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No Open House March 21 at Bohart Museum of Entomology

March 12, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you marked your calendar to attend the Saturday, March 21 open house at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis campus, you can unmark it. For now. The Bohart Museum of Entomology has postponed its open house to comply with the new UC Davis policies regarding coronavirus pandemic cautions.
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Butterfly specimens at Bohart Museum of Entomology (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

No Bohart Museum of Entomology Open House on March 21

March 12, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The Bohart Museum of Entomology has postponed its Saturday, March 21 open house to comply with the new UC Davis policies regarding the coronavirus pandemic cautions. The open house was initially scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m., and the theme centered on pollinators and microbes.
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Pest Notes: Plantains publication
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Just published

March 12, 2020
By Gale Perez
I just got an e-mail from UC ANR (Agriculture & Natural Resources) about the two revised (weed science) publications.
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Michael Hoffmann sharing his expertise on climate change.

Entomologist Michael Hoffmann: Our Distinguished Alumnus

March 11, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Congratulations to noted entomologist Michael Hoffmann, an emeritus professor at Cornell University, for his selection as the 2020 Thomas and Nina Leigh Distinguished Alumnus Award, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.
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Mary Salcedo, postdoctoral fellow at Virginia Tech who studies insect wings.
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Seminar on March 11: Mary Salcedo and Insect Wings

March 10, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Postdoctoral research fellow Mary Salcedo of Virginia Tech will present a seminar on "Hydraulics in an Insect Wing: How Venation Pattern Affects Circulation" at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar from 4:10 to 5 p.m., Wednesday, March 11 in 122 Briggs Hall.
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This is a banded-wing grasshopper, family Acrididae. This image was taken in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Mary Salcedo: About Those Insect Wings...

March 10, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Have you ever marveled at the wings of a grasshopper? Postdoctoral research fellow and insect biomechanist Mary Salcedo of Virginia Tech has. She studies insect wings.
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Michael Hoffmann, recipient of Leigh Distinguished Alumni Award
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Michael Hoffmann Selected for Leigh Distinguished Alumni Award

March 10, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Noted entomologist Michael Hoffmann, an emeritus professor at Cornell University known for his advocacy of climate change literacy, leadership activities and biological control projects, is the recipient of the 2020 Thomas and Nina Leigh Distinguished Alumni Award from the UC Davis Department of Ent...
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