Bugged Summer 2025
DOWNLOADJuly 31, 2025
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Awards
We celebrated an impressive slate of 2025 award winners, including our Distinguished Alumnus, fellowship recipients and many more.
Feature Story
Fulbright scholar Solo Mercene’s journey to MSU began with an unexpected childhood connection. Now, through his graduate research, he’s come full circle and is bringing new solutions back to farmers in the Philippines.
Announcements
A new graduate fellowship is launching in 2026 thanks to the Tatter Family, and the Bug House is fundraising to expand free community programs.
News
Extreme heat affects blueberry pollen nutrition, bee health and plant reproduction
New parthenogenetic cockroach discovered in U.S. and Austria by researchers at MSU
EntSoc Insect Biodiversity Task Force aims to standardize terminology surrounding insect decline
Bee Palooza 2025 will focus on our pollinating neighbors
Inaugural Global Symposium on Insects for Food, Feed & Food Security in Africa
People Spotlight
We welcomed a new farm manager, reconnected with an insect-based artist and celebrated faculty promotions.
Student Features
Meet this year’s Entomology Research and Outreach Fellows, Araya Pore and Hieu Mai, along with featured undergraduate Dylan Minor and graduate student DeShae Dillard.