Various faculty have received awards for excellence in research, teaching, and extension. Faculty have served in leadership positions with various professional societies. Graduate student academic teams have competed actively in the annual Linnaean Games , sponsored by the Entomological Society of America, winning the national and regional championships several times. Faculty receive competitive research grant awards from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, United States Agency for International Development, Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Research Initiative Grants Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in addition to commodity commissions. The goal of the department is to provide students with opportunities or basic and practical experience in research, teaching, and extension.
Faculty encourage students to participate in the preparation of extramural grant proposals.
Faculty and students publish in leading scientific journals. The department encourages presentation of student research at professional meetings by offering student travel and research awards. In addition to a seminar series that brings nationally and internationally recognized scientists to the department, faculty and students participate in journal discussion groups on a variety of entomological topics. We hope you enjoy visiting our WWW site.