News
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Heartland Apicultural Society Conference Returns to Michigan with Hands-On Learning at MSU
Published on June 24, 2026
MSU Entomology supported pollinator health by providing hands-on instruction and expertise at the Heartland Apicultural Society conference for 124 participants. -
Michigan adopts the new National Pesticide Applicator Certification Core Manual
Published on June 17, 2026
Michigan pesticide applicators will transition to updated training materials and certification exams designed to reflect current federal pesticide safety, stewardship and regulatory competency standards -
New Episode of Bug Talk Podcast Features Dr. Jen Roedel & Karma Thomas
Published on June 10, 2026
In this episode of Bug Talk, Dr. Jen Roedel and Karma Thomas discuss the Bee Urban Growers (BUG) Project and its efforts to support pollinators and improve pollination services for cucurbit crops in urban farming systems. -
MSU AgBioResearch Director George Smith stepping down in August to become dean at University of Arizona
Published on June 1, 2026
Smith has been the AgBioResearch director since 2021.
Events
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Jun 19
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Jul 13
Monday Night Open House - July 2026
July 13, 2026 5:30PM – 7:30PM MSU Bug House, Room 147 Natural Science

Cultivating a welcoming community within the Department
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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/