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Entomology Department at Penn State!

• New! Daniel Schmehl, Ph.D. graduate student, to receive a grant from the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign to investigate the effects of pesticides on honey bee development and learning (5/20/2009)
• New! Tom Bentley, Ph.D. graduate student, awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (5/20/2009)
• New! Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week, May 17 - 23, 2009
• Hannah Stout, Ph.D. candidate, awarded North American Benthological Society (NABS) Graduate Student Conservation Research Award (4/2009)
• Jason Smith and Tom Bentley, Ph.D. candidates, awarded Sigma Xi Grants in Aid for Research (4/2009)
• Beth Irwin, Ph.D. candidate, awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (4/2009)
• Neelendra Joshi, Ph.D. graduate student, recipient of 2009 Ardeth and Frisbey International Student Award (4/2009)
• Wyman's of Maine provides gift for honey bee research (3/26/2009)
• Häagen-Dazs makes second gift for honey bee research and education (2/2009)
• Häagen-Dazs Graduate Fellowship in Pollinator Health at Penn State
• Insect Alerts - Emerald Ash Borer

Press Releases & News:

• New! Planting For Pollinators: It's the bees knees! Penn State Live (4/2009)
• Solving the Mystery of the Vanishing Bees, Scientific American, Diana Cox-Foster and Dennis vanEngelsdorp (3/2009)
• Colony Collapse Disorder: The Search for the Cause, Scientific American, Diana Cox-Foster and Dennis van vanEngelsdorp (3/2009)
• One Potential Solution: A Bee Medicine, Scientific American, Diana Cox-Foster and Dennis vanEngelsdorp (3/2009)
• Breakfast Without Bees? Scientific American, Diana Cox-Foster and Dennis vanEngelsdorp (3/2009)
• Beetles' Saving Grace, Pest May Hold Key to Ethanol Production Worcester Telegram & Gazette (3/2009)
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• Sweet Corn Pest Monitoring System
• PA PIPE (Field Crop Pest Forecasting System)
• Honey Bee & Pollinator Research
• PSU Entomology in the News
• Insect Image Gallery
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• Español Hoja de Información (Fact Sheets in Spanish)
• Awards!
• Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
• Highlights of 2008 Great Insect Fair!
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