Department of Entomology - University of Illinois

2007 FSP Index Released

Academic Analytics has released the results of their 2006-07 Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index. This index measures departments in several areas, including faculty publications, other works citing these publications, grants awarded, and many others. This year our department took the #3 spot among Entomology departments nationwide, and ranked first in the subcategories of grants and awards per faculty. For more information, please see a description of the survey's methods here.

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In Other News

8/29/2008: The J. Whitfield lab discovers an unprecedented diversity in the Microgastrinae, a group of parasitic wasps (PNAS). Click here to view a narrated slideshow on microgastrine diversity.

7/1/2008: The Schuler lab identifies a key protein involved in DDT resistance of Anopheles mosquitoes (PNAS).

4/3/2008: Karen Pruiett, manager of the department's Bee Research Facility, receives the Chancellor's Academic Professional Excellence award.

3/25/2008: The Berenbaum and DeLucia labs discover that elevated CO2 levels can sabotage plant chemical defenses, subsequently increasing their appeal and susceptibility to insect pests (PNAS).

2/25/2008: Amro Zayed and Charlie Whitfield demonstrate that invasive honey bees adaptively exploit the genetic diversity of preexisting populations (PNAS).

1/30/2008: The Berenbaum lab investigates the recent reassociation of parsnip webworm with parsnip in New Zealand, after a separation of over 100 years (PNAS).

See more in the news archives.