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The ABCs of School and Childcare Pest Management

Cornell Integrated Pest Management's blog about IPM for schools and daycare centers.

Building IPM

Specifically related to reducing pests inside buildings

Top 5 rodent exclusion tips

The roofline of a brick school building with a tree branch lying on top of it.

Out Of the Mulch and Into the [School]

Cardboard stack isolated on white background

Investing in IPM – Pest Proof Food Storage

various food items stored in clear plastic notes

Investing in IPM – Education (Spring 2025 Opportunities)

photo looking up towards the top of the side of a beige building composed of windows against a blue sky. Blinds are visiible in the window on the bottom right of the photo.

EPA Webinar: Excluding Pests from Schools – September 22

photo of a closeup of a green apple covered in water droplets with a portion of the stem showing

The NYS School Environmental Health Conference

4 red and black insects on a brick wall

For some pests, your school is their winter getaway

Disinfectants Safety

A picture of a school with a banner that says "School is Open Humans Only" with a bedbug, cockroach, tick looking at the sign. The tick is holding a mouse pull toy and the cockroach is holding a coronavirus shaped balloon. Includes the logos for NYSIPM, Cornell AgriTech, and USDA: NIFA

School IPM 2020 Conference

photo of Bobby Corrigan wearing a hard hat, holding a clipboard in one hand and a flashlight in the other pointing out a rusted wall grid plate with a hole large enough for a rat to fit through.

Back to School – Keeping the Rodents Outside

IPM is as broad as our selection of photos. On farms, vineyards, orchards; in schools, nursing homes, playgrounds; in your own home, lawn, or garden—IPM is foundational to sound, careful, economical ways of dealing with pests.