November 20, 2024
UMN students, faculty, staff, and alumni received multiple awards at the recent ESA conference in Phoenix, AZ. Here's a short summary:
Student competition talks and posters:
- Sarah von Gries (Lindsey & Koch labs) (1st Place Graduate Student Talk)
- Tatum Dwyer (Yang lab) (1st Place Graduate Student Talk)
- Hunter Ness (Yang & Koch labs) (1st Place Graduate Student Talk)
- Alyssa Gooding (Heimpel lab) (2nd Place Graduate Student Talk)
- Laura Fricke (Lindsey lab) (2nd Place Graduate Student Talk)
- Jenalyn Ostendorf (Peterson lab) (1st Place Undergraduate Student Talk)
- Pablo Stilwell (Lindsey lab) (2nd Place Undergraduate Student Talk)
Other awards/recognition:
- Elaine Evans (Distinguished Achievement Award in Extension)
- Bill Hutchison (Lifetime Achievement Award in Entomology for P-IE)
- Jenalyn Ostendorf (Undergraduate Student Achievement Award for P-IE)
- Alumna Michelle Boone (ECP Extension, Outreach, and Engagement Award)
- Alumna Hailey Shanovich (John Henry Comstock Award for NCB)
- Alumna Deborah G. McCullough (Award for Excellence in Integrated Pest Management)
- Yucheng Wang (Yang lab) (1st Place Graduate Student Poster in Overseas Chinese Entomology Association session)
Read more about the awards and recipients here:
