Spring 2024 Issue
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the College of Natural Resources, we highlight 50 fun facts and big impacts from our first five decades.
Building on successes, grappling with inequities, and advancing a collective vision to protect nature for everyone.
The Institute’s leadership— including its new Executive Director Jeanne Merrill—reflect on BFI’s impact and visions for the future.
Cookstove carbon credits | Groundwater taxes | Wind turbines and property value | New faculty books | Coral reef viruses | Jet lag and cancer ... and more
Kass Green, BS ’74 Forestry, champions the application of Geographic Information Systems and remote-sensing technologies to identify, quantify, and monitor natural resources.
Our accredited dietetics program celebrates have a century of shaping nutrition research, policy, and practice.
Shining a light on your tremendous support for Rausser College during the Light the Way campaign.
Thoughts from Dean Ackerly on the special issue commemorating the College's 50th anniversary.
More Stories
We're publishing more stories in honor of our 50th anniversary all year long. Check our website for more.
Faces on the banner
From left to right: Mandi Ujiie, ’23 Conservation and Resource Studies (CRS), harvesting kale at the Oxford Tract in 2024 (Photo: Mathew Burciaga). Lisa Pagan, ’92 CRS, proudly shows off the College t-shirt she won during welcome week in 1991 (Photo: Patricia Remencuis). Usha Lingappa and Rory Craig, researchers in PMB professor Sabeeha Merchant’s lab (Photo: Anastasiia Sapon). John Battles and then undergrad Rishiraj Das, ’99 Resource Management, at Blodgett Forest in the late ’90s. Master of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics students Yesim Goktekin, Ajay Shenoy, Caroline Thally, and Claire Larkins at the California State Capitol in 2024. Carol B. Williams Jr., who served on the UC Berkeley forestry faculty for many years. Glass frog photo by Becca Brunner; mushroom photo by Alienor Baskevitch; all others archival or stock.