- UCD Centennial Tennis Festival in honor of our own Dr. English!
- George Bruening has been selected to receive a 2008 Award of Distinction from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis.
- Tanja Voegel (Kirkpatrick lab) won first place in the student poster presentation competition at thenational viticulture research conference.
- Florent Trouillas and Jose Urbez Torres (Doug Gubler’s lab) tied for first place in the student paper competition at the APS Pacific Division Meeting that just took place in Wyoming.
- Laura Gallegos (Doug Gubler’s lab) was just awarded a Storkan-Haynes Foundation Fellowship.
- Melody Meyer was awarded a Dissertation Year Fellowship through Graduate Studies.
- Jim MacDonald receives APS Distinguished Service Award.
- Florent Trouillas won best poster in competition.
- Rob Duncan receives second place in the C-1 poster competition at the Crop Science Society meetings in New Orleans.
- Emeritus Professor James E. DeVay becomes a “Half-Century” Member this year.
- Dr. W.D. Gubler elected President of the Pacific Division of the American Phytopathological Society.
- Jose Urbez Torres receives three distinguished awards.
- Melody Meyer, Jose Urbez Torres, and Florent Trouillas, winners of the NVRC Student Competition.
- David Gilchrist - elected fellow of the American Phytopathological Society (APS)
- Drs. Pamela Ronald and Robert Gilbertson - elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Dr. Mike Davis - receives the "Outstanding Research Award"