Lanham, MD; July 6, 2011 -- The ESA Governing Board has elected ten new Fellows of the Society for 2011. The election as a Fellow acknowledges outstanding contributions in one or more of the following: research, teaching, extension, or administration. The following Fellows will be recognized during Entomology 2011 -- ESA's 59^th Annual Meeting -- which will be held November 13-16, 2011 in Reno, Nevada:

Lanham, MD; June 15, 2011 – It’s been called “the Manhattan Project of Entomology,” an undertaking that has the potential to revolutionize the way we think about insects.

Dr. Angela DouglasLanham, MD; June 10, 2011 -- Dr. Angela Douglas, the Daljit S. and Elaine Sarkaria Professor of Insect Physiology and Toxicology at the Department of Entomology at Cornell University, has been selected to deliver the Founders’ Memorial Award lecture at Entomology 2011 – the 59th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America (ESA) – this November in Reno, Nevada. This year’s honoree is the late Dr.

Lanham, MD; June 1, 2011 -- Christianne Corbett, a senior researcher at the American Association of University Women (AAUW), will be the keynote speaker at Entomology 2011, the 59th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America (ESA). Her speech will take place during the opening Plenary Session on Sunday, November 13, 2011.

Lanham, MD; April 11, 2011 – ESA has begun accepting entries for the 2011 YouTube Your Entomology Video Contest. For the third year in a row, this contest gives ESA members the opportunity to showcase their talents and creativity through video.

Members may submit entries in four different categories:

* Discovery (research-based)

* Instruction (teaching-based)

* Outreach (extension-based)

* Open category (anything goes, for the uber-creative entomologist)

The rules for this year's contest are:

Lanham, MD; April 5, 2011—The Entomological Society of America (ESA) has selected the insect-science symposia for its 2011 Annual Meeting in Reno, NV, November 13-16, 2011.

The symposia will address important issues such as bed bugs, honey bee Colony Collapse Disorder, insect control, invasive species, medical and veterinary entomology, forestry, evolution, systematics, and insect physiology:

Lanham, MD; March 17, 2011—For a limited time, "The History of Bed Bug Management -- With Lessons from the Past" by Dr. Michael F. Potter, University of Kentucky, will be available to the public for free at http://entsoc.org/history-bed-bug-management.

The article, which appears in the Spring 2011 edition of American Entomologist, provides a historical review of the impacts of bed bugs and their management.

Lanham, MD; March 9, 2011—"CSI Puerto Rico: Adventures in Forensic Entomology" and "Invasive Alien Species in the Caribbean Basin of Concern to the USA" are just two of the symposia that will be presented at a joint meeting between the Southeastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America (ESA) and the Caribbean Division of the American Phytopathological Society (APS).

Lanham, MD; March 7, 2011—The following eight presentations will be given as part of two Bt maize symposia at the 66th Meeting of the Entomological Society of America's North Central Branch at the Radisson University Hotel, in Minneapolis on March 13-16, 2011:

1) Bt Adoption by Illinois Producers and Refuge Management: Cause for Concern?
Time: 8:55 am Wed  Location: University Ballroom B
Michael E. Gray, University of Illinois

The Eastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America (ESA) will meet in Harrisburg, PA to discuss the brown marmorated stink bug and other emerging insect pests

Lanham, MD; March 2, 2011—Suddenly they are everywhere. These foul-smelling bugs, originally from Asia, were first detected in Pennsylvania in the late 1990’s. Now they are damaging fruits and vegetables and invading homes in many parts of the United States.