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News
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Research team led by MSU scientist receives $6M USDA grant to study pest-management strategies for potato systems
Published on November 10, 2023
Zsofia Szendrei, a professor in MSU’s Department of Entomology, is leading a team of researchers from across the U.S. in finding solutions to controlling potato pests without using neonicotinoids. -
Discover Entomology with Exciting New Educational Videos from the MSU Bug House!
Published on October 24, 2023
The Bug House at Michigan State University is launching an engaging new video series. The first two videos delve into the realm of entomology careers and shed light on the crucial conservation of native pollinators. -
MSU entomologists uncovered how little fruit flies survive deserts
Published on October 16, 2023
New research on a desert fruit fly species shows that evolutionary changes in a single gene lead to the ability to survive extremely high temperatures and low humidity in deserts. -
MSU research shows emerald ash borer threatening tree species vital to Indigenous cultures
Published on September 19, 2023
Findings were published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We collectively acknowledge that Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg – Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. In particular, the University resides on Land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. We recognize, support, and advocate for the sovereignty of Michigan’s twelve federally-recognized Indian nations, for historic Indigenous communities in Michigan, for Indigenous individuals and communities who live here now, and for those who were forcibly removed from their Homelands. By offering this Land Acknowledgement, we affirm Indigenous sovereignty and will work to hold Michigan State University more accountable to the needs of American Indian and Indigenous peoples.
Link to the Land Acknowledgment information from AIIS: https://aiis.msu.edu/land/
Cultivating a welcoming community within the Department
Our Department aims to foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive (DEI) environment for all members. To that end, the Department maintains a standing committee devoted to DEI representing all members’ perspectives. Learn more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Check out the Fall 2023 Department Seminar Series
The discipline of entomology spans sustainability, pollination, food and farming, conservation, natural landscapes, and health. Our video “Tiny Organisms, Epic Possibilities” explains why insects and the study of insects matter. See why we’re passionate about researching, learning and sharing knowledge of arthropods!
Events
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Dec 11
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May 16
Excellence in insect Science Symposium
May 16, 2024 – May 17, 2024 Kellogg Conference Center, 219 S Harrison Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824
In The News
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Monarch butterflies listed as endangered: 'Just a devastating decline'
Published on July 21, 2022 by USA Today
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Honeybee medicine catching on with veterinarians
Published on January 10, 2022 by American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) News
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Tiny insects battle troublesome invasive Japanese knotweed
Published on October 1, 2021 by The Detroit News