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Fall 2021 Cory Undergraduate Award Recipients

8/24/2021

 
Fall 2021 Cory Undergraduate Award Recipients Dominique Desmarattes, Molly Jones & Grace Soltis
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Congratulations to the recipients of the Fall 2021 Ernest N. Cory Undergraduate Scholarship! This scholarship provides up to $1,000 for undergraduate students each semester who have creatively contributed to Entomology Department research and/or extension efforts. Choose, "Read More" to find out more about Dominique Desmarattes, Molly Jones & Grace Soltis and their extraordinary efforts in Entomology.

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Professor Emeritus Galen Dively Named ESA Fellow

8/3/2021

 
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Professor Emeritus Galen Dively has been elected as a Fellow of the Entomological Society of America in recognition of his outstanding contributions to entomology research, teaching and extension. Galen’s research is broadly focused and closely linked to his extension efforts to address IPM issues. Most recently, he developed and directs a multistate sweet corn sentinel monitoring network for tracking field-evolved resistance to the Bt toxins, which has influenced EPA to consider changes to the insect resistance monitoring protocol for Bt crops.  Galen will be presented with this award during the Annual ESA Meeting, October 31 - November 3 in Denver, CO. Please join us in congratulating Galen on this well-deserved honor!!!
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For more on Galen’s efforts in entomology check out ESA's press release here>>

UMD Grad Students to Showcase Their Insect Knowledge at National Entomology Games

6/10/2021

 
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UMD’s Entomology Games team—known as the Checkerspots—earned second place in the eastern regional competition. With their win, the Checkerspots advanced to the national competition, which will be held at the Entomological Society of America’s (ESA) national meeting in Denver in November.

See CMNS article to learn more about the team and their preparations for the national games. 

ENTOMOLOGY RACKS UP CMNS ANNUAL AWARDS FOR 2021!

5/19/2021

 

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Congratulations Marcia Shofner awardee of the CMNS Board of Visitors Creative Educator Award, Megan Fritz awardee of the CMNS Board of Visitors Junior Faculty Award and Amy Yaich awardee of the Dean’s Outstanding Employee Award, on their well-deserved recognition! See College's Announcement here>>

​VANENGELSDORP NAMED HIGHLY CITED RESEARCHER

5/19/2021

 
​Congratulations to Associate Professor Dennis vanEngelsdorp for being named Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate's Web of Science for the 5th year in a row! 

See Clarivate's list here>>

PALMER RECEIVES THE HELMHOLTZ INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP AWARD FOR EXCELLENT RESEARCHERS

5/19/2021

 
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Congratulations to Distinguished University Professor Margaret Palmer recipient of the Helmholtz International Fellowship Award for Excellent Researchers. These fellowships are "aimed at outstanding senior scientists who have distinguished themselves through their work in areas relevant to Helmholtz. The prize is awarded in recognition of the scientific merits and is endowed with a total of 20,000 euros." She was recognized for "cutting edge work in hydrology and ecology" and "pioneer work at the interface of science and society."  Once COVID-19 travel restrictions are lifted, Margaret will be spending time at the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research in Leipzig, Germany with the option to collaborate with scientists at other Helmholtz centers.

HARTMAN WINS CAMPUS 3 MINUTE THESIS COMPETITION

5/13/2021

 
This spring Maggie Hartman, M.S. student in the Lamp Lab, entered the Campus-Level Three-Minute Thesis competition and won! Maggie says distilling her thesis, ‘Dragons on the farm: A novel approach to determining dragonfly diet in agroecosystems', into a 3-minute video for a public audience was an interesting challenge. 

​Choose "read more" to find out more about Maggie’s initial interest in the competition, her approached to the task, her initial “shock” to have won and what’s next for her and her competitors. 

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Lamp awarded the Winston Family Honors Faculty Award

4/16/2021

 
In recognition of Dr. Bill Lamp's extraordinary dedication to Honors education at the University of Maryland he has been named recipient of the Honors College's highest award, the Winston Family Honors Faculty Award. For nearly two decades Bill has directed the Department of Entomology’s Honors program, which has graduated 30 students 17 of whom were mentees of his lab. In addition to his directing role Bill also instructs stand out courses like HONR208D, “Insect Biodiversity: The Good, theBad and the Weird,” in the University Honors Program. Please join us in congratulating Bill on this well deserved recognition!

