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UC Linnaean Games Team competing (from left) Zachary Zachary Griebenow, Brendon Boudinot, captain Ralph Washington Jr. and Emily Bick. (ESA Photo)
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UC Team Wins ESA Linnaean Games Championship

November 14, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The University of California Linnaean Games Team, comprised of graduate students from UC Davis and UC Berkeley, won the national championship at the popular and highly competitive Linnaean Games hosted this week at the Entomological Society of America's meeting in Vancouver, B.C.
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Vegetable Crops Program Team to meet Nov. 26- 27 in Davis

November 13, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
The Vegetable Crops Program Team will meet Monday, Nov. 26, and Tuesday, Nov. 27, at the UC ANR Building in Davis. There is no cost to attend, but registration is required so that Program Support staff can plan for the appropriate number of people.
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Booklice are nearly microscopic insects, Liposcelis bostrychophila, or "psocids" (pronounced "so kids"). They are common pests in stored grains. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Bohart Museum Open House: Focusing on Urban Entomology

November 9, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Mark your calendars! The next open house at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, located in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building on Crocker Lane, UC Davis campus, is set for 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 18. It's free and family friendly.
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These three graduate students in the Phil Ward lab at UC Davis are among the members of the UC Berkeley-UC Davis Linnaean Games Team. From left are Zachary Griebenow, Jill Oberski and Brendon Boudinot. Boudinot, president of the UC Davis Entomology Graduate Student Association, was a member of both the UC Davis national championship teams in 2015 and 2016. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Insects and Graduate Students Share Spotlight at Linnaean Games

November 2, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Where are you most likely to encounter a rheophilic insect? If you know the answer to that, you could have scored at the Linnaean Games competition at the recent meeting of the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA). The answer: "In moving streams.
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October 2018 News Clips (10/16 - 10/31)

November 1, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Researchers studying cover crops near almond orchards (Western Farm Press) Tim Hearden, Oct. 31 University of California Cooperative Extension researchers have started field trials to analyze the benefits and trade-off of planting cover crops near or within almond production systems.
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