Christina Grozinger, Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology, has been awarded the 2023 President’s Award for Excellence in Academic Integration. The award is given to a full-time faculty member who has exhibited extraordinary achievement in the integration of teaching, research or creative accomplishment and service.
This is the second short news article written by students, during the professional development class of Spring 2023, about each other's research.
This is the first short news article written by students, during the professional development class of Spring 2023, about each other's research.
This is the tenth short news article written by students, during the professional development class of Fall 2022, about each other's research.
This is the ninth of ten short news articles written by students, during the professional development class of Fall 2022, about each other's research.
A consortium of institutions led by faculty in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences has received a $75,000 planning grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation aimed at expanding the recruitment of and opportunities for Black, Indigenous and Latino students to enroll in science, technology, engineering and mathematics graduate programs.
This is the eighth of ten short news articles written by students, during the professional development class of Fall 2022, about each other's research.
This is the seventh of ten short news articles written by students, during the professional development class of Fall 2022, about each other's research.
This is the sixth of ten short news articles written by students, during the professional development class of Fall 2022, about each other's research.
This is the fifth of ten short news articles written by students, during the professional development class of Fall 2022, about each other's research.
PSU undergraduate student Celia Graef has authored a new pocket guide which provides information about PA's most common night singing insects. Email IBC Education Specialist Heather Desorcie for a physical copy/copies!
A backyard discovery by 8-year-old Hugo Deans, son of Penn State Professor of Entomology Andrew Deans, eventually led to the revelation that oak galls — plant growth triggered by insects — are part of an elaborate relationship among ants, wasps and oak trees, turning a century of knowledge about plant-insect interactions on its head.
Penn State Extension Master Gardeners from Centre County recently debuted “POLLINATORS! The Musical,” a 30-minute production aimed at providing pollinator education in a fun and catchy way. Two upcoming performances will be held on Sept. 11 at the Millbrook Marsh Nature Center.
By Chuck Gill
This is the second of eleven short news articles written by students, during the professional development class, about each other's research.
This is the first of eleven short news articles written by students, during the professional development class, about each other's research.
IBC Education Progam Specialist Heather Desorcie reports on the use of, and visitors to, the bee hotels recently installed at the PSU Arboretum's Pollinator and Bird Garden
CPR member and Entomology graduate student Anne Johnson uses community science to discover key predators of the invasive spotted lanternfly.
Insect Biodiversity Fellow Laura Laiton reports on how monocultural farming practices can change to better serve diverse and beneficial insect communities
Jordan Pietrzykoski had never conducted research before. But the junior psychology major and neuroscience minor at Saint Francis University in Loretto was looking for research opportunities to broaden her educational experience.
A Penn State-led team of researchers will use a newly awarded $682,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to examine how climate change may influence and interact with various stressors that affect the health of pollinators.
A ground-nesting bee family — commonly known as miner bees — could play a heightened role in rebuilding black cherry populations in Pennsylvania and beyond, according to Penn State entomologists who investigated pollinators’ contributions to the valuable hardwood species.
We are hopping into the new year by highlighting the differential grasshopper, Melanoplus differentialis. This factsheet was produced by Insect Biodiversity Center graduate student fellow Francesca Ferguson
With endless information available 24/7 on the internet and social media, it can be hard to separate fact from fiction.
Neonicotinoids and other systemic insecticides can contaminate honeydew, which is an important food source for beneficial insects in agroecosystems, according to an international team of researchers.
