Giannini’s Legacy: Preserving Agriculture’s Vivid History

This fall, the College celebrates the 75th anniversary of the A.P. Giannini Agricultural Economics Foundation.

This gif t—wor th $16 million today—established the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics Library, home to the most comprehensive agricultural economics collection in the world.

To mark the occasion, an exhibit on the library’s history will be on display in Doe Library through November.The exhibit includes historical documents such as this 1935 marketing guide from Sunkist.The company was a pioneer in building a brand name for agricultural products.

Modeling Inspiration

Climatologist Inez Fung, professor of environmental science,policy,and management,is one of 10 luminary minds featured in a new book series for middle-schoolers,Women’s Adventures in Science.

Forecast Earth: The Story of Climate Scientist Inez Fung traces her childhood in Hong Kong and her studies at MIT, and how her fascination with science led her to Berkeley.Here she became the principal architect of climate modeling methods that distill the Earth’s physical,biological,and chemical reactions into mathematical equations to help to forecast Earth’s climate change.

The goal of the series is to provide strong female role models for middle school-aged girls who are interested in science.But Fung hopes the books will encourage both girls and boys to pursue their passions,without worrying about what other people think.

“If someone tells me I’m not normal,that’s great,”says Fung.“Because normal means average,and I don’t want to be average.I want to be special.And that’s the message I want to get across to the young people: that they should be special.”