DAVIS, Calif. — Helene Dillard, a plant disease expert, associate dean and head of Cooperative Extension at Cornell University, has been named the new dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of California, Davis.
Dillard, a native Californian and UC Davis alumna, will assume leadership of the college on Jan. 27. Dillard will be the chief academic and administrative leader for UC Davis' founding college, home to 15 departments focusing on the agricultural, environmental and human sciences.
"Helene Dillard is both an accomplished scientist and a highly skilled administrator," said UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. . .

