Dr. Gadi V.P. Reddy, an entomologist at the Western Pacific Tropical Research Center in Guam, was recently awarded an $188,000 grant from USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) Pest Management Alternatives Program (PMAP).

Dr. Yong-Lak Park, an assistant professor at West Virginia University, is studying the potential of the spined soldier bug as a natural deterrent to the brown marmorated stink bug. The spined soldier bug is another variety of stink bug but is considered a beneficial predator that feeds on other insects. Read the full article.

Aaron Gassmann, assistant professor of entomology at Iowa State University, is one of 18 scientists from around the world to receive a 2011 DuPont Young Professor Award.

The DuPont Young Professor program began in 1967 to provide start-up assistance to promising young tenure-track research faculty working in areas of interest to the company.

Gassmann will receive $75,000 over three years and will use the award for cross-disciplinary research aimed at countering the threat of pest resistance to transgenic corn.

Fred Gould, the William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Entomology at N.C. State University, has become a leader in the emerging field of genetically engineering insects to prevent transmission of diseases such as malaria and dengue fever and to reduce pests' toll on crops. At stake are millions of lives and billions of dollars in health care costs and farmers' income. Read the full article.

Jerry Cook, who currently serves as associate vice president for research and sponsored programs at Sam Houston State University, has been appointed as acting dean of SHSU’s College of Sciences. Read the full article.

Marla Spivak, a MacArthur Fellow and Distinguished McKnight Professor and extension entomologist in the Department of Entomology at the University of Minnesota, was interviewed by LiveScience.com about her work with honey bees. Read the interview.

Kenneth F. Raffa, an entomlogist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is featured in this news video on using tiny Chinese wasps to help eliminate the emerald ash borer beetle, which is destroying trees in many parts of the U.S. and Canada.

Jody Gangloff-Kaufman, an entomologist at Cornell University, is featured in this CBS News video on bed bugs. Dr. Gangloff-Kaufman explains why bed bugs have made a comeback, and says "It's conceivable that at some point, everyone that you know will have dealt with them in one way or another, because we haven't really stopped them or slowed them yet." Watch the video below.

Thomas A. Miller, a professor at the University of California, Riverside, and David Gammel, ESA executive director, both spoke at the International Symposium on the Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Korean Society of Applied Entomology (KSAE).

Frank Hale, an entomologist with the Soil, Plant and Pest Center in Nashville, TN, who is also Past President of ESA's Southeastern Branch, spoke with Kevin Tibbles for NBC Nightly News on May 18, 2011 about the return of the Great Southern Cicaca Brood after a 13-year slumber.

The video is available below: