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Welcome Alexandra Harmon-ThreattThe Department of Entomology proudly welcomes Dr. Alexandra Harmon-Threatt, who will be joining the faculty beginning October 2013. Dr. Harmon-Threatt is currently an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow in Biology at Washington University in St. Louis, and is broadly interested in identifying patterns of pollinators and pollination for conservation. She received her Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Policy and Management from University of California at Berkeley. Welcome, Dr. Harmon-Threatt!
Allison Hansen to join facultyThe Department of Entomology is proud to announce that Dr. Allison Hansen will be joining the faculty, beginning August 2013. Currently a USDA/NIFA Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University, Dr. Hansen studies the ecological and evolutionary genomics of insect-microbe interactions. She received her Ph.D. in Entomology from the University of California, Riverside. Welcome, Dr. Hansen!
Insect Fear Film FestivalThe 30th Annual Insect Fear Film Festival took place on February 23, 2013. The theme for this year was The InsX-Files: The Truth (About Insects) Is Out There, with special guest Chris Carter, creator of the X-Files. The festival featured the episode The X-Files: "The War of the Coprophages," about a wave of deaths linked to what may be alien robotic cockroaches, followed by the 1998 feature The X-Files: Fight the Future, about killer bees that transmit a deadly alien virus by stinging. The event featured a variety of exhibits and activities, including exotic insect displays from around the world, the insect petting zoo, face painting and entries from the annual insect art contest. For more information, please check out the official IFFF website and Facebook page.
Entomology Colloquium (full schedule)
Monday afternoons at 4:00 PM in B102 Auditorium, CLSL
Monday afternoons at 4:00 PM in B102 Auditorium, CLSL
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In other news
5/15/2013: Graduate student Catherine Dana was awarded a student research grant from the Animal Behavior Society.
5/1/2013: Wenfu Mao, Mary Schuler, and May Berenbaum report that specific components found in honey upregulate detoxification enzymes in the honey bee (PNAS).
4/24/2013: Graduate students Christina Silliman and Catherine Dana were selected as winners of the Entomology Educational Project Award for their lessons developed for EnLiST.
4/16/2013: Graduate student Fredrick Larabee was awarded a Smithsonian Institution Predoctoral Fellowship.
3/30/2013: Congratulations to graduate students Allen Lawrance, John Maddux, and Selina Ruzi (PEEC) on receiving Honorable Mentions from the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program!
See more in the news archives.