Jugatae Events in the Time of Covid-19

While Covid-19 has forced us to deviate from normal activities for the past year, Jugatae has adapted well to the circumstances.  This semester the Professional Development Committee has hosted informational sessions on personal website development and non-traditional entomology careers, the Social committee has hosted monthly virtual game nights, and the Outreach committee hosted a panel for first-gen college students. Additionally, the racial justice book club, led by Sam and Kara, was  modified into a course through the entomology department for the Spring semester.  Thank you to all of our Jugatae members, who have stuck with us during this past year of uncertainty and continued to put forth effort.

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10th Annual Jugatae Symposium

Due to Covid-19, our Jugatae Symposium had to shift to a virtual format this year.  However, we were happy to host a fellow graduate from our own department, Dr. Margarita Lopez – Uribe, as our keynote speaker this year. Thank you to everyone that presented or attended our symposium!  It was a great day of learning about the work our graduate students are doing in the department!

Symposium Schedule 2021

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Erik Smith and Aloy Gu declared 2014 Symposium winners

Our student winners at the annual department symposium are Erik Smith for best talk and Aloy Gu for best poster. Congratulations!!!

Winners were announced at the end of the symposium and presented with a certificate of excellence. They will receive a $50 gift. Cornell’s chapter of Sigma Xi is supporting the best talk award and Jugatae is funding the best poster award. Thanks to Dow Agrosciences, a new plaque will be purchased to feature winners each year in Comstock Hall, including last year’s winners: Heather Connelly, Calum Russell and Lucy Kafui Akosua Kavi.
Big thanks to all the student participants and judges.
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3rd Annual Jugatae Symposium a huge success

The 3rd annual Jugatae Entomology symposium was a great success.  Dr. David Grimaldi, curator of the American Museum of Natural History, and Cornell alumnus (’86), gave a great keynote lecture.  Dr. Kyle Wickings, the new faculty member of the department, led the day with an equally impressive overview of research his lab will initiate in the near future.

Students and postdocs were well represented, and each of three sessions were given to capacity audiences made of faculty staff and students from three different departments on campus.

Thanks to Suzi Claflin, Mia Park and Dan Olmstead for making the event a huge success.

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Evan Hoki published in the journal Biocontrol

Congrats to Evan Hoki, 2nd year masters student in the Losey Lab.  Evan published a peer-reviewed journal article examining the consumptive and non-consumptive effects of native and introduced lady beetles on pea aphids (Acyrthosiphon pisum).  Click here for a link to the article.

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Cornell students Caflin, Houtz and Schwenke Receive NSF Recognition for Grant Proposals

BIG congrats to Cornell University Entomology Students to Suzi Caflin (Thaler and Power Labs), Phil Houtz (Douglas Lab) and Robin Schwenke (Lazzaro Lab) for recognition of their proposals to the National Science Foundation Predoctoral Research Fellowship Program.

Suzi, a second year student, will receive a financial award for 3 years of graduate support.

Phil and Robin, first year students, both received honorable mentions for their proposals.

NSF received >13,000 applications this year.  Of those, 2000 received financial awards and 1762 received honorable mentions.

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