Attention Graduate Students:
Update on Jastro Shields

Several of you have asked DeeDee about the call for 1998-99 Jastro Shields Awards.  The department has received word that the procedures are currently being reviewed and changes to the program will be made.  These changes should be announced (hopefully) within a month.  As soon as this information is received, it will be made available to you.

Systematics Student/ Illustrator Seeking Position

Christina Almera, a 1993 graduate of University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, with a Bachelor's degree in Biology, is seeking a position in entomology.  After receiving her degree, she spent one year working with Paul Hanson on a key to the Tettigoniidae (katydids) of Costa Rica, including adding drawings to species level to the key.  She has also worked with Bradford Hawkins at UC Irvine on gallwasps, classifying and labeling the existing collection of parasitic insects found in oaktree galls to species level.  She is currently working as a free-lance illustrator.  Her resume is available from DeeDee.


Jeffrey Granett
California Grape Rootstock Improvement Commission
Tools for expanding options of rootstock resistance to grape phylloxera and fungal pathogens

Michael Parrella
American Floral Endowment
Pest management strategies in floriculture

Michael Parrella
Statewide IPM Program
Development of sampling procedures for western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, in greenhouse flower production

Jay Rosenheim
Statewide IPM Program
Ecology of predatory green lacewings:  Quantifying the impact of higher-order consumers

School-Sponsored Events versus Academic Pursuits

The UCD Academic Senate has announced their policy regarding conflicts between school-sponsored events and classes when either the event or the missed class activity was not foreseen at the beginning of the quarter.  Examples include post-season athletic events arising from the success of a team, rescheduled events, or events coinciding with a midterm which was scheduled after the quarter began.  A school-sponsored event is defined as any event approved by the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs.  Conflicts with academic work must be resolved to the mutual satisfaction of the student and instructor.  If no resolution is possible, the instructor may award an "I" grade, but should handle such a case in the same way he/she deals with accidents, illness, family emergencies, and other absences beyond the student's control.  The student is responsible, in advance of his/her expected absence, for notifying the instructor and arranging to make up missed work.

FEDIX Web Site Can Help Locate Funding Sources

The Federal Information Exchange (FEDIX) is a free on-line information retrieval service covering federal funding opportunities for education and research.  Participating agencies use FEDIX as an outreach tool and support the service under a cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy.  No registration is required to access FEDIX at http://www.rams-fie.com.  From this site you can also subscribe to FEDIX Opportunity Alert, a free service that automatically performs a daily search of new federal opportunities within your specific areas of interest and emails them to you.

Zip+4 Codes on the Internet

The US Postal Service provides a Zip+4 directory service from their internet home page:


http://www.usps.gov


Zip+4 codes can be obtained by typing in the street address, city and state.  Other postal information, such as postage rates for domestic, international and Express mail, an Express mail tracking system, and passport information, is also available from the USPS home page.


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*UCD Graduate Research Mentorship Program
Contact:  Office of Graduate Studies, Student Support, 752-7481
Deadline January 15, 1998

*Smithsonian Institution Fellowships in Residence
Contact:  Smithsonian Office of Fellowships and Grants, 202/287-3271 or siofg@ofg.si.edu or http://www.si.edu/research+study
Deadline January 15, 1998

*UC Davis Washington Center Graduate Fellowships
Contact:  Prof. Bruce W. Jentleson, Director, UCD Washington Center, 202/296-8221 or bwjentleson@ucdavis.edu; or attend info. session December 3, 2 pm, 2124 Wickson Hall; apps available from Grad. Studies.
Deadline January 16, 1998

UC University-wide Mosquito Research Program
Contact:  Bruce F. Eldridge, 752-6983 or http://mosqnet.ucdavis.edu/ucmrp.htm
Deadline January 16, 1998

UC Davis Washington Faculty Fellows
Contact:  Prof. Bruce W. Jentleson, Washington Center Director, 202/296-8221 or bwjentleson@ucdavis.edu
Deadline January 16, 1998

UC Statewide IPM Project
Contact:  Donna Connolly, 752-8350; rfp available at http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/
IPMPROJECT/ipmrfp9899.html
Deadline January 16, 1998

Department of Defense National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program
For information and application, see web site: www.battelle.org/ndseg.
Deadline January 21, 1998

Entomology News Available on Department Web Site

If you missed an issue of Entomology News (heaven forbid!), current and past newsletters are available on the Entomology Department web site:

http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/dept/news/

There's lots of other Entomology info on this continually evolving web site--check it out.


