Three UC Davis doctoral students specializing in entomology are recipients of four major fellowships, with funding totaling more than $500,000.

UC Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow Lyna Ngor of the UC Irvine Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, will discuss "Exploring Flower-Mediated Wolbachia Transmission: A Self-Sustaining Approach to Mosquito-Borne Disease Control" at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's seminar on Wednesday, May 6.

Internationally renowned bee scientist Robert E. Page Jr., a UC Davis doctoral alumnus and a UC Davis/University of Arizona administrator emeritus, is a newly elected member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). 

NAS announced today the election of 120 members and 25 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

Beekeepers who want to learn more about queen-rearing techniques are in luck.

The UC California Master Beekeeper Program (CAMBP) is offering an in-person Queen-Rearing Techniques Short Course (QRTSC) on Saturday and Sunday, May 30-31 at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. The course will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days. 

Assistant professor Karthikeyan Chandrasegaran of the UC Riverside Department of Entomology will speak on "Network-Based Inferences in Mosquito Transcriptomics" at a seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology on Wednesday, April 29.

Chandrasegaran will speak at 12:10 p.m. in 122 Briggs and also via Zoom. The Zoom link: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/95882849672

The Bohart Museum of Entomology and the UC Davis Bee Haven, both part of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will be participating in the UC Davis Take-Our-Children-to-Work Day on Thursday, April 23. 

A new exhibit at Briggs Hall during the 112th annual UC Davis Picnic Day on Saturday, April 18 will feature the wetlands restoration project of medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, associate professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and his colleagues.

Synthetic biologist Sean Leonard, research scientist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will present "Engineering Honey Bee Gut Bacteria to Activate Immunity and Limit Pathogens" at a UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar on Wednesday, April 22 in 122 Briggs Hall.

He will speak at 12:10. His seminar also will be on Zoom. The Zoom link: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/95882849672.

UC Davis Distinguished Professor Bruce Dupree Hammock (1947-2026) will be among the individuals remembered at the UC Davis Annual Remembrance Ceremony, scheduled from noon to 12:30 p.m., Monday, May 11 at the UC Davis Conference Center, 550 Alumni Lane.

When the UC Davis Entomology Graduate Student Association (EGSA) rolls out the racetrack for the Roach Races on Saturday, April 28  during the campuswide UC Davis Picnic Day, this will mark the 32nd year of the popular attraction.

 Steve Schutz, then a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Bruce Eldridge (1933-2025) lab, introduced the Roach Races to the UC Davis campus, in 1992.