UC Davis Entomology Program Ranked the Best in the Country The Department of Entomology is ranked No. 1 in the country by the Chronicle of Higher Education. The department is chaired by Michael Parrella, a member of the UC Davis faculty since 1989. Parrella previously chaired the department from 1991-1999 and also served as associate dean of the Division of Agricultural Sciences, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. In addition to his entomology appointment, he holds a joint appointment with the Department of Plant Sciences.     Insects Textbook by Gullan-Cranston Out in March The fourth edition of The Insects: An Outline of Entomology,  the newly published work of professors Penny Gullan and Peter Cranston, will be available in the United States beginning in early March. The publishers, Wiley-Blackwell, released the 584-page textbook in the United Kingdom in late January. The fourth edition, the publishers said, “provides a stimulating and comprehensive introduction to the insects, the animals that represent over half of the planet's biological diversity.” -more-     Anurag Agrawal Wins David Starr Jordan Prize Evolutionary ecologist Anurag Agrawal, who received his doctorate at UC Davis under major professor Rick Karban, is the winner of the coveted David Starr Jordan Prize. Now on the Cornell University faculty, he is considered "one of the foremost authorities on the community and evolutionary ecolgy of species interactions," the awards committee said. The prize comes with a $20,000 cash award and a commemorative medal. "It was an amazing time being a graduate student at UC Davis and working with Rick Karban," Agrawal said. " A great foundation and nothing but great memories!”  -more-     Science Magazine: 'From Medfly to Moth: Raising a Buzz of Dissent' Professer James Carey is featured in the Jan. 8th edition of Science Magazine, zeroing in on the establishment and eradication of the Mediterranean fruit fly and light brown apple moth. "Twenty years after California's Medfly wars, a vocal critic of government eradication policies is back in a battle over a new invader," wrote science writer Ingfei Chen in a three-page piece.   -more-   Why Some Insects Prefer Non-Native Oaks and Shun Others: Pearse Research Many insects that target California’s native oak trees will also feed on non-native oaks planted near them, but with one distinct difference: the insects tend to do more damage to the non-native oaks that are closely related to the natives, than they do to the distant relatives.So says UC Davis researcher Ian Pearse in a recently published article and cover story in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Pearse is the first person to create a phylogeny of the oaks in Shields Oak Grove. The cover of the journal features a mural created by the UC Davis Art-Science Fusion Program, directed by entomologist/artist Diane Ullman and artist Donna Billick.   -more- North American Bees Research entomologist Terry Griswold of USDA-ARS, Logan, Utah, will speak on "Patterns of North American Bees at Scales Plot to Continental: Rare Is Common?" at the next UC Davis Department of Entomology noonhour seminar, set for 12:10 to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 10 in 122 Briggs Hall. Griswold's talk will be Webcast; listen live. The Feb. 10th lecture is the sixth in the series of winter seminars coordinated by graduate student Ian Pearse. Here's a list of archived Webcasts.   -more- Department News   Bohart Museum Adds Weekend Hours; First on Feb. 13 Walter Leal Featured in LiveScience Butterflies Reeling from Climate Change, Land Development Bumble Bees Teeter on the Brink of Extinction (Conservation Groups and Robbin Thorp Seek Federal Protection) Rick Karban, Jay Rosenheim: AAAS Fellows Kelly Liebman, Wei Xu Win Hazeltine Awards Gone Fishing with Bob Kimsey Jay Rosenheim Wins Outstanding Teaching Award Campus Buzzway Under Way on Bee Biology Road Walnut Twig Beetle-Fungus Creating Havoc Links to Archived Webinars 11-Year-Old Raises $733 for UC Davis Honey Bee Research Sausalito Team Designs Winning Bee Haven One-Stop Shopping Shopping for Vectorborne Disease Surveillance in California Click for More Department News

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 Quick Links: Entomology Newsletter Bee Biology Web site Cobey's Bee Courses Apiary Newsletter Department News Archived Webinars Colony Collapse Disorder Save the Honey Bees Häagen-Dazs Donation Honors and Awards Ag Commissioners UC Newswire UC Davis College of Ag UC ANR CDFA Internal: Bulletin Board Outlook Web Access Online Timesheets My UC Davis My Travel Technical Support Emergency Services Shields Library          Reservation Calendars Reserve the Teaching Resources Instructional Media room and its portable equipment, conference rooms, and classrooms. ENT Calendar Department of Entomology Deadlines and Events Calendar ENT Safety Information Department of Entomology Safety Guidelines and Procedures Business Office Hours 367 Briggs Hall (530) 752-0475 Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Dept. Chair Michael P. Parrella Professor of Entomology Email: mpparrella@ucdavis.edu Office phone: (530) 752-0475 Dept. Vice Chair Lynn Kimsey Professor of Entomology Director, Center for Biosystematics Director, Bohart Museum of Entomology Email: lskimsey@ucdavis.edu Office phone: (530) 752-5373 MSO Barbara Geisler Email: bcgeisler@ucdavis.edu Office phone: (530) 752-0476 Campus Map: Briggs Hall

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