The course - 20 hours of online classes and 50 classroom hours – had two speakers from the University of California: Mark Bell and Louise Ferguson. The initiative – from the Regional Strategic Program for Sustainable Fruit Farming- was held by UC Davis Chile and financed by the Corfo and the Regional Government of Valparaíso.
The establishment in which this specialist is working is the most sustainable institution of higher education in the world, thanks to transport agreements and an approach associating caring for the environment with every career, not only some. Source: El Mercurio newspaper
Kurt Kornbluth and Elizabeth Mitcham are the recipients of UC Davis’ inaugural Chancellor’s International Engagement Achievement Awards, while Alan Bennett received an honorable mention.
On Monday July 18, Alan Bennett, Executive Director of the University of California Davis in Chile-UC Davis Chile Life Sciences Innovation Center- led the first Scientific and Industry Advisory Board meeting of the innovation center. The board has outstanding representatives from companies and associations in the agriculture and biotechnology industry and from some of the Chilean universities.
