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Professors Lynn Huntsinger and Justin Luong study how California, home to the nation’s biggest dairy industry, can balance the environmental benefits of grazing animals against the emissions impacts associated with agricultural production.Read more about Understanding the battle over cattle

Garbelotto will carry the Olympic torch on Wednesday, January 28. Accompanied by his service dog, S’Abba, he believes their journey could make history as perhaps the first time a service dog will walk alongside a person with a mobility disability in the torch relay.Read more about Deep in the Dolomites, Professor Matteo Garbelotto and his service dog carry the Olympic flame

The pair was recognized by the Council on Advising and Student Support for transforming graduate advising in ESPM using creativity, compassion, and data.Read more about Graduate advisors Zarah Ersoff and Ryann Madden recognized with 2025 advising awards

A new series in The Lancet led by Professor Seth Holmes equips policymakers and clinicians with a toolkit to break out of silos and make more informed health decisions.Read more about Why social context is the key for improving modern medicine

Professors Jillian Banfield, Brandon Collins, Trevor Keenan and Scott Stephens were among the most highly cited in their fields, in addition to three professors emeriti.Read more about Seven ESPM faculty and affiliates among the most highly cited in their fields

Quinn-Davidson, BS ‘04, Conservation and Resource Studies, is growing fire resilience across the state through prescribed and cultural burning, policy work, and community building.Read more about How ecologist Lenya Quinn-Davidson is rethinking California’s relationship with fire

A project co-led by Professor Rachel Morello-Frosch found that 5,500 toxic coastal sites in the U.S. are at risk of flooding by 2100 if emissions remain high, threatening underserved and vulnerable communities.Read more about Coastal flooding could impact 5,500 toxic facilities by 2100

Our Fall issue of Breakthroughs highlights the Rausser College researchers working to benefit the people, landscapes, and ecosystems of rural and agricultural California.Read more about Breakthroughs magazine: Inside California

New research from ESPM postdocs, DSE scientists, and the Karuk Wildlife Team validates the importance of implementing local Indigenous knowledge in studies on biodiversity and population changes over time.Read more about How citizen science and Indigenous knowledge can enhance biodiversity monitoring

A decades-long experiment in the Sierra Nevada found that regular prescribed burns promote carbon sequestration in live trees and plants, maintaining forests’ long-term ability to store carbon while also reducing wildfire hazard.Read more about Prescribed burning helps store forest carbon in big, fire-resistant trees