- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
Students in Professor Diane Ullman's Entomology 1 class, fusing art with science, will be showing their work at a public reception from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, May 31 in the Third Space Collective, 946 Olive Drive, Davis.
The event, billed as "Totems, Glass and the Movies," is free and open to the public.
Some 56 students participated, Professor Ullman said. "The students have really worked hard and for the first time ever we have stop-action movies, led by Allison Simler,and glass fusion artworks, led by entomology graduate student, Joanna Bloese."
Donna Billick and Diane Ullman led students in creating totems with clay, cement and mosaic. Ullman and Billick co-founded and co-directed the UC Davis Arts/Science Fusion Program.
"We are looking forward to introducing the UC Davis community to the fine work of our students, Ullman said.
Ullman, former associate associate dean for undergraduate academic programs, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and former chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, is noted for her research, teaching and public service.
She received the Entomological Society of America's distinguished teaching award in 2013. She earlier received the outstanding teaching award from the Pacific Branch of ESA, comprised of 11 western states (Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming), parts of Canada and Mexico, and seven U.S. territories.
- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
Professor Diane Ullman today announced the list of noon-hour spring seminars hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. All seminars will take place on Wednesdays from 12:10 to 1 p.m. from March 30 through June 1 in Room 230 of Wellman Hall. (This is a change of venue from the winter quarter.)
The seminars, chaired by Ullman, are open to all interested persons.
The schedule as of April 25:
- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
A reception (free admission and open to the public) will take place Friday, Feb. 12 from 6 to 9 p.m. The evening will include juror talks from 5:15 to 6:45 p.m., and an awards presentation at 7:30. This is the fourth biannual multi-media display of the artists' work.
Sharon Bladholm, a Chicago-based sculptor and Shih-Wen Young, a Sacramento physicist and installation artist, juried the show. Bladholm will speak from 5:15 to 6 p.m. and Young from 6 to 6:45 p.m.
“Sharon Bladholm has pursued her artistic vision through the steady acquisition and command of a variety of disciplines, including cast glass, bronze, and ceramic in the sculptural realm, as well as stained glass, printmaking and works on paper,” according to her website. “The recurring theme in Bladholm's work is the interface of people with the natural world, integrating the sciences of anthropology with biology and botany from the plant world.”
Her website indicates that she has "participated on expeditions with the Field Museum, Conservation International and Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program to the Brazilian, Venezuelan and Peruvian Amazon, documenting the life ways of the Yanomami people through her art, and exploring conservation of endangered plant and animal species in isolated communities."
Young will speak from 6 to 6:45 p.m. about the selection of the work for the current show. He is a professor in the physics department of American River College, Sacramento. He and his wife, a new faculty member in the UC Davis Design Department, have created art/science connections for years. For one of their major shows, "One Moment in Time," they explored sound. Of that art, Young writes on a web page: "Sound is a unique quality Earth possesses. Our planet wouldn't be what it is today without sound. However, moment after moment, sound is generated, then disappears like the ocean waves crashing onto the shore and parishes without a trace. If you could see sound and capture the image, what would sound look like? We use the physics of sound propagation to calculate and visually map sound using our innovative real-time, 3D, sound visualization model." (See images)
The show includes the work of local favorites as well as artists throughout the country. Among the local artists is Anna Davidson, who recently received her doctorate at UC Davis in the Department of Plant Sciences and is now studying for her master of fine arts degree. She organizes the UC Davis LASER (Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous) events.
The Pence Gallery is open from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesdays through Sundays. For further information on the show, contact the Pence Gallery at (530) 758-3370.
- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
All will take place from 12:10 to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays in 122 Briggs Hall, Kleiber Hall Drive.
The winter seminar series:
Wednesday, Jan. 6
Mike Riehle
Associate Professor, University of Arizona
Title: "Manipulating Insulin Signaling in the Mosquito to Control Fitness and Parasite Resistance"
Host: Shirley Luckhart, professor, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, and graduate student advisor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
Wednesday, Jan. 13
Wayne Hunter
Ph.D. Research Entomologist, USDA-ARS, Fort Pierce, FL.
Title: "Topical RNAi for Pest and Pathogen Management: Meeting the Needs of Organic and Industrial Producers."
Host: Diane Ullman, professor. UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
Wednesday, Jan. 20
Sulley Ben-Mahmoud
Postdoc, UC Davis
Title: "Cloning and Characterization of a Basic Cysteine-like Protease (cathepsin L1) Expressed in the Gut of Larval Diaprepes abbreviatus L. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).
Host: Diane Ullman, professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
Wednesday, Jan. 27
J. P. Michaud
Professor, Kansas State University
Title: "Challenges to the Management of Migratory Pests on the High Plains: Thinking Outside the Field."
Host: Ed Lewis, associate dean for agricultural sciences in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
Wednesday, Feb. 3
David Tarpy
Professor and Apiculturist, North Carolina State University
Title: Young Regality: a Day in the Life of a Virgin Queen Bee
Host: Elina Niño, Extension apiculturist, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
Wednesday, Feb. 10
Thomas Phillips
Professor, Kansas State University
Title: "Pest Management for Stored Products: Persistent Problems and Hopeful Possibilities"
Host: Christian Nansen, assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
Wednesday, Feb. 17
Patrick O'Grady
Associate Professor, UC Berkeley
Title: "Diversification of Hawaiian Diptera"
Host: Joanna Chiu, assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
Wednesday, Feb. 24
Michael Kolomiets
Professor of Maize Defense Genetics, Texas A&M
Title: "Maize Lipid-Mediated Signaling in Defense against Insects and Nematodes"
Host: Christian Nansen, assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
Wednesday, March 2
Yannick Wurm
Assistant Professor, Queen Mary University London
Title: "Population Genomics of Social Evolution"
Host: Brian Johnson, assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
Wednesday, March 9
Diane Campbell
Professor, UC Irvine
Title: "Behavior of Hawkmoths and Plant Reproductive Isolation: a Tale of Two Continents"
Host: Rachel Vannette, assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
The seminars are open to all interested persons.
- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
Sept. 30
Ola Lundin
Postdoctoral scholar, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UC Davis
Title: Ecology and Management of Crop Pollination and Pest Control
Host: Neal Williams, associate professor
Oct. 7
Saul Cunningham
Researcher, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)
Title: Future Crop Pollination: the View from Down Under
Host: Neal Williams. associate professor
Oct. 14
Luke Alphey
Visiting Professor, University of Oxford
Title: Genetic Control of Pest Insects
Host: Diane Ullman, professor
GS3 seminar speaker, sponsored by the Storer Endowment
Oct. 21
Isgouhi Kaloshian
Professor of Nematology, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UC Davis
Title: Unraveling How Aphids and Associated Microbes Modulate Plant Immunity
Host: Diane Ullman, professsor
Oct. 28
Nicolas Svetec
Postdoctoral Fellow, Begun Lab, UC Davis
Title: The Adaptive Significance of Natural Genetic Variation in the DNA Damage Response of Drosophila melanogaster
Host: Joanna Chiu, assistant professor
Nov. 4
Paul Pratt
Research Entomologist, USDA
Title: Florida's Melaleuca Invasion: The End of an Error
Host: Michael Parrella, professor and chair of the department
Dec. 2 (Leigh Seminar)
Tim Paine, Tom and Nina Leigh Distinguished Alumni Speaker
Professor of Entomology, UC Riverside
Title: Insect Invasion Biology and California Landscapes
This special event will be held in the evening: more details to be announced.
For further information, contact coordinator Diane Ullman at deullman@ucdavis.edu
