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THE DOWNLOAD: Staff Pride, Food Innovation, New Arrivals

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Staff members pose with blue and gold books.
Staff members of the ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Library's Special Collections unit won the career staff category of the Staff and Faculty Aggie Pride Photo Contest. Pictured, from left: Dawn Collings, map assistant; Rachel Nelson, library assistant; Reggie Gay, night and weekend assistant; Lee Riggs, library assistant; Kevin Miller, university archivist and interim head of Special Collections; Christine Cheng, instruction and outreach librarian; and Jenny Hodge, assistant. (Courtesy)

The voting came down to the wire, but in the end two departments' pride stood out above the rest. The winners of the first Staff and Faculty Aggie Pride Photo Contest were the ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Library's Special Collections unit (in the career staff category) and First-Year Experience Peer Advisors (for student staff). Their photos garnered the most likes on Facebook, and each will now receive breakfast delivered to their departments. .

Helping farmers and DIYers alike

You too can have the same ºÙºÙÊÓƵ-designed equipment that is being used on farms in Ghana, Kenya, Bangladesh, Honduras and elsewhere around the world.

The Horticulture Innovation Laboratory is sharing instructions for building a low-cost structure to dry fruits and vegetables. The chimney solar dryer, as it's called, was designed as a contest entry by Michael Reid and James Thompson, UC Cooperative Extension specialists with ºÙºÙÊÓƵ. See more in the above video and .

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