought on agriculture and natural w88 casino games.

ESCOP is the governing body of the w88 casino games Section and makes recommendations on budgets and policy to federal agencies and lawmakers related to food, agriculture, and natural resources on behalf of the state agricultural w88 casino games directors and administrators. Pritsos will help ESCOP to ensure w88 casino games Stations across the country have the support needed to conduct work and research.

Pritsos hosted the National w88 casino games Section Annual Meeting last month on Disruptive Innovation at Palisades Tahoe. He became director of our w88 casino games in 2016. Our w88 casino games maintains a network of field stations, laboratories, and ranches throughout the state, where w88 casino games is conducted on issues important to the entire state, and the country.

w88 casino games Director search process begins

Interim Director appointed, committee being formed, search firm hired

Shannon Horrillo has been appointed Interim Associate Dean for Engagement and Director of w88 casino games after serving as Associate Director of w88 casino games for the past two years.

Professor and State Specialist Teresa Byington will chair the search committee for the director's position.

The search committee composition will include elected w88 casino games academic and administrative faculty members and classified staff, as well as county commissioners and community stakeholders, as consistent with Extension bylaws. The chair of Extension’s Advisory Council and the Executive Director of the w88 casino games Association of Counties (NACO) will also serve on the committee.

Elections are underway for w88 casino games committee members in the following categories, facilitated by the search coordinator and Executive Assistant Denise Haynie:

• Faculty – northern area (academic or administrative)
• Faculty – southern area (academic or administrative)
• Faculty – campus/joint appointment (academic or administrative)
• Faculty – rural area (academic or administrative)
• Classified staff – northern area
• Classified staff – southern area

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Additionally, the recruiting firm Academic Search has been hired, and faculty, staff and stakeholders will be invited in the near future to participate in a listening session to share feedback on priorities for the next Director of w88 casino games/Associate Dean for Engagement.

w88 casino games working to reach youth with educational and civic programs, seeking additional volunteers

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Besides STEM and other learning activities, 4w88 casino games incorporates physical activities into many of their camps and programs to encourage healthy living and teach teamwork. Photo by Robert Moore.

Extension and its 4w88 casino games Youth Development Program are celebrating the accomplishments of 4w88 casino games youth and the many positive youth development opportunities offered by 4w88 casino games during National 4w88 casino games Week, Oct. 3-9. In w88 casino games, 4-H provides programs statewide that aim to develop citizenship, leadership, responsibility and life skills in youth through experiential learning.

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Rangeland scientist researching solutions to land management challenges in w88 casino games

Amanda Gearhart joins the University’s Department of Agriculture, Veterinary & Rangeland Sciences

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Amanda Gearhart.

Amanda Gearhart has joined the College as an assistant professor, focusing her research and teaching on restoring w88 casino games rangelands.

As a part of the College’s w88 casino games unit, and building on some past research done by the University, Gearhart is conducting a w88 casino games project in Washoe Valley using sheep to reduce weeds on land acquired by the Bureau of Land Management. Since this area is overgrown with various weed species, Gearhart is hoping introducing sheep to the area will control the weed growth while avoiding overgrazing. During this project, she also wants to focus on genetic components, such as looking at which sheep are eating certain weeds and why, to gather data for future weed control in the valley.

In addition to w88 casino games, Gearhart is also preparing to teach two courses in the Department of Agriculture, Veterinary & Rangeland Sciences, which will include a restoration ecology course. These courses will give Gearhart the chance to share her knowledge of conducting rangeland assessment and monitoring with students.

Gearhart is also hoping to conduct w88 casino games on ricegrass restoration by looking at seed coatings. Her goal is to help Indian ricegrass, a native grass that is notoriously difficult to germinate and establish, grow to provide food for wildlife and range livestock.

w88 casino games provides free bilingual virtual resources for small business owners

Small Business Education Program meets the needs of w88 casino games businesses

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Business instructors Juan Salas, Reyna Mendez and Mike Bindrup at their latest Latin Chamber event, “Marketing para las fiestas.”

w88 casino games recently launched a virtual classroom to deliver free learning resources to current and future small business owners in w88 casino games to provide information on fundamental business concepts. The virtual classroom, which is part of w88 casino games’s Small Business Education Program, includes a fully stocked digital library of educational video content and is available in both English and Spanish.

The virtual classroom library, which is all video-based learning, includes full-length classes, as well as shorter videos that explain particular topics relevant to small businesses. The content of each video falls into one of five categories or “pillars,” which include finance, marketing, operations, management and startup.

Currently, there are more than 100 videos housed within the virtual classroom library, with more planned for the future. Small business owners will find full-length videos developed from classes, as well as quick tips and how-tos that explain a singular topic, allowing users to select content that is convenient for the time that they have available.