Department of
Entomology
Calendar
Upcoming Events
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Monday, April 19, 2021
4:00 pm |
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Monday, April 26, 2021
4:00 pm |
Entomology Colloquium - Grad Student Exit Seminar - Nick Anderson - "Death by a thousand cuts: The roles of pesticides, predators, and habitat patch characteristics on wild bee and insect communities" (View all information) |
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Monday, May 3, 2021
4:00 pm |
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Wednesday, May 5, 2021
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Instruction Ends (View all information) |
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Thursday, May 6, 2021
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Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect (View all information) |
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Friday, May 7, 2021
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Final Exams Begin (View all information) |
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Saturday, May 15, 2021
8:30 am |
Commencement (View all information) |
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Monday, May 17, 2021
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First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1 (View all information) |
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Monday, June 14, 2021
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First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2 (View all information) |
Recent Colloquium Speakers
| Date | Speaker | Title |
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| March 22, 2021 | Professor | Drivers of recent insect declines (and increases) across North America |
| March 15, 2021 | Associate Professor | Causes and consequences of competitive displacement of Cotesia glomerata by C. rubecula |
| March 8, 2021 | Associate Professor | Locusts: Working across boundaries, sectors, and disciplines to study and address outbreaks |
| March 1, 2021 | Assistant Professor and Director of the Purdue Entomological Research Collection | The evolution and innovations of desert darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) |
| February 22, 2021 | Assistant Professor | Biodiversity under environmental change in large-scale and long-term studies |
| February 15, 2021 | Associate Professor | Biomechanics, trade-offs, and the evolutionary diversification of animal weapons |
| February 8, 2021 | Professor | Reconnecting landscapes for nature and people |
| February 1, 2021 | Research Entomologist | Lessons from western corn rootworm: Understanding management strategies and relevant spatial scales |
| December 7, 2020 | Dept. of Entomology | Evolution of symbiotic parasitoid viruses in Hymenoptera |
| November 30, 2020 |
Joshua Gibson |
Entomology Colloquium - Grad Student Exit Seminar - Joshua Gibson - “Biomechanics and evolution of trap-jaw ants: An origin story for a superpowered animal” |
| November 9, 2020 |
Ohelia Bolmin PhD candidate |
Overcoming Muscles Limitations: Power Amplification in Click Beetles |
| November 2, 2020 |
Eric South |
Molecular phylogenetics of the North American stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera), with description of a new species and family |
| October 26, 2020 |
Dr. Bernarda Calla Research Scientist |
Genomic and evolutionary insights from the sequencing of two Lepidoptera species |
| October 19, 2020 |
Dr. Kacie Athey Assistant Professor |
It’s raining moths: Drone technology for sterile codling moth release |