Good morning, Davis.

Peter Wainwright, a UC Davis professor emeritus, retired this summer but keeps studying how fish feed.

He will resume fieldwork in coral reefs in Panama this October and has earned honors including membership in the California Academy of Sciences over 40 years in his career.

UC Davis faculty earned awards — Mary Ziegler joined the American Law Institute, Dawn Sumner became an AGU fellow, Mingwei Zhang earned an NSF CAREER Award and Dan Starr was named an ASCB Fellow — Chancellor Gary S.

May won an Onyx Award while a health video won a Northern California Emmy.

Deborah Austin, a 1987 Aggie and current president of the Cal Aggie Alumni Association (CAAA), is guest on Face to Face with Chancellor May this month and is launching a pilot mentoring program to boost alumni engagement at UC Davis; she hopes more Aggies see themselves in leadership roles.

Cache Creek Conservancy received a $100K grant — a competitive award — to fund wetlands restoration along Cache Creek.

The grant supports local efforts to protect natural habitats.

A new UC Davis center is launching research to improve brain tumor treatments for people and dogs — a project aimed at meeting urgent needs for families confronting a diagnosis.