Lyndsay Knoblock-Fast (BS '04) hired as Animal Health Field Specialist for Whitmire Micro-Gen Hires

Press Release
By Trish Grove
April 30, 2008

ST. LOUIS, MO – Whitmire Micro-Gen announced today that it has hired Lyndsay Knoblock-Fast as an Animal Health Field Specialist. In this role, Knoblock-Fast is responsible for sales across the United States for Whitmire Micro-Gen animal health products. [More...]

Monarch butterflies returning to the sky

Journal and Courier
By Kevin Smith
May 7, 2008

If the pungent smells of bright tree blossoms are not enough to show that spring has finally arrived, evidence of one of the great journeys in nature is a sure sign. [More...]

Purple traps to be placed around state to detect emerald ash borer

Purdue News
By Jennifer Cummins
May 5, 2008

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Bright purple objects resembling box kites will be used to trap emerald ash borers in ash trees throughout the state in preparation for the pest's first emergence in early to mid-May. [More...]

Corey Gerber (BS '93, MS '95, PhD '03) and Entomology staff member John Obermeyer, part of an award-winning team

Purdue News
By Susan A. Steeves
April 28, 2008

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - An interdisciplinary group of specialists that lead the Purdue Crop Diagnostic Training and Research Center has won the university's 2008 Agriculture Team Award. [More...]

Dave Mueller (BS '75) and Purdue Receive Insect Biosensors Research Grant

PCT Online
April 28, 2008

WESTFIELD, Ind. — Insects Limited, in partnership with Purdue University, received a Small Business Initiative Research grant (SBIR) from the state of Indiana and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for work in the area of insect biosensors. This is one of only four state and federal SBIR grants awarded in Indiana this year. The grants totaled $160,000. [More...]

Carolyn Foley, MS student, Received the Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Teaching

By Steve Yaninek
April 22, 2008

Congratulations to Carolyn Foley, a MS student working with Jeff Holland, who received the Purdue University Graduate Student Award for outstanding teaching at the Celebration of Graduate Student Teaching Banquet. [More...]

Green menace returns to haunt ash trees in Indiana counties

Ag Communications
By Jennifer Cummins
April 21, 2008

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - They're coming back and they're hungry for ash trees.

Emerald ash borer, an invasive insect that feeds on North American ash trees, will begin flying again in the state of Indiana in May. [More...]

Entomology Faculty Promotions

By Steve Yaninek
April 17 2008

Congratulations to Linda Mason and Cate Hill!

Linda has been promoted to Professor, and Cate has been granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor. The Board of Trustees gave final approval for these promotions on Friday. Both promotions are effective July 1st. [More...]

Outstanding Entomology Students are recognized

By Steve Yaninek
April 14, 2008

Congratulations to the following students and staff who were recognized yesterday at the College of Agriculture Spring Awards Program. These awards recognize outstanding contributions and accomplishments in the Department of Entomology.
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Entomology Student, Shauna Stapleton, honored at annual awards convocation

Purdue News Service
By Julie Rosa
April 13, 2008

Shauna Spring Stapleton, an entomology major with a minor in pre-medicine from Springfield, Ohio, received the $500 Flora Roberts Award for the outstanding graduating woman. Stapleton has been on the dean's list and semester honors list [More...]

Shauna Stapleton, Entomology Senior, will receive the 2008 Varsity Walk Award

By Purdue Sports
April 9, 2008

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue Reamer Club announced Tuesday that Shauna Stapleton will receive this year's Varsity Walk Award, which is presented each spring to the outstanding senior who has participated as a varsity athlete and brought national recognition to Purdue. [More...]

Major offers 'endless opportunities' ranging from Purdue to Disney

Purdue Exponent
By Brittni Ballard
April 7, 2008

Tupperware in the refrigerator seems commonplace, as does disposing of old containers and contents. Usually.

A tour of the department of entomology's rearing house defies this rule - that when bugs get in, the Tupperware goes out. [More...]

Entomology Senior Gains Top Honors in Agriculture for White Grub Biological Control Research

By Steve Yaninek
April 3, 2008

Terri Hoctor, a Senior in the Department of Entomology won top honors in the College of Agriculture for her poster “Comparison of indigenous and commercial strains of the nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora ”. Terri independently conducted a series of laboratory and field studies aimed at characterizing [More...]

