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With flying colors: Top entomology students honored with wasp species named after them
(Pensoft Publishers) The highly divergent parasitic wasps have long been causing headaches to scientists. At one point, taxonomists began using some genera as 'dumping grounds for unplaced members' simply to organize the species. Two entomologists have recently addressed one such issue by describing 10 new genera and even more new species in the open-access journal ZooKeys. Two of the new species are named after excellent entomology students and one bears the name of a mythological monster.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 13, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Entomology Professor to Receive National Teaching Award
(University of California - Riverside) A University of California, Riverside professor of entomology will receive an award for innovative teaching methods and service to students from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), U.S. Department of Agriculture and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - November 16, 2015 Category: Biology Source Type: news

ESA names winners of AFRI student travel grants
(Entomological Society of America) The Entomological Society of America is pleased to announce that ten entomology students are recipients of travel grants awarded by the US Department of Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. The grants will provide financial support to graduate students for new networking, presentation, and research opportunities at Entomology 2014, the Entomology Society of America's 62nd Annual Meeting this November in Portland, Ore.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - September 10, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Spotlight on important agricultural pests
(University of California - Riverside) Hemipteran insects include many important economically damaging pests such as aphids, whiteflies, psyllids, leafhoppers, and thrips. Nearly 150 scientists from 18 states within the United States and 24 other countries will gather at the University of California, Riverside, June 22-25, to discuss these global pests. The 2nd International Hemipteran-Plant Interactions Symposium will bring together scientists, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in entomology, plant biology and plant pathology from all continents in the world, except Antarctica.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 19, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Southern insect scientists meeting in Greenville, S.C.
(Entomological Society of America) Hundreds of insect scientists and entomology students will be meeting in Greenville, S.C., next week as members of the Southeastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America get together for their 88th annual meeting.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 24, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: news