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Department Seminar Series - March 9, 2022

You are invited to attend this week’s Food Science department seminar at 4:10 PM PST, on Wednesday March 9, 2022. You can attend live in-person in room 1207 RMI South, or virtually by Zoom.

Why is Olive Oil So Extra? Selina Wang on "Getting Curious" podcast with Jonathan Van Ness

Food Science and Technology

Today's podcast episode of "Getting Curious" features media personality/author/comedian/hairstylist Jonathan Van Ness discussing their "main squeeze" - olive oil - with FST's Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension Selina Wang.

Department Seminar Series - March 2, 2022

Food Science and Technology

You are invited to attend this week’s Food Science department seminar at 4:10 PM PST, on Wednesday March 2, 2022. You can attend live in-person in room 1207 RMI South, or virtually by Zoom.

UC Davis Chancellor May visits FST Brewery class

Food Science and Technology

UC Davis Chancellor Gary May visited the the Anheuser Busch InBev Pilot Brewery on February 3rd at the invitation of Glen Fox, FST's Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting and Brewing Sciences

Department Seminar Series - February 23, 2022

Food Science and Technology

You are invited to attend this week’s Food Science department seminar, which will be presented remotely by Zoom at 4:10 PM PST, Wednesday February 23, 2022.

Department Seminar Series - February 16, 2022

Food Science and Technology

You are invited to attend this week’s Food Science department seminar, which will be presented remotely by Zoom at 4:10 PM PST, TODAY, Wednesday February 16, 2022.

Linda J. Harris answers five questions in ANR interivew

Food Science and Technology

In this UCANR News story from Feb. 10th, 2022, Mike Hsu asks FST's new American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow, Linda J. Harris, five questions about her academic journey and subsequent career in food science microbiology. Read on at the link below for her thoughts on the value of extension work, her contributions to the field, UC Davis' support for women in academia, and another priceless vintage budding scientist photo! Congratulations, Linda!

Erika Estrada featured in "Turning College Into A Career"

Food Science and Technology

FST Ph.D. student Erika Estrada is featured in UC Admission blog's "Turning College into a Career" by Abigail Loomis, February 9th, 2022. She is featured with another first-generation student, Irving Huerta (Political Science and Sustainable Environmental Design graduate, B.A. '20). You can read more about their journeys and aspirations at the article here: https://www.ucdavis.edu/admissions/blog/turning-college-into-a-career.

Why Food Science Departments Need Leadership Boards

Food Science and Technology

Longtime Food Science and Technology Leadership Board members Jacqueline Beckley and Leslie Herzog authored an article for IFT Digital Exclusives, February 7th, 2022: "Why Food Science Departments Need Leadership Boards". In the article, they start with the history of food science leadership boards, ways in which they offer support to the departments, board member selection, charters, and opportunties for board members. The pair draw on their considerable experience over the past three decades at four different university food science departments.

Department Seminar Series - February 9, 2022

Food Science and Technology

You are invited to attend this week’s Food Science department seminar, which will be presented remotely by Zoom at 4:10 PM PST, Wednesday February 9, 2022.

Department Seminar Series - February 2, 2022

Food Science and Technology

You are invited to attend this week’s Food Science department seminar, which will be presented remotely by Zoom at 4:10 PM PST, Wednesday February 2, 2022.

Linda J. Harris is new AAAS Fellow

Food Science and Technology

The Department of Food Science and Technology is pleased to announce that Linda J. Harris, Professor of Cooperative Extension was elected to the rank American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow by the Council of AAAS.

Department Seminar Series - January 26, 2022

Food Science and Technology

You are invited to attend this week’s Food Science department seminar, which will be presented remotely by Zoom at 4:10 PM PST, TODAY, Wednesday January 26, 2022.

FST Alumnus Martin Yan donates archive to UC Davis

Food Science and Technology

World-renowned celebrity chef Martin Yan’s collection of nearly 3,000 cookbooks, his first wok, thousands of photographs and other media will be the main ingredients in an archive to be established in his name at the University of California, Davis,

Update from the UC Davis Department of Viticulture & Enology Extension Team

Viticulture and Enology

We were very excited that on Nov 10, we were able to host the 2021 Winter Grape Day at the UC Davis Conference Center, our first On Campus, in-person event since the beginning of the COVID pandemic. Cooperative Extension Specialist, Kaan Kurtural, gathered 14 speakers presenting on topics ranging from the effects of wildfire smoke on grapevines, grapes, and wine to soil health, irrigation management, nitrogen in table grapes, and the effects of cover crops on grapevine physiology.

140th Anniversary Alumni Celebration 2021

Viticulture and Enology

On December 3, 2021, we finally got the chance (after several attempts) to celebrate the 140th Anniversary of the Department of Viticulture and Enology with approximately 150 people in attendance-only a year and a half after we intended! The morning started with Department Chair David Block presenting a brief history (with pictures from the University Farm and Picnic Days) and the impact the department has had on the California and global grape and wine industries since its start in 1880. With respect to impact, Dr.

Reflections by Dr. Andy Waterhouse

Viticulture and Enology

I was very lucky that in 1990, I saw an ad for a job at UC Davis. The next year I was proud to join such a distinguished department with its long history of leadership in research and teaching in Viticulture and Enology. In my first quarter as a faculty member, Professor Ough asked me to give a lecture on chromatography. I was happily explaining how HPLC could separate and quantify the acids in wine when a student innocently asked, “how much tartaric acid is in wine?” I had no idea, and I realized how much I needed to learn.

Department Seminar Series - January 19, 2022

Food Science and Technology

You are invited to attend the UC Davis Department of Food Science and Technology seminar which will be presented remotely by Zoom at 4:10 PM PST, Wednesday January 19, 2022.

Course Profile: VEN 110

Viticulture and Enology

Assistant Professor Megan Bartlett teaches VEN 110, Grapevine Growth and Physiology, during the winter quarter. The goal of this course is to give students the understanding of grapevine biology they will need to tackle the challenges of vineyard management.