Schedule of Events
December 11, 2009
SESSION 1 Lee Solter, INHS, Moderator
Stephen A. Forbes: The Humanizing of Ecology (Applied Ecology)8:00-8:05: Andrew Suarez, UIUC, Forbes Background/Speaker Intro
8:05-8:30: Louis Jackai, North Carolina A&T State University
Gottfried Fraenkel: The Raison d'Etre of Plant Secondary Substances
8:30-8:35: Arthur Zangerl, UIUC, Fraenkel Background/Speaker Intro
8:35-9:10: Arthur Weis, University of Toronto
Gilbert Waldbauer: The Hungry Caterpillar
9:10-9:15: Larry Hanks, UIUC, Waldbauer Background/Speaker Intro
9:15-9:50: Chris Maier, Conn. Ag. Expt. Station
BREAK: 9:50-10:30
SESSION 2 Gene Robinson, LAS, UIUC, Moderator
Stanley Friedman: La Fixite du Milieu Interieur10:30-10:35: M Alleyne, UIUC, Friedman Background/Speaker Intro
10:35-11:00: Diana Cox-Foster, Penn State University
Judith Willis: The Status of the Status Quo Hormone
11:00-11:05: James Nardi, UIUC, Willis Background/Speaker Intro
11:05-11:30: David Denlinger, Ohio State University
Vern Milum: The Individual and the Colony
11:30-11:35: C. Whitfield, UIUC, Milum Background/Speaker Intro
11:35-12:00: W. S. Sheppard, Washington State University
LUNCH: 12:00-12:30
PUBLIC LECTURE Sam Beshers, LAS, UIUC, Moderator
Clell Metcalf: "If high schools wish to have such talks..." Public Engagement12:30-1:30: Gene Kritsky, College of Mount St. Joseph
Centennial Award: David Stone, University Laboratory High School
SESSION 3 Michael Gray, ACES, UIUC, Moderator
Robert Metcalf: Illinois Farm Pond in a Box1:30-1:35: Bettina Francis, Metcalf Background/Speaker Intro
1:35-2:00: Susan Fisher, Ohio State University
James Sternburg: Toxicity and Resistance
2:00-2:05: Barry Pittendrigh, UIUC, Sternburg Background/Speaker Intro
2:05-2:40: Bruce Stanley, DuPont
DATA BLITZ EGSA, Moderator
BREAK: 3:00-3:30
SESSION 4 Stewart Berlocher, LAS, UIUC, Moderator
William Horsfall: Thinking Like a Mosquito3:30-3:35: Hugh Robertson, UIUC, Horsfall Background/Speaker Intro
3:35-4:00: Eddie Cupp, Auburn University
Alexander MacGillivray and the Classification of Insects
4:00-4:05: Sydney Cameron, UIUC, MacGillivray Background/Speaker Intro
4:05-4:30: Bruce McPheron, Penn State University
Peter Price and Sawflies (gallers, herbivores and parasites)
4:30-4:35: Jim Whitfield, UIUC, Price Background/Speaker Intro
4:35-5:00: Nathan Schiff, USDA Forest Service
PUBLIC LECTURE Carol Anelli, WA State University, Moderator
Evening TBA: A termite walked into a bar: a century of entomological humor.
May Berenbaum, UIUC