Reminder to Graduate Students:

Applications for UCD Fellowships and Graduate Scholarships for Continuing Graduate Students are Due January 15, 1998

Benefits Phone System Unavailable this Weekend

The Benefits interactive phone system, Bencom.fone, will be unavailable from 5:00 pm on Friday, January 9, through 7:00 am on Monday, January 12th.

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS,
AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS,
AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS


Further information on these grants
is available from DeeDee
(* indicates a listing new to
Entomology News)

*UC San Diego White Mountain Research Station Use Permits
For research conducted at WMRS (near Bishop, CA)
Contact:  760/873-4344, or http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/wmrs
No deadline specified; apply well in advance of planned use

California Fresh Carrot Adv. Board
Contact:  Bryce Falk, UC Liaison to CFCAB, 752-0302
Deadline January 13, 1998

*UCD Fellowships and Graduate Scholarships for Continuing UCD Graduate Students
Contact: http://pubweb.ucdavis.edu/documents/
gradstudies/support/studsup.htm
Deadline January 15, 1998

*UCD 1998-99 Dissertation Year Fellowship
Contact:  Office of Graduate Studies, Student Support, 752-7481
Deadline January 15, 1998

New CA&ES Shop Facility Announced

The North Campus CA&ES Shop Facility, located at Hydraulics Lab 1 (just north of Veihmeyer Hall) is now providing fabrication, engineering, repair, and consulting for all CA&ES departments.

Capabilities include:
--Engineering, design, and fabrication of mechanical, electronic, fluid, and optical apparatus and instruments
--Consulting and design of analytical and data acquisition systems for the laboratory or field
--Machine shop facilities for fabrication in plastics, wood, stainless steel, or other metals
--Repair of mechanical and electronic equipment.

The shop's staff includes two engineers with over fifty years of combined experience, and provides free consultations and estimates.  Work is charged at $35/hour.  Contact David Paige, 752-6011, or dfpaige@ucdavis.edu.


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*UC DANR Viticulture Consortium Research Grants Program
Contact:  Robert Webster, Project Director, UCD Dept. of Plant Pathology, 752-0316
Deadline January 23, 1998

*UC DANR California Competitive Grant Program for Research in Viticulture and Enology
Contact:  Robert Webster, UCD
Dept. of Plant Pathology, 752-0316
Deadline January 23, 1998

*Regents' Professors and Lecturers Program for 1998-99
UCD Office of the Provost
Contact:  Solomon Bekele, 752-8932
Deadline January 23, 1998

*UCD Teaching Assistant Training Program Grants
To support departmental TA training.
Contact:  Dr. Will Davis, Coordinator of Graduate Student Programs, 752-6050 or will.davis@ucdavis.edu
Deadline January 30, 1998

*UC Systemwide Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program Graduate Student Fellowships
Contact:  Mika Pringle Tolson, 752-2097 or mptolson@ucdavis.edu
Deadline January 30, 1998

*UC Systemwide Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program Investigator-Initiated Research Grants
Contact:  Mika Pringle Tolson, 752-2097 or mptolson@ucdavis.edu
Deadline January 30, 1998

*American Vineyard Foundation Research Grants Program
Contact:  AVF, 707/967-9307
Deadline February 1, 1998


The Anglo-California Scholarship and The Winston Churchill Scholarship
(For graduate study at Oxford or Cambridge)
The English-Speaking Union of the U.S. and the Commonwealth,
San Francisco Branch
Contact:  Margaret Moore, Chairman, Scholarship Committee, 415/362-6985
Deadline February 1, 1998

