Posts Tagged: Leigh Distinguished Alumni Seminar

He'll Give the Leigh Distinguished Seminar

It's quite an honor to be singled out to deliver the Thomas and Nina Leigh Distinguished Alumni Seminar, hosted annually by the UC Davis...

Professor Marc Tatar of Brown State University, Providence, R.I., will deliver the Thomas and Nina Leigh Distinguished Alumni Seminar at UC Davis on Dec. 5.

Professor Marc Tatar of Brown State University, Providence, R.I., will deliver the Thomas and Nina Leigh Distinguished Alumni Seminar at UC Davis on Dec. 5.

In Pursuit of Ants

Ants are such tiny critters. But they're much more than that. Much more. Ant specialist Brian Fisher, an entomologist with the California Academy...

Ants crawl along a vine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ants crawl along a vine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Noted Expert on Botanical Insecticides

Scores of people want to hear what Murray Isman has to say. And on Wednesday night, Oct. 27, they can. Murray Isman, a noted expert on botanical...

Murray Isman

MURRAY ISMAN, a noted expert on botanical insecticides, will deliver the Thomas and Nina Leigh Distinguished Alumni Seminar in Entomology at 5 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 27 in the Activities and Recreation Center (ARC) at UC Davis. Isman, who received his doctorate in entomology from UC Davis in 1981, is now the dean of Land and Food Systems and professor of applied biology (entomology/toxicology) at the University of British Columbia.

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