May 2016

Amtrak Train Days at California State Railroad Museum - Jun 6 and 7

All Aboard Sacramento! On Saturday, June 6th and Sunday, June 7th, celebrate Amtrak Train Days at the California State Railroad Museum. During the event, enjoy FREE admission to the museum and explore the Amtrak Exhibit Train, engaging guests about the companys past, present and future.

Learn About Foster Care in Yolo County - Jun 4

BFTV Cluster

The Woodland Community College Foster and Kinship Care Education (FKCE) program serves Yolo County foster parents, kinship/relative care providers, and individuals interested in becoming foster parents or in adopting a child.

Tiffany Wiriyaphanich was awarded the Outstanding Senior Award

Food Science and Technology

Tiffany Wiriyaphanich a graduating senior was awarded the outstanding senior award on May 23 for excellent academic achievement, outstanding contribution to the academic environment through active involvement with faculty and fellow students and for demonstrating leadership. Congratulations Tiffany!

FST student pulls in a win at the Big Bang Business Competition

Food Science and Technology

Dustin Heeney, a graduate student in the Marco lab, took home 2nd place in this year's Big Bang! Awards Ceremony!

Big Bang Final Awards Ceremony

Food Science and Technology

The top five Big Bang! Business Competition finalists will present their presentations at the final awards ceremony. Our panel of judges will announce the 1st and 2nd place winners; audience members will vote for the Peoples Choice Award winner.

FST grad student awarded a Feeding Tomorrow Graduate Scholarship

Food Science and Technology

Zhengyao "Zeya" Xue has been awarded a Feeding Tomorrow Graduate Scholarship from the Trustees of Feeding tomorrow, the Foundation of IFT.

VEN/FST Yeast Biology Recruitment Seminar - Tues May 26th

BFTV Cluster

Patrick Gibney, Ph.D. Associate Scientist Calico Life Sciences, LLC "Growth Control, Stress Response, and Metabolism in S. cerevisiae" Tuesday, May 26, 2015 9:00 a.m. Sensory Theater

BAE Professor VanderGheynst to receive Distinguished Postdoctoral Scholar Mentoring Award

BFTV Cluster

Professor Jean VanderGheynst was selected by the Graduate Council Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Welfare Committee as the recipient of the 2016 Distinguished Postdoctoral Scholar Mentoring Award.

Professor Nitin selected as first Barrett Fellow

Food Science and Technology

After a competitive selection process, Department Chair Mike McCarthy announced on May 6 that Associate Professor and Engineer N. Nitin would be the first holder of the Diane M. Barrett Fruit and Vegetable Faculty Fellowship.

Current Developments in Vineyard Mechanization and Precision Management

Viticulture and Enology

Current Developments in Vineyard Mechanization and Precision Management

Ben Golomb was awarded the Max Kleiber Graduate Research Award

Food Science and Technology

Ben Golomb, a recent FSGG PhD graduate and member of the Marco lab, was just awarded the Max Kleiber Graduate Research Prize for his PhD thesis, and will be acknowledged at the 2016 Graduate Studies Honors and Awards Ceremony on May 23. One of Bens thesis research papers was just published in Nature Scientific Reports. This paper shows how probiotic Lactobacillus and the indigenous microbiota adapt for growth in the small intestine. Congratulations Ben!