The Bruner Entomology Club

Happening this Saturday, August 13th, BugFest is back! Come see us at the department as part of East Campus Discovery Days for lots of Bug Fun. 10 AM- 2 PM at Entomology Hall/East Campus Mall

Tomorrow is going to be a beautiful day, stop by and see at east campus discovery days! and the bee lab will have some booths, be sure to check it out! 10-2 on east campus 🦋🐝🦗

What an awesome day sharing UNL Entomology with the public! The Bruner Club will be back at the next Discovery Days with some activities!🐝🦋🪲🐞

CONGRATS to all of our UNL Entomology/Insect Science graduates!!!

PhD: Gabriela Inveninato Carmona

M.S: Juan Betancurt Cardona, Courtney Brummel, Sheldon Brummel, Amy Catalano, Paula Courtney, Ivy Grob, Tran Kim Ngan “Mia” Luong, Christine Melvin, Vilma Montenegro Castro, Thomas B. Nissen, Cory Stevens, Matthew Trujillo

B.S.: Bennett Grappone, Fiona Callahan

We wish you luck in your future endeavors

Congrats to Pragya Gupta, this month's winner of the Way-to-Bee award! Keep up the great work, Pragya!

CONGRATS to our new Bruner Club officers! President: Heena Puri; Vice President: Natasha Hiromi Umezu; Secretary: Sanket Shinde; Treasurer: Hannah Stowe; GSA Rep: Mika Da Silva Lima; NCB-SAC Rep: Andrea Rilakovic; Seminar Rep: Pragya Gupta.
Also, THANK YOU to our outgoing officers!! We couldn't have done it without you! We appreciate your leadership and dedication, and we look forward to a new year!

Several folks from the department represented University of Nebraska-Lincoln Entomology at the Women in STEM event held last weekend in Lincoln for female high school students. On Friday evening, PhD student Hannah Stowe (mentored by Julie Peterson) and John Ruberson worked at a recruiting table and had a great experience with visitors. On Saturday, Lise Pingault and Leslie Rault-Bucklin (pictured next page) shared the exciting world of molecular biology in entomology with the high school students.

Please join the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Entomology department on Thursday, April 21, 2022, 11:30 a.m. (CDT), 202 ENTO, to hear an MS thesis defense seminar from Courtney Brummel. Her seminar is titled, “Integrated Honey Bee Education and Research Aids for Promoting Pollinator Conservation.” Courtney is mentored by Drs. Judy Wu-Smart, Louise Lynch-O’Brien, and Susan Weller, UNL Entomology Department.
The Zoom link is at https://unl.zoom.us/j/94731460239; Passcode: 681117. We hope you can join us in person in 202 ENTO or online to hear her presentation.

On Friday, April 8, 2022, at noon CT the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Entomology department will host Araceli Gomez (see attached flyer) as our seminar speaker. The title of her seminar is “Understanding the effects of using perennial grasses for biofuel on pollinator communities in west central Nebraska.” Araceli is mentored by Dr. Julie Peterson and Dr. Autumn Smart. This seminar will be available in person in 202 ENTO or online via Zoom. The Zoom link is at: https://unl.zoom.us/j/91360510536; Password: UNLbeetles. Please join us Friday at noon.

Way to go Andrea!

Entomology graduate student, Andrea Rilakovic (below) won 1st place student poster award for her research on western bean cutworm International IPM Symposium Congratulations Andrea! UNL Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources The Bruner Entomology Club

What a great finale to special thanks to all those that helped organize events, and for being part of the family!

What an awesome workshop, thanks Courtney for leading us through Time Management! The Bruner team learned some great techniques. Thanks to all who attended!