& if you get a chance spread the word on social media: facebook, twitter

Checkerspots take second place at ESA Eastern Branch

3/25/2021

 
Congrats team Checkerspots - Maggie Lewis, Taís Ribeiro, Maria Cramer, and Kristin Jayd- for scoring 2nd place in the entomology Games at the Entomological Society of America's Eastern Branch meeting! This fall University of Maryland Checkerspots are headed to Denver, where they will compete at the national level. Go Checkerspots!!!!!

Ento Grad Students Place in Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention Research Competition

2/11/2021

 
Exciting news out of Hooks Lab!
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Congratulations to Veronica Yurchak & Demian Nunez who placed 1st and 2nd, respectively in the Graduate Student poster contest held during the Virtual Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention. The judging panel saw 24 poster entries in total, and our students posters stood out as top. Award winning posters listed below.

Title: Using a living mulch in reduced tillage sweet corn  Authors: Veronica Yurchak, Alan Leslie and Cerruti RR Hooks
Title: Developing a perennial living mulch system for Mid-Atlantic cantaloupe growers. Authors: Demian Nunez, Macarena Farcuh, Karin Burghardt and Cerruti RR Hooks

Spring 2021 Cory Undergraduate Award Recipients

1/13/2021

 
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​​Congratulations to the recipients of the Spring 2021 Ernest N. Cory Undergraduate Scholarship! This scholarship provides up to $1,000 for undergraduate students each semester who have creatively contributed to Entomology Department research and/or extension efforts. Choose, "Read More" to find out more about Elizabeth Butz, Sophia Barringer & Madison Tewey and their extraordinary efforts in Entomology.


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CMNS Board of Visitors Junior Faculty Award goes to Fritz

1/5/2021

 
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We are very pleased to announce that the winner of the CMNS Board of Visitors Junior Faculty Award is Entomology's Assistant Professor, Megan Fritz! Megan’s work focuses on the study of insect evolution in response to a constantly changing environment. The lab uses molecular, genomic, and computational tools to shed light on the genomic variants that facilitate adaptation. Her outstanding research program has produced significant publications and attracted external funding. She has received two prestigious USDA- NIFA grants, which support her efforts to utilize genomic approaches to solve critical real-world problems and train students and postdoctoral fellows. Megan is a highly engaged university citizen, she teaches graduate and undergraduate level courses, participates in outreach and serves on a number of department and University committees. Congratulations Megan on this well-deserved recognition! 

Ferlauto Comes in 1st at AGNR Cornerstone Event

11/30/2020

 
​"Assessing the impacts of seasonal leaf litter disturbance on overwintering pollinators and natural enemies" earns grad student Max Ferlauto first prize poster at AGNR cornerstone event. Watch video to see how Max's work supports the college's initiative to improve human, animal, and environmental health. 

Congratulations, Max!

Christmon Wins AGNR Enterprise Challenge

11/30/2020

 
Congratulations to AGNR Enterprise Challenge winners, Krisztina Christmon and her fellow teammates. 

Krisztina and her team were challenged to, in a 3 week time span, come up with an idea to turn empty poultry houses in Maryland into something else. Krisztina said, “It was a short but intense 2 weeks of brainstorming and research. We wanted something that would be easy to set up, sustainable, novel and profitable." The team pitched a plan to the judges to use the empty poultry houses to address the dark reality of the US plastic crisis. “It is such a mounting issue in Agricultural that it already has a name for itself: plasticulture.”says Krisztina. Their award winning plan, she shares “[to] turn these facilities into an agricultural plastic washing-sorting-recycling facility. In addition, we would develop a technology to neutralize the chemicals (pesticide, fertilizer etc.) of wastewater and in the end product”

The team won the competition's top cash prize and a spot in the MD and National iCorp program where they will learn more about entrepreneurship and ways to make their idea come alive.

Maccracken Awarded NSF Postdoc Fellowship

7/6/2020

 
Congratulations to Gussie Maccracken who has been awarded an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology for FY2020. Starting in March 2021, she will be studying plant-insect interactions across the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event.

Kuder wins Green Technology and Urban Environment photo contest

7/6/2020

 
Lisa's snap shot pictures her at work in a trailer surrounded by meadow.
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​Congrats to Lisa Kuder, PhD Candidate, vanEngelsdorp’s Lab, for capturing award winning photo of her research into green technologies. Her research focuses on pollinator habitat along highway rights-of-way, specifically developing Best Management Practices for roadside meadow management. Lisa's snap shot pictures her at work in a trailer surrounded by meadow.

