Department News
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Sudip Gaire (DeVries Lab) won first place in the 2021 Society of Postdoctoral Scholars Annual Research & Career Symposium. Sudip's talk was 1 of 5 selected from across the entire university to be presented, and of the five talks presented he won first place. Congratulations!
October 6, 2021 -
Congratulations to Jeff Howell for winning Dr. Lisa P. Collins Outstanding Staff Award! Jeff is a Laboratory Technician Senior in the Palli Laboratory.
October 6, 2021 -
Sudip Gaire (DeVries Lab) has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 ESA Early Career Award in Medical, Urban, & Veterinary Entomology. Congratulations Sudip!
August 31, 2021 -
Congratulations to this year's winners in the 4-H Entomology categories at the 2021 Kentucky St. Fair! Each year, 4-Hers from around the state compete in a variety of entomology competitions that are based on physical collections of pinned insects or collections of digitally-photographed insects. The collections become larger and more elaborate as 4-Hers progress from 1st to 5th year versions of the projects. Some of these projects are on display at the St. Fair in the Cloverville section now until Aug 29, 2021.
August 23, 2021 -
Johnalyn Gordon (DeVries Lab) was selected as the recipient of the 2021 Larry Larson Graduate Student Award for Leadership in Applied Entomology. Congratulations Johnalyn!
August 20, 2021 -
The North American Forest Insect Work Conference (NAFIWC) meets every 5 years, and draws in forest entomologists, ecologists, and managers from the US, Canada and Mexico. We met last week virtually.The conference holds a student paper competition very similar to ESA’s, with essentially the same evaluation metrics (scientific content and rigor, presentation organization, slides, delivery).June 25, 2021 -
B&G Equipment Company has donated an array of pest control equipment to Zach DeVries Urban Entomology lab. The equipment will be used by the lab to help demonstrate proper application techniques to pest control professionals. Read the whole story in PCT Maganzine.
March 17, 2021 -
UK Entomology graduate student Johnalyn Gordon from Dr. DeVries' lab was awarded a scholarship from the Pest Management Foundation. Congratulations Johnalyn! https://www.pctonline.com/article/pest-management-foundation-awards-scho...
March 3, 2021 -
Graduate students, Lauren Fann, Erica Felko, Lucas Araujo, and Mohammad Alsabri who represent the University of Kentucky’s Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology, Plant and Soil Sciences, and Horticulture, received a $7,500 Student Opportunity Grant from UK’s Food Connection. Grant funds will be used to modify UK’s Graduate and Family Housing’s community garden to provide extension programs for gardeners, purchase supplies and equipment.
January 5, 2021 -
UK Entomology Graduate Student Lauren Fann from Dr. Bessin’s Lab was the recipient of two recent awards. Lauren was selected for a Southern Regional Education Board Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from the Southern Regional Education Board for 2020 - 2021. In addition, Lauren received a Conference Award from the University of Kentucky Graduate Student Congress.
January 5, 2021