CPR/IBC Newsletter 07/06/21

Center for Pollinator Research
& Insect Biodiversity Center
NEWSLETTER
Celebrating insect diversity in science and practice

Summer Edition: CPR-IBC newsletters will issued monthly, rather than weekly, until the start of the Fall 2021 semester (24 Aug)

See below for the latest stories from our Centers. For more information, please visit the CPR or IBC websites or follow us on Twitter. If you have news stories to contribute, please email us at Natalie.Boyle@psu.edu.

Featured News Stories

Pollinator and Bird Garden opens in The Arboretum at Penn State

People strolling through The Arboretum at Penn State are likely to see more winged creatures visiting the many flowering plants with the opening of the long-awaited Pollinator and Bird Garden the week of June 28.

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Bug of the Month: July

Buzz, buzz! This bumble bee species, Bombus impatiens, is also known as the Common Eastern Bumble Bee. This factsheet was co-produced by graduate students Anna Cressman (Entomology) and Fran Ferguson (Ecology).

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Entomologist of the Month: July

Sophie Lutterlough worked at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), where she classified and restored hundreds of thousands of arthropods. This factsheet was produced by Entomology graduate student and Center for Pollinator Research Fellow Katie Barie

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New model predicts spotted lanternfly egg hatching

Research conducted by scientists in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences has led to the creation of an online tool that can help predict seasonal egg hatch for spotted lanternflies.

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Graphic Design students explore pollinator biology and conservation

In Spring 2021, the Apes Valentes Graduate Research Award supported the efforts of three graduate students in the ART571 Graphic Design II Studio Course, led by Professor Huiwon Lim. Anjana Padmakumar, Shatakshi Mehra, and Blake Thresher designed visualizations to communicate complex data sets provided by members of the Center for Pollinator Research.

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Loss of biodiversity in streams threatens vital biological process

The fast-moving decline and extinction of many species of detritivores — organisms that break down and remove dead plant and animal matter — may have dire consequences, an international team of scientists suggests in a new study.

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IBC member Vijay Narayanasan to lead a new Center for Artificial Intelligence Foundations and Engineered Systems (CAFE)

A newly founded, interdisciplinary research center established to further foundational and applied artificial intelligence (AI) in engineered systems will bring together expertise from 75 researchers representing 24 academic units across Penn State.

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IBC member David Hughes named Chair in Global Food Security in Huck Institutes

In this position, Hughes will continue his work to empower smallholder farmers by providing access to technology and knowledge to help them grow more food in the face of climate change.

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Upcoming Seminars & Events

The Arboretum at Penn State Summer Programming
View calendar for dates and availability
Activities include: 'Pollinator Investigators Mini-Camp', 'Insects of the Arboretum', 'Designing Your Own Pollinator Garden', and 'Galls of the Arboretum with the Frost Entomological Museum'

National Conservation Training Center Webinar Series: Pollinator Ecology and Conservation
Wednesdays 1 - 2PM
Hosted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Pollinator Science Team

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