*Academic Federation Award for Excellence in Teaching
Contact:  Dan Wick, 752-9546 or dlwick@ucdavis.edu, or Jennifer Kantorowski, 752-2220 or jakantorowski@ucdavis.edu
Deadline February 2, 1998

*UCD Graduate Research Awards and Humanities Graduate Research Awards
Contact:  Office of Graduate Studies, Student Support, 752-7481
Deadline February 13, 1998

*UC San Diego White Mountain Research Station Graduate Student Research Awards
For research conducted at WMRS (near Bishop, CA)
Contact:  619/822-0165, or http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/wmrs
Deadline February 13, 1998

*UCD Faculty Development Program Awards
(Requires letter from Dept. Chair)
Contact:  Gain Finney, Asst. Vice Provost, 752-9984 or gefinney@ucdavis.edu
Deadline February 13, 1998

Jon Fox Steindler Graduate Fellowship
For entering PhD students in CA&ES
Contact:  Jan Hatch, CA&ES Dean's Office, 752-4934
Deadline February 13, 1998


*Laboratory of Pollination Ecology, Institute of Evolution, Haifa University, Scholarship in Pollination Ecology
Contact:  Prof. Amots Dafni, phone/fax 972-48-240-312 or rabi306@uvm.haifa.ac.il
Deadline February 15, 1998

*Floyd and Mary Schwall Dissertation Fellowship in Medical Research
Contact:  Office of Graduate Studies, Student Support, 752-7481
Deadline for nominations by major professors February 18, 1998

*National Biological Control Institute (NBCI) Facilitation Grant Program
Contact: NBCI, 301/734-4329 or http://www.aphis.usda.gov/nbci/nbci.html
Deadline February 27, 1998

*UC Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center, Browns Valley, Project Proposals
Contact:  J. M. Connor, Superintendent, 530/639-8800 or jmconnor@ucdavis.edu
Deadline March 1, 1998

*CDFA Research Program (Exotic Pest Research)
Contact:  Conrad J. Krass,
916/654-0446
Deadline March 9, 1998

Kinsella Memorial Prize
UCD CA&ES
For the outstanding PhD dissertation submitted during the spring, fall, or winter quarter immediately preceding the due date of the nomination.
Contact:  Jan Hatch, CA&ES Dean's Office, 752-4934
Deadline for nominations
March 13, 1998


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*Various positions in agriculture and weights/measures
(for undergrads graduating in June)
Weights and Measures Department
Los Angeles County Agricultural Commission
Contact:  Bob Atkins, baatkins@loop.com
Open until filled; notice received 12/8/97

*Postgraduate Researcher
(greenhouse research management for tomato genetics and breeding project)
UCD Department of Vegetable Crops
Contact:  Dr. D. St.Clair, 752-9659
Open until filled; notice received 1/8/98

Postdoctoral Research Associate
(Interactions between baculoviruses and arthropod natural enemies)
Department of Entomology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
Contact:  Dr. Kevin M. Heinz, 409/862-3408 or kmh0700@zeus.tamu.edu
Open until filled; notice received 11/17/97

Graduate Student Research Asst.
(Biological control)
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
Contact:  Dr. Kevin M. Heinz, 409/862-3408 or kmh0700@zeus.tamu.edu
Open until filled; notice received 11/17/97

*Research Specialist I or II
(research on red imported fire ant)
Department of Entomology
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Contact:  Dr. Gerald J. Musick, 501/575-2451
Deadline January 15, 1998


*Entomologist III (Nursery Inspector and Plant Pathologist/Entomologist)
Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources
Division of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Indianapolis, IN
Contact:  317/232-4031
Deadline January 15, 1998

*4-H Youth Development Advisor
Yolo County
Contact:  Johnnie Beckett, CA&ES Dean's Office, 752-8171 or jmbeckett@ucdavis.edu

Deadline January 16, 1998

*4-H Youth Development Advisor
Sonoma County

Contact:  Johnnie Beckett, CA&ES Dean's Office, 752-8171 or jmbeckett@ucdavis.edu

