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  Suds for a Bug, or a Pitcher of Beer for a Butterfly

  Suds for a bug? A bug for some suds? The annual “Beer for a Butterfly” contest, launched in 1972 by butterfly guru Art Shapiro, now a UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus, gets underway Jan. 1. The...
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  2024 Sikh Festival in Yuba City

  We were excited to have an outreach booth before this year's annual Sikh Festival – one of the largest Sikh gatherings outside of India drawing over 100,000 people to the area. Since the 1970's, when East...
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  Wrapping Up the Year

  As the end of 2024 approaches, I'd like to reflect on the UC IPM Urban and Community program's accomplishments and share what's to come from us in 2025. Some highlights: Published an updated version of the Pesticide...
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  Congrats to Danielle Rutkowski: Early Career Entomology Award

  We're delighted that microbial ecologist Danielle Rutkowski, a UC Davis doctoral alumna and now a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow at Iowa State University, has just received a Royal Entomological Society...