Author: bbradford
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UW–Madison Recertified by Bee Campus USA
In June, the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation recertified UW-Madison as a Bee Campus, extending its status as one of eight universities in Wisconsin and one of nearly 200 in…
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Save the Date: Graduate Student Welcome Weekend, Aug 23-25, 2024
1st and 2nd year Entomology graduate students and their advisors – the department’s DEI Committee would like to invite you to the 2nd annual department welcome weekend! Housed in a different department but…
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In Wisconsin, Mannequins Help Teach People How To Spot Ticks
Some of the outreach and educational work done by staff at the Midwest Center of Excellence – Vector-Borne Disease on tick-bite prevention was recently highlighted by Science Friday. Read or…
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Congressman Mark Pocan visits the MCEVBD to learn about tick and mosquito bite prevention efforts
Congressman Mark Pocan and staffers visited campus on May 30 and the first stop was the Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Disease. Center students and staff introduced the delegation…
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Cicadapalooza: A celebration of Cicadas coming June 8 at the Lake Geneva Public Library
Visit Lake Geneva, in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Entomology Department, is proud to announce Cicadapalooza—a fun, family-friendly, and FREE pop-up event with tours and talks by UW-Madison entomologists, cicada…
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Entomology Digest – Spring 2024
Letter from the Chair Entomology Community and Friends of the Department, Swarm to Table, Version 4. On Saturday, April 13 our Undergraduate Entomology Society (UES) together with support from Slow…
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Introducing the Wisconsin Periodical Cicada Website
Now that the solar eclipse has passed, the next big phenomenon will be our emergence of Brood XIII periodical cicadas later this spring. Since these insects emerge in Wisconsin every…
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Craig Brabant receives International Society of Hymenopterists 2023 Service Award
Craig Brabant, Curator of the Wisconsin Insect Research Collection, received the 2023 Service Award from the 10th Congress of the International Society of Hymenopterists in Iaşi, Romania. This award is…
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Graduate students Emma Terris and Celeste Huff win ESA NCB student competitions
The delegation from UW-Madison to the Entomology Society of America’s North Central Branch meeting in Fort Collins, CO made a splash this week with a first place finish by Emma…
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“Insect Eavesdropper” from the Bick Lab featured in Vegetable Growers News
Dr. Emily Bick and graduate student Dev Mehrotra (Computer Science) were featured in the April 2024 edition of Vegetable Growers News, in an article discussing their “Insect Eavesdropper” technology. These…