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M.S. Student Ismael Ramirez will be giving his thesis proposal seminar on Tuesday, December 12, at 3 pm in Hodson 490. The title of his seminar is "Behavior of the bird parasite Philornis downsi in Galapagos and ecology of its parasitoids in Mainland Ecuador."
Ph.D. Student Eric Middleton will be giving his thesis proposal seminar tomorrow at 1:15 pm, in Hodson 495.
The title of this seminar is, "Entomological Warfare: From Disease Vectors to Beetle Bombs and Insect Spies".
Ph.D. student Patrick Pennarola is giving his thesis proposal seminar tomorrow at 3 pm in Hodson 490. The title of his seminar is, "Burning v. grazing: How does the form of disturbance drive patterns in prairie bee diversity?"
The Frenatae honey sale starts today! Come out and support our graduate students!
Ph.D. student Zach Marston is giving a seminar on Tuesday, November 28, at 3 pm in Hodson 490. The title of his seminar is, "Insect Vectors of Plant Pathogens: The Past, Present, and Future".
Please join us at 3:00 pm on Tuesday November 21 in Hodson 490 for "Strengthening connections with Embrapa-Brazil: Research plans and prospects", by Dr. Debora Pires, Brazilian Enterprise for Agricultural Research.
Please join us Tuesday, November 14, at 3 pm in Hodson 490, for Ph.D. student James Miksanek’s thesis proposal seminar. The title of his seminar is, “Population dynamics of the parasitoid Aphelinus certus and the soybean aphid, with implications for biological control".
Congratulations to all of the #Entsoc17 winners! Way to represent the department!
Julia Brokaw: 1st Prize, P-IE: Pollination
Daniela Pezzini: 2nd Prize, P-IE: IPM Field Crops
Obiratanea daSilva Queiroz: 2nd Prize, P-IE: IPM-Field Crops...
Anh Tran: 1st Prize, P-IE: Behavior
Eric Middleton: 1st Prize, P-IE: IPM- Horticulture
Marie Hallinen: 1st Prize, P-IE: Invasive Species
Sam Fahrner: 2nd Prize, P-IE: Invasive Species
View all of the winners on the ESA site:
http://entsoc.org/awards/student/competition…
We have a new leader! Professor Sujaya Rao, Ph.D. alumnus of the department, left her position as IPM and Pollination Entomologist and Director of Undergraduate Research at Oregon State University (OSU) to become our Department Head. Welcome Sujaya!
https://www.cfans.umn.edu/rao-entomology-head
Next Tuesday, October 31, Dr. Jason Gibbs, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, will be giving a seminar titled "The taxonomic and behavioural diversity of sweat drinking bees”.
Hodson 490
3:00 pm refreshments
3:15 pm seminar
Join us for a seminar by Kevin Chase, Post-Doctoral Associate in Brian Aukema’s lab, tomorrow at 3:00 pm in Hodson 490. The title of his seminar is, “Not All Who Wander Are Lost: Bark Beetle Dispersal and Colonization Events".
Check out Dr. Bill Hutchison and graduate student Dominique Ebbenga talking with KARE 11 about spotted wing drosophila management in Minnesota small fruit!
http://www.kare11.com/…/invasive-fruit-fly-damag…/89-2761429
Nigel Raine, Professor/Rebanks Family Chair in Pollinator Conservation, University of Guelph, Ontario Canada, will be giving a seminar next Tuesday at 3 pm in 490 Hodson. The title of his seminar is “Insecticide impacts on bees: from individual behaviour to pollination services."
Carrie Deans, postdoc at Texas A&M, and visiting scientist in the Hutchison lab, will be giving a seminar tomorrow at 3 pm. The tile of her seminar is "The Importance of Nutritional Plasticity in Plant-Insect Interactions: A Case Study with the Polyphagous pest Helicoverpa zea".
Entomologists Eric Burkness and Bill Hutchison were featured in Saturday's Star Tribune.
http://www.startribune.com/new-insect-pest-changing-the-…/…/
Join us on Tuesday, October 3rd at 3:00 in Hodson 490 for “Restoration and recovery of the world's rarest butterflies”, by Prof. Nick Haddad of North Carolina State University.
