/ Canyon Content for ΢²ªÊÓƵ en /news/classroom-canyon <p>Water, rocks and life. Perhaps nowhere on the planet is that combination so brilliantly on display as where the Grand Canyon meets the Colorado River.</p> <p>That’s why, each spring, ΢²ªÊÓƵ <a href="https://watershed.ucdavis.edu/education/classes/">graduate students of geology, ecology and hydrology </a>explore the Grand Canyon by floating down the Colorado River, splitting the 225-mile river journey into two halves.</p> September 15, 2016 - 3:42pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/classroom-canyon /news/10-reasons-celebrate-preserved-lands-outdoor-classrooms <p>In 2015, the University of California passed the half-century mark&nbsp;in maintaining preserved lands from the coast, to grasslands, to woodlands — all used for research, teaching and learning. ΢²ªÊÓƵ maintains five of the system’s reserves. Learn more about them:</p> October 22, 2015 - 12:00pm Robyn Frances Huey /news/10-reasons-celebrate-preserved-lands-outdoor-classrooms