December 1, 2011 Nella Letizia l WSU News WSU Entomologist David James, Coauthors New Book on Life Histories of Pacific Northwest Butterflies PROSSER, Wash.—The California Sister has “fangs” as a caterpillar that it bares when disturbed. In its juvenile form, it also builds piers from its own dung on the leaves it feeds on to…
Grayson Brown on left; 2011 Pres. Ernest Delfosee on right Former student Grayson Brown, PhD 1977, was named the 2012 President of the Entomological Society of America. He is a faculty member at the University of Kentucky, whose specialties are Public Health Entomology and Integrated Pest Management.
Friday, Nov. 18, 2011 By Nella Letizia, College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Researchers at Washington State University are conducting a study with potato farmers to determine if promoting biodiversity in insect communities helps insects, especially beneficial ones, withstand the effects of a warming climate. “There really isn’t much research…
Alejandro Del Pozo, MSc student working with John Brown, was a first place winner, in the Paper Presentation competition. Joyce Parker, a PhD student working with Bill Snyder, was a first place winner in the Paper Presentation competition. Andrew Rodstrom, PhD student working with John Brown, was a second place winner for his paper presentation.…
CAHNRS Connections 2011, by Brian Clark Vince Jones is striving to push forward the frontiers of our understanding of the complex ecology at play among insects in fruit tree orchards. Part engineering, part biochemistry, and part psychology, the technolo- gies Jones and his colleagues have developed measure and channel bug behavior. Using lures and attractants,…
September 2011 Carol Anelli was elected to the Entomological Society of America Governing Board for the Physiology, Biochemistry, and Toxicology Section. She began her term of office on November 16, 2011.
PhD Assistantship for Integrated Pest Management on Hops Posted 11/25/2014 The Department of Entomology at Washington State University is offering a new graduate research assistantships for candidates interested in pursuing a PhD in Entomology starting as soon as January 1, 2015. This assistantship will offer full support for 4 years based upon a recently awarded…
Richard S. Zack, associate professor of entomology and director of the M.T. James entomological collection, earned the 2010-2011 Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for Instruction. He is best known for his creativity and energy in teaching one of the most popular undergraduate courses at WSU Entomology 101: Insects & People. It is a general education option…
Alejandro Del Pozo, M.S Erin Hollingbery, M.S. Amber Vinchesi, M.S. Lessando Gontijo, Ph.D. Nikolai Wiman, Ph.D.
Entomology in Human Health Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Instructor: R.S. Zack An Insect’s Eye View of the Course Elephants are always drawn smaller than life, but a flea always larger. – Dean Swift “What sort of insects do you rejoice in, where you come from? ” the Gnat inquired. “I don’t rejoice in insects at…