Edgar Reyes, 19, works with Optimizing Air Voids in Hardened Concrete as part of a Summer Undergraduate Research Program (UGR) involved in the Chico STEM Connections Collaborative (CSC2) program on Thursday, July 20, 2017 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)

Computer Animation and Game Development (CAGD) student Lance Mitchell wears a Microsoft HoloLens as students test out state-of-the-art Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality equipment, like Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Google Daydream and Microsoft HoloLens in MADT 399, a cross-listed “Virtual & Augmented Reality for Gaming & Media” course among J&PR, Media Arts, Design & Technology, and Computer Animation & Game Developments on Thursday, September 7, 2017 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)

Badri Ghimire is a biology graduate student working on research of the impacts of deer grazing of manzanita plants at the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 in Chico, Calif. (Jason Halley/University Photographer)