These graduate students received the following awards: Ivan Milosavljevic – H.S. Telford Entomology Scholarship Christine Ann Lynch – George Tamaki Memorial Scholarship Charlie Coslor – Louis W. Getzin Memorial Scholarship Click here to find out more about Endowments and Scholarships within the Department of Entomology.
December 2012, On Solid Ground You may remember the article about entomology graduate student Teah Smith’s insect flight mills research project in the October 10 issue of On Solid Ground (at http://bit.ly/flightmills). Now you can watch a video at http://bit.ly/VvisLq featuring Smith explaining her work and how it applies to growing tree fruit.
We will be collecting non-perishable food items for the CAHNRS Food Drive until Thursday, December 13, 2012, to bring to the CAHNRS Holiday Gathering. A box representing the department’s donations is available in the Entomology Office for you to bring your items in to be donated. Dean Dan Bernardo will match whatever is collected. Last…
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Nov 21, 2012, KING 5 News If anyone was going to find a way to save collapsing bee colonies, it was probably Eric Olson. “He’s very passionate about bees,” said Washington State University Professor Steven Sheppard, as he watched Olson busily navigate a fork lift. Olson is stacking his thousands of bee hives in a…
Everyone’s Invited! Students of Washington State University professor Richard Zack’s “Insects and People” course, as well as the public, will have a chance to put their gag reflex to the test during the annual insect-eating lunch 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9 at Ensminger Pavilion KHQ Interviews Dr. Richard Zack Read article from the WSU…
Alan A. Berryman Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman WA 99164 USA * This paper first appeared in a somewhat different form in the book Population Dynamics, Impacts, and Integrated Management of Forest Defoliating Insects edited by M. L. McManus and A. M. Liebhold and published on pages 252-260 in USDA Forest Service General…
Alan A. Berryman, Xin Chen and Jon Firehammer Abstract We analyzed annual counts of steelhead trout ascending dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers in Washington. Counts of fish returning […]
Alan Berryman Departments of Natural Resource Sciences and Environmental Science Washington State University, Pullman WA 99162 Berryman@mail.wsu.edu The Columbia River drainage is one of the major watersheds in the western USA and supports a diverse community of andromonous fish (see Table). The Columbia River system is also the major source of hydroelectric power in…
Dear Colleagues, It is with sadness that I pass along the news of the passing of one of our own, Dr. Bob Harwood. Among Bob’s many accomplishments, he served as Chair of the WSU Department of Entomology from 1969-1980. Below is a copy of the obituary we received from his daughter, Jennifer. Information regarding…