Outreach continues during Covid-19

Outreach During The COVID Storm

Entomology’s outreach plans creatively evolved to accommodate the COVID-19 cancellation of all OSU in-person activities on March 16. Our outreach team, Denise Ellsworth, Jeni Ruisch, and Jeni Filbrun implemented successful dynamic and interactive online programs, while maintaining their high level of continuous care for our Columbus and Wooster Bug Zoos.

Ellsworth and Ruisch each swiftly modified in-person conferences, workshops, classroom visits, camp curriculums, on-going pollinator program activities, small-group sessions – everything- to provide online content delivery. Entomology’s interactive engagement within our communities continue and thrive, as evidenced by the impressive number of attendees in these online programs.

Adapting to COVID-19 restrictions, Ellsworth and Entomology alumni, MaLisa Spring, coordinated and implemented The Ohio Bee Survey, a new community science project to create a detailed inventory of Ohio’s wild bees.

Meanwhile, Filbrun is consumed with the creation, design, permitting and move logistics for our new Bug Zoo in Wooster, as well as the continuous care of BugZooWoo’s large and diverse collection of live arthropods.

As for the Columbus BugZoo – Ruisch has it under constant supervision in her dining room, all 40 species!

Detailed updates and summaries of the incredible activities listed below are available on our O utreach page:

Ellsworth: Pollinator Education

Filbrun: Wooster Bug Zoo transformation

Ruisch: Columbus BugZoo & Outreach

BugZoo's temporary new home
Outreach by Zoom

Megan Meuti attends CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing workshop

Aug 30, 2018

Megan Meuti attended a workshop sponsored by the Insect Genetic Technologies Research Coordination Network in Rockville, Maryland from July 22-27th. While there she learned how to use transposons and CRISPR/Cas9 to create transgenic insects and received hands-on training in preparing and injecting freshly laid insect embryos.
2018 Student Award Winners

Aug 17, 2018

Congratulations to this year’s graduate student award winners. These students, as well as the winners of the spring DeLong competition, were recognized at a department awards ceremony this summer.

2018 Susan W. Fisher Teaching Award James Radl

2018 David J. Horn Service Award Yvan Delgado de la Flor

2018 Lowell R. “Skip” Nault Research Award Ashley Yates

2018 James E. Tew Extension Award Susan Ndiaye
Department Student Win Awards

Jun 22, 2017

Help us congratulate our award winners from the 2017 Entomological Society of America meeting!

Graduate Student Scholarship:

Katie Todd (The Ohio State University)

John Henry Comstock Award:

Kayla Perry (The Ohio State University)

Linnaean Games:
1st Place, The Ohio State University (team members - James Radl, Robin Bautista-Jimenez, Emily Justus, Adrian Pekarcik; Alternates - Zach Griebenow, Alex Tyrpak; Coach – Joe Raczkowski)
Bees in Your Backyard: Olivia Carril Coming to Ohio in August!

Jun 16, 2017

Author and biologist Olivia Carril will travel to Ohio in August to teach four daylong native bee workshops. Each workshop includes hands-on bee identification using microscopes as well as field experiences with plant and bee experts.

Wednesday, August 2: University of Mount Union in Alliance

Thursday, August 3: Stratford Ecological Center in Delaware
Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers, 2017 PDF

Nov 18, 2016

Our new 2017 Midwest Vegetable Production Guide is now available for download.

The Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers is a collaboration of land-grant universities from seven states. It provides vegetable production information that is valid in the participating states for the current year. This includes fertility, variety, cultural, and pest management recommendations
Entomology graduate students win awards at the International Congress of Entomology

Oct 3, 2016

We wanted to share the exciting news of our students, who competed and won awards for presentations of their research:
Molly Dietrich Mabin: second place (advisors Celeste Welty & Mary Gardiner) Kayla Perry: first place (advisor Dan Herms) Katherine Todd: second place (advisor Mary Gardiner) Drew Spacht: first place (advisor Dave Denlinger) Liu Yang: first place (advisor Pete Piermarini) Erin O’Brien: first place (advisor Dan Herms) Huayan Chen: first place (advisor Norm Johnson)
In addition, winners of the Triplehorn Challenge (a timed tournament of curatorial pinning skills):
1st place Alice Vossbrinck (Masters in Plant Health Management student from Entomology) 2nd place Andrea Kautz (MS graduate in Entomology)
A New Way to Fight Zika, Other Mosquito Diseases

Jul 11, 2016

Peter Piermarini believes there’s a new, biological way to combat the mosquitoes that transmit Zika, dengue, malaria and other dreaded diseases: Make them unable to pee. It’s no potty joke.
Report Cicada sightings!

May 18, 2016

Help Marshall University collect data on cicada activity by visiting this webpage.
DNA and a Supercomputer Partner to Sustain Honey Bees: New Research from Ohio State

Nov 13, 2015

To uncover what plants honey bees rely on, researchers are using the latest DNA sequencing technology and a supercomputer. They spent months collecting pollen from beehives and have developed a multi-locus metabarcoding approach to identify which plants, and what proportions of each, are present in pollen samples.

A single colony can collect pollen from dozens of different plant species, and this pollen is useful evidence of the colony’s foraging behavior and nutrition preferences. Full Story Here
Yvan Delgado de la Flor featured in Qué Pasa, OSU?

Oct 28, 2015

Graduate research fellow Yvan Delgado de la Flor’s research was featured in the Spring 2015 issue of Qué Pasa, OSU? This magazine highlights the contributions of the Latino community here at OSU. This particular issue is focused on individuals working in science fields.