Shofner Receives Provost’s Excellence Award for Professional Track Faculty

6/2/2020

 
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Congratulations to Dr. Marcia Shofner who has been awarded the Provost’s Excellence Award for Professional Track Faculty. This well-deserved recognition celebrates Marcia’s use of active learning approaches in her classes, her work with TLTC redesigning her introductory class and her participation in NSF-funded grants to revamp BSCI curriculum. In addition to acknowledging Marcia as a dynamic lecturer in both the in-person and online environments, she is recognized for her service. She is on various college and university committees and engaged with groups that work to promote more diverse student participation in science.

Waters Named Dean's Outstanding Employee

5/7/2020

 
​Entomology's Todd Waters is recognized as Dean's Outstanding Employee! A well deserved recognition, for sure. Todd's creativity & enthusiasm for entomology engages audiences of all backgrounds -community members, staff, students, faculty, etc - inspiring them to want to discover more about insects. Congrats, Todd!

​https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/features/4579

Neel Honored for Contributions in Biodiversity Conservation

4/27/2020

 
Congratulations to Professor Maile Neel on receiving the Edward T. LaRoe III Memorial Award from the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB). Given to individuals who have been “a leader in translating principles of conservation biology into real-world conservation”, Neel is recognized for her work translating her research on species recovery and genetic diversity into practical applications for restoration managers. Follow link to see SCB’s announcement with more on Neel's work being released by SCB in the near future. 
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https://conbio.org/publications/scb-news-blog/scb-announces-award-winners-for-outstanding-contributions-to-biodiversity-c

Ferlauto Named 2020 SIFP Fellow and DeWind Awardee

4/27/2020

 
Congratulations to Max Ferlauto (MS student, Burghardt Lab) on being named 2020 Smithsonian Institute Fellow (SIFP) and Joan Mosenthal DeWind Awardee. These awards will help fund his studies into Lepidoptera conservation, with the SIFP award supporting Max's work at Smithsonian Environmental Research Center this upcoming summer. See below for the Xerces Society press release on the DeWind Award and further information on Max's research.
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https://xerces.org/blog/announcing-2020-dewind-awardees?utm_source=Enews+April+2020+%231&utm_campaign=April+Enews+1&utm_medium=email 

Maggie Lewis Named 2020-21 Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship Recipient

4/7/2020

 
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Entomology Ph.D. candidate Maggie Lewis (Hamby Lab) has been awarded an Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship from the University of Maryland’s Graduate School. Awarded to students in the final stages of their doctorate, the Wylie Fellowship provides one semester of support during the 2020-2021 year.

Maggie’s dissertation research studies various aspects of the biology and management of spotted-wing drosophila (SWD), particularly its interactions with yeasts and plant pathogenic fungi. She also examines how insecticide spray coverage impacts SWD management and is trying to understand how to improve spray coverage within bramble production systems. 

"This is a well-deserved award. Maggie has worked hard for it” said Kelly Hamby, Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist. “Maggie has made significant contributions to furthering integrated pest management programs for SWD. We are thrilled her work is being recognized in this way."

Please join us in congratulating Maggie on being named recipient of this award.

5 NSF GRFP Awardees in Entomology

4/3/2020

 
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Nathan Selected Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award Recipient

3/11/2020

 
Mayda Nathan
Congratulations Mayda Nathan (PhD student, Gruner Lab) on being selected to receive the Ecological Society of America's Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award! Mayda is currently studying the recent northward range expansion of Florida’s mangroves. As a recipient of the award Mayda will travel to DC this March to meet with lawmakers and advocate for federal funding for biological and ecological sciences. 

Follow link to read ESA's press release: 
https://www.esa.org/blog/2020/03/02/esa-selects-2020-katherine-s-mccarter-graduate-student-policy-award-recipients

Spring 2020 Cory Undergraduate Award Recipients

2/19/2020

 
Cory Recipients
​Congratulations to the recipients of the Spring 2020 Ernest N. Cory Undergraduate Scholarship! This scholarship provides up to $1,000 for undergraduate students each semester who have creatively contributed to Entomology Department research and/or extension efforts. Choose, "Read More" to find out about Matthew Dimock, Adelaide Figurskey, Megan Geesin and Maggie Tan & their extraordinary efforts in Entomology.

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St. Leger and Lovett awarded Newcomb Cleveland Prize for most impactful paper of 2019

2/19/2020

 
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Photo Credit: John Consloli, UMD
Congratulations to Brian Lovett (Ph.D. 19', UMD Entomology) and Distinguished Professor, Raymond St. Leger, winners of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2019 Newcomb Cleveland Prize for the most impactful paper published in AAAS’s flagship journal Science during the previous year. The study described the first trial of a transgenic approach to combat malaria mosquitoes ever to be tested outside the laboratory.
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Read more in the CMNS press release here>>
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