Deadline January 23, 1998

*Assistant Scientist I/IPM
The Connecticut Agricultural
Experiment Station
Windsor, CT
Contact:  Dr. Louis A. Magnarelli, Vice Director, 203/789-7241
Deadline January 31, 1998

*Dean, College of Agriculture, and Director, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
Auburn University, AL
Contact:  Dean Emmett F. Thompson, Search Committee Chair, 334/844-1007 or thomps@forestry.auburn.edu
Deadline February 1, 1998

*Vector Biologist
Department of Entomology
University of Maryland, College Park
Contact:  Dr. Pedro Barbosa, Chair, Search Committee, 301/405-3911 or pb5@umail.umd.edu
Deadline February 1, 1998

JOB OPPORTUNITIES,
INTERNSHIPS


See departmDepartment Bulletin Board for more complete job descriptions
(* indicates a listing new to  Entomology News)

*Texas Agricultural Extension Service Positions
Texas A&M University System
--Asst. Professor and Extension Entomologist, Bryan, TX
--Extension Agent, IPM, Sweetwater, TX
--Extension Agent, IPM, Fire Ant Program, Dallas, TX
--Extension Agent, IPM, Fire Ant Program, Houston, TX
--Extension Agent, Fire Ant Program, Bryan, TX
--Extension Agent, IPM, Farwell, TX
Contact:  Extension Human Resources Office, 409/845-3708
Open until filled; notice received 12/1/97

*1) Postdoctoral Research Associate
  2) Graduate Research Assistant
(cloning and characterization of insect [fire ant] G protein-coupled receptors)
Department of Entomology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
Contact:  Patricia Pietrantonio, 409/845-9728 or p-pietrantonio@tamu.edu
Open until filled; notice received 12/2/97

*Sales Positions in Biological Insecticides/Biological Growth Regulators
(positions in western US and Mexico; recruitment conducted by PreSearch, a
human resources consulting firm, for the Chemical and Ag. Products Division of an international healthcare company)
Contact:  debbie@enteract.com, or fax resume to 847/679-8092
Open until filled; notice received 1/5/98


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*Research Entomologist/Plant Physiologist
USDA-ARS-Pacific West Area, Western Cotton Research Lab, Cotton Physiology/Genetics and Host Plant Resistance Research, Phoenix, AZ
Contact:  Michael Wiggett,
602/379-3714, ex. 281
Deadline March 2, 1998

*Research Entomologist
USDA-ARS-Pacific West Area, Western Cotton Research Lab, Cotton Insects Pest Management/Biological Control/Genetics Research
Phoenix, AZ
Contact:  Michael Wiggett,
602/379-3714, ex. 281
Deadline March 2, 1998

*Robert T. Wallace Undergraduate Summer Research Internship
California Academy of Sciences
San Francisco
Contact:  415/750-7277 or ayingling@cas.calacademy.org
Deadline March 13, 1998


Assistant Professor of Forest Entomology
Departments of Forestry and Forest Resources, University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN
Contact:  Dr. Ted Radcliffe, Chair, Search Committee, 612/624-9773 or radcl001@maroon.tc.umn.edu
Deadline February 6, 1998

*Extension Educator, IPM
Located at Southern Illinois University,
Carbondale, IL
Contact:  William T. McNamara, Personnel, University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service, Urbana, IL (no phone number given)
Deadline February 18, 1998

*Home/Community Horticulture Advisor
Alameda/Contra Costa/Santa Clara Counties
Contact:  Johnnie Beckett, CA&ES Dean's Office, 752-8171 or jmbeckett@ucdavis.edu

Deadline February 20, 1998


*Summer Systematics Institute Undergraduate Internship in Systematic Biology
California Academy of Sciences
San Francisco
Contact:  415/750-7277 or ayingling@cas.calacademy.org
Deadline March 13, 1998

Urban Landscape Ecologist (Assistant Professor)
Dept. of Horticulture and Crop Science
The Ohio State University, Columbus
Contact:  Dr. Luther Waters, Chair, 614/292-2001 or waters.2@osu.edu
Deadline July 1, 1998 or until filled