Arkansas Entomological Society

03/12/2020

AES MEETING POSTPONED!! In light of the spreading COVID-19, the meeting will be postponed until October of 2020. I apologize for anyone who had travel plans that cannot be change. I hope everyone stays safe and in good health!

02/18/2020

I don't know if anyone has thought of this, but the AES meeting this year is happening on Pi Day!! Just saying.

There is still plenty of time to sign up for this event if you want to present.

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02/18/2019

Members and Colleagues,

First and foremost, there are many thanks to extend for a highly successful meeting:

Kendra Ingle and the amazing Staff of the J.H.R.V.N.C., your facilities and assistance were amazing! To have this space provided free of charge was a real blessing for us.

Dr. Baltosser and Dr. Cato, our invited speakers, for disseminating their knowledge and expertise, excellent work gentlemen!

Hillary Fischer, VP/Secretary and now returning President, the refreshments were spot on as always and it's great to have someone to hand the torch to for the upcoming year!

Sara Cato, the paparazzi in attendance making us look good! We will be uploading photos to our AES page soon!

Our presentation competition winners: MS, Paige Hickman & Brianna Trejo; PhD, Hillary Fischer & Sushant Potdar!
All the students who came to present, including the wonderful posters (we made the display work haha next year we will try and do better)! I am always impressed with the talent we have here in the Natural State!
Dr. Lewis and the insect display, the public portion of the meeting garnered an awesome turn out with 35-45 folks coming out to learn the ABC's of entomology.
My blushing bride, Susie Jones, for handling registration duties!

Lessons learned this year included the need to invest in a slide-advancer and name tags that will actually stick to a shirt lapel. We are always interested in attendee input and if you have comments or ideas that could improve our Society, or meetings, please let us know!

Treasury Report: This meeting generated an income of $351.00. While this did not fully cover costs it was ample to cover all refreshments. Student awards were the only other cost and totaled $240.00. Our balance should be somewhere near $2500.00 remaining once everything is settled.

It was great to have minds from both cross-campus and across the state in attendance. Whereas this meeting could nearly have been considered a lepidopterists meeting, the diversity of study topics in the state stemming from these insects is quite impressive. I wish you all well in the upcoming seasons and look forward to meeting again in 2020!

Sincerely,
Austin K. Jones
Former President- Arkansas Entomological Society

02/21/2018

A big thank you to all involved in the 2018 meeting at beautiful Hobbs State Park!!!!

02/21/2018

A.E.S. Annual Meeting 2018

01/26/2018

Science is awesome.

12/16/2017

The evolutionary arms-race can produce some crazy things!

The western corn rootworm continues to be on the rise in Europe. Why attempts to biologically target this crop pest by applying entomopathogenic nematodes have failed, can now be explained by the amazing defense strategy of this insect. In their new study, scientists from the University of Bern, Swi...

07/07/2017

Interesting!
http://www.nwahomepage.com/news/new-tickborne-disease-confirmed-in-nwa/760235716?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_KNWA_-_Northwest_Arkansas_News

The first case of Heartland virus, a new tickborne disease, has been confirmed in Arkansas, officials say. 

03/16/2017

Heads up to anyone who feels like helping out science!

https://www.facebook.com/KickerOfKitties/posts/10211331099660540

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) -The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is putting out the call for citizen scientists.A research team wants to test ticks from all 75 Arkansas counties...but can't do it without your help.It doesn't matter if you are at deer ca

10/18/2016

Arkansas Entomological Society Semi-Annual Meeting
November 11th, 2016
Arkansas Memorial Union
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas

MEETING INFORMATION:

• Friday, November 11th, 2016
• ROOM # TBA
• No registration deadline
• Registration fee: Students $15 Other $25
o Cash or check will be accepted in person on morning of meeting. No fees will be collected prior.
o Annual dues will are included in the registration fee
o If you wish to remain a member and cannot attend the meeting please contact us at [email protected] to submit your $15 dues (student or other).
• This year’s meeting will NOT be in conjunction with the Arkansas Insect Festival
• Time: 7:30 am - 4:00 pm (depending on submissions)
• Coffee and Pastries: 7:30 - 8:00am
• Morning Session: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
o *NOTE: Posters are welcomed but will not compete for awards. Students competing for presentation awards will present first and in the order outlined below:
 Undergraduates
 Masters
 PhD
• Lunch Break: 12pm-12:45pm
o *NOTE: Lunch will NOT be included in the registration price this year
• 12:45pm-3:00pm: Presentations as needed
• After Presentations have concluded:
o Business meeting and election of new officers
o Announcement of presentation awards
o Meeting adjourned

PRESENTER INFORMATION:

• Submission deadline: 11/1
• Submission location: Please email entries to [email protected]
• Please provide:
o Name:
o Affiliation:
o Email:
o Presentation format (.ppt, prezi, etc.):
o Title:
o Abstract: 250 word max
• A Windows based computer and overhead projector will be provided with internet access. Please bring digital presentations on a jump drive or similar device.
• Presentations are limited to 15min each

PRESENTATION CONTEST INFORMATION:

• Presentations will be judged by a panel of three volunteers including myself.
• There will be three separate categories for undergraduates, masters and PhD
• Winners of each category will receive a $100 prize and second in each $50
• Please indicate on your presentation submission if you would like to be entered into the contest and if so what level of degree you are currently seeking

OFFICER ELECTIONS:

• Business at this meeting will include election of officers for the 2016-2017 Society Cabinet.
o President
o Vice President
o President elect perhaps?
o Nominations will be accepted during the business meeting.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact [email protected]

09/13/2016

Members, Students, Colleagues,
I am very pleased to announce that a 2016 meeting of the Arkansas Entomological Society has officially been scheduled for Friday November 11th. More details will be forthcoming in the next couple of weeks but please consider this a "Save the Date." Here is what I can tell you:

~Meeting will be held Friday 11/11/2016

~The location will be on campus at the University of Arkansas Fayetteville

~There will be a student presentation contest for prizes

~The submission deadline for presentations will be 11/1/2016
Submissions can be sent to this email: [email protected]

~Lodging may be tricky as the Razorbacks will be playing LSU at home the following day

~We are currently accepting nominations for all society positions (president, vice president, secretary) to be voted on during this meeting.

Further information on times and costs will be forthcoming in the next couple of weeks. If you have any questions feel free to contact me this page or the email above. If you know of someone who might be interested please forward this email to them as it is an open invitation. Our email list is fairly comprehensive but definitely not entirely accurate.

Thank you for your time and support and we look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,
Austin Jones
AES President