"Team B," which restored, revitalized and enriched the UC Davis Bee Haven, making it "the place to bee" and a campus destination, received high recognition at the UC Davis Staff Assembly's 2026 Citation of Excellence recognition program, held at the residence of Chancellor Gary May and his wife, LeShelle May.

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UC Davis Distinguished Professor Emeritus (on recall) Frank Zalom, a legend in the world of integrated pest management and entomology for his research, teaching, mentoring and leadership, drew cheers and applause as a recipient of a 2026 College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences' Exceptional Emeritus Award. 

Noted bee scientist Robert E. Page Jr. examines the nurse-to-forager transition in honey bees in an entirely different perspective in newly published research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

UC Davis Professor Shahid Siddique, the Howard Ferris Endowed Chair in Plant and Soil Nematodes, will speak on "From Mechanism to Management: Understanding Nematode Parasitism to Protect California Crops" at the next UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar.

The UC Davis Bee Haven will host a free, pre-Halloween party from 3 to 5 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 28 at The Haven, located at 1 Bee Biology Road.

Some 220 colleagues, collaborators and close friends honored the life and legacy of a legend, UC Davis Distinguished Professor Bruce Hammock (1947-2026), at a recent memorial in California Hall, UC Davis. 

Dozens of others,  hailing from China, Brazil, Poland, Spain, Australia, Singapore, Japan, Germany, Ireland, Egypt, Rwanda, Canada, Italy, and France, as well as the United States, watched the live broadcast. 

Postdoctoral scholar Younghwan Kwak of the lab of Professor Gordon Bennett University of California, Merced, will speak on "Evolution and Stability of Interdependence in Insect–Microbe Symbioses" at the Oct 21st seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.

Her seminar begins at 12:10 in 122 Briggs Hall. It also will be remote. The Zoom link: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/95882849672

Scientists, colleagues, collaborators and former students from throughout the world will honor the "Life and Legacy of Bruce Hammock" at a memorial set for 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 10 in California Hall, UC Davis campus.

UC Davis Chancellor Gary May will deliver the opening remarks, and Ashley Stokes, dean of the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, will present  "a dean's reflections."

Postdoctoral fellow Rachel Thayer of the lab of UC Davis Distinguished Professor David Begun, Department of Evolution and Ecology, will present the next UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar.

The late UC Davis Distinguished Professor Bruce Hammock would have been proud.

His lifetime research targeting and alleviating chronic pain in a wide range of diseases, continues to advance.