Prize Winning Hessian Fly Research Poster

By Steve Yaninek
April 3, 2008

Jacob Shreve an undergraduate student in Biological Sciences got first place in the life sciences for his poster on “Genetic variation of Hessian fly populations from Manitoba Canada”. Jacob did a study addressing the genetic diversity in three Manitoba populations of Hessian flies and how it might relate to the ability [More...]

2008 Entomological Society of America North Central Branch Meeting
By Steve Yaninek
March 27, 2008

The event featured 10 symposia, BS/MS/PhD student competition sections, and several submitted papers sections. The number of participants was lower than normal, but this may have been because the meeting was at the eastern edge of the branch, and it started the day after Easter. [More...]

Michael R. Kanost, PhD '83, Distinguished Agricultural Alum honored
Purdue News
By Hannah Brescher
March 27, 2008

Michael R. Kanost of Manhattan, Kan., is university distinguished professor and biochemistry department head at Kansas State University.  Throughout subsequent decades, Kanost has taken part in many research initiatives, [More...]

David Mueller, BS '75, Announces Candidacy for Indiana State Senate
PCT Online
March 12, 2008

WESTFIELD, Ind. - David Mueller, founder and owner of Insects Limited, Westfield, Ind., declared his candidacy for Indiana State Senate, District 21. This district includes the 125,000 citizens in Kokomo, Greentown, Sheridan, Tipton, Westfield, and Zionsville and the surrounding region. More than 200 Republican [More...]

Rose Pest Solutions Adds, Jami Guenther MS '05, to Technical Department
PCT Online
March 11, 2008

TROY, Mich. - Rose Pest Solutions announced Jami Guenther has been named regional technical and quality representative for the company’s western Michigan and Indiana operations. [More...]

Pioneering Women in Plant Pathology!
APSnet
The American Phytopathological Society
March 7, 2008

Virginia Ferris earned a Ph.D. degree in plant pathology at Cornell University in 1954 studying potato late blight. After graduation, she shifted to work on the golden nematode, and nematology became her life’s work. Ferris juggled a family and career while generating her own grant funds [More...]

Family, Friends Gather for John Osmun's 90th Birthday Celebration
PCT Online
By Brad Harbison 
February 25, 2008

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Family and friends gathered on Friday to celebrate John Osmun’s 90th birthday. [More...]

Charlie Hromada, MS '54, passes away

CHARLES "Charlie" JOSEPH HROMADA, 76, of Germantown, passed away Saturday, February 9, 2008 at Baptist Memorial Hospital -Memphis. Son of Hungarian immigrants Joseph and Genevieve Hromada, he was born September 1, 1931 and grew up in Pittsburgh, PA. [More...]

Entomology Professor, Bob O’Neil, passes away
Journal and Courier
February 7, 2008

Robert James O'Neil, 52, died February 6, 2008, at home. He was born July 14, 1955 in Boston, MA, son of Harold and Margaret Ryan O'Neil. He graduated from Belmont High School, Belmont, MA, earned his bachelor's degree from University of Massachusetts, his master's degree from Texas A&M University and his PhD from University of Florida in Gainesville. [More...]

2008 edition of the 'Corn and Soybean Field Guide' is available
Ag Communications
By Julie Douglas
January 31, 2008

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A pocketbook sized in-field reference is now available that provides a variety of applicable information for row crop producers and crop specialists throughout the Corn Belt. [More...]

Fishing in the Entomological Stream: A book by Purdue entomology students
Department of Entomology
By Thelma Heidel and Jody Green
January 23, 2008

Entomology professor Dr. Larry Murdock always emphasizes in his classes that being a good scientist consists of more than just the ability to conduct good research. In particular, he emphasizes the importance of writing well. [More...]

72nd Annual Purdue Pest Management Conference
PCT Online
By Chuck Bowen
January 8, 2008

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers, pest management professionals, manufacturers and other industry professionals traveled from throughout the country to attend the annual Purdue Pest Management Conference this week. [More...]

Jan Douglas Hacker, BS '69, Passes Away Charleston
Daily News

Jan Douglas Hacker, 61, of St. Albans, passed away peacefully on Saturday morning, January 12, 2008 at home. A native of Converse, Ind., born on June 15, 1946, Jan is the son of the late Dean L. and the late Norma Hacker. [More...]