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May 9, 2016

Posted by entomology.office | September 27, 2016

Announcements

The memorial-day-stickernext Faculty Meeting is on Friday, May 20th at 11:00 AM  in FSHN 164.  The AMS dial-in is  5704472

All university offices will be closed on Monday, May 30th for the Memorial Day holiday.

 

Brandon Hopkins’ work was showcased in a May 10, 2016, Northwest Public Radio segment titled: Beekeepers Can’t Change the Winter, But They Can Change The Bees.  For more info, go to:  https://www.nwpb.org/2016/05/10/beekeepers-cant-change-the-winter-but-they-can-change-the-bees/.   Brandon’s work was also the subject of a May 6, 2016, NPR segment titled:  Growing Weeds and Feeding Bees: Beekeepers and Farmers Work To Help Honey Bees Thrive. To read a transcript of that segment, go to: https://www.nwpb.org/2016/05/06/growing-weeds-and-feeding-bees-beekeepers-and-farmers-work-to-help-honey-bees-thrive/.

news-picture-may-9-20Congratulations to recent Entomology Department grant awardees:

  • John Stark, Tanyalee Erwin & Anand Jayakaran, who are the recipients of a $382,599 grant from Washington St. Dept. of Ecology. (4/4/2016)
  • David Crowder who is the recipient of a $2,951 grant from Oregon St. University and Univ. of Idaho. (5/2/16)

For more info go to: http://informer.ogrd.wsu.edu/RecentFacultyAwards.aspx

A fun fact: In case you didn’t know, May 22nd is International Day for Biological Diversity.  For more info go to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_for_Biological_Diversity

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Employment

See attachment for details on these positions.

  1. Postdoc, Citrus Research & Education Center, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, FL
  2. Extension Agent-IPM, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, College Station, TX
  3. Apiary Inspector, Texas A&M, College Station, TX
  4. Forest Pathologist, State of Montana, Missoula, MT
  5. Scientist III (Entomology) – Virology Div., The Geneva Foundation, Frederick, MD
  6. Entomologist US Army Medical Corp.
  7. Assistant Research Scientists, Texas A&M Ag Life, College Station, TX
  8. Research Scientist, Eurofins, Mebane, NC
  9. Professor of Practice, North Willamette Univ., Oregon State University.
  10. Research Entomologist, Dept.  of Agriculture, Manhattan, KS
  11. Assistant Professor, Insect Systematics & Taxonomy, Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MT, Canada
  12. Applied Nematologist, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
  13. Entomologist, USDA Dept of A g., Gunnison, CO
  14. Pesticide Investigator, Pesticide Services/ Dept of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Virginia Beach, VA

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First of classes for Fall 2016 is Monday, August 22, 2016. 

2016 International Congress of Entomology, Sept. 25-30, 2016, Orlando, FL. Website: http://ice2016orlando.org/