Category: News
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Posted on August 6, 2024
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 […]
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Posted on July 2, 2024
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 […]
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Posted on May 30, 2024
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 […]
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Posted on March 26, 2024
“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 […]
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Posted on March 4, 2024
Two Entomology students participate in UW-Madison Three Minute Thesis finals
Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) is an international research communication competition in which graduate students explain their research to a general audience. Students in research-based master’s and […]
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Posted on December 18, 2023
Entomologists ‘Swarm the Hill’ to Talk Insect Science With Policymakers After ESA Annual Meeting
In conjunction with ESA’s policy-focused 2023 Annual Meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, in November, ESA organized a large-scale Capitol Hill Day on November 9 with […]
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Posted on November 22, 2023
Dr. Emily Bick’s “Insect Eavesdropper” wins ESA Antlion Pit competition, nominated for 2023 WARF Innovation Award
UW-Madison Asst. Prof. Emily Bick develops tools and strategies to support data-driven precision agriculture management techniques. She has created a machine-learning algorithm to detect and […]
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Posted on September 1, 2023
Insect Fest 2023 a ‘big hit’
Last month’s Wisconsin Insect Fest at Upham Woods was a hit with insect enthusiasts of all ages. The UW-Entomology event drew over a hundred attendees […]
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Posted on August 8, 2023
Take a virtual tour of the Wisconsin Insect Research Collection
Representing specimens collected by professional entomologists and citizen scientists over the past 170 years, the Wisconsin Insect Research Collection (WIRC) documents the entomofauna of Wisconsin […]
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Posted on June 20, 2023
Donation to CALS helps fund two Nelson-affiliated projects
Recently, a multimillion dollar donation was made to the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) from Kikkoman Foods, Inc., a world-renowned soy sauce company. […]