The UC Davis Bee Haven is sponsoring two nature journaling classes billed as “Relaxed Mornings Among the Bees and Blooms." 

A beginners' session for teens and adults is set for Saturday, May 2, and a session for young explorers (kindergarten age through fifth grade) will take place Sunday, May 3. Both will be led by naturalist, watercolorist and science educator Lorie Topinka  of Davis, former assistant Director of education at the California Academy of Sciences (CAS), San Francisco. 

What’s a picnic without bugs?

At the 112th annual campuswide UC Davis Picnic Day on Saturday, April 18, bugs are not only invited, but escorted. 

The "stars of the show" are the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's line-up of cockroaches, flies, mosquitoes, ants, bees, tarantulas, stick insects, hornworms, lady beetles, nematodes and more at Briggs Hall. Favorite activities include the traditional cockroach races and maggot art.

Iris Rivera, a Chancellor Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Santa Cruz, will speak on "Uncovering the Complexities Behind Ecosystem Services: Pest and Disease Control" at the next seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.

Her hybrid seminar begins at 12:10 p.m., Wednesday, April 15 in 122 Briggs Hall. The Zoom link: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/95882849672. Urban landscape entomologist Emily Meineke, associate professor, is the host. 

Nematologist Shahid Siddique, associate professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is the newly announced recipient of the 2026 Excellence-in-Teaching Award from the international Society of Nematologists.

He will be honored at SON’s 65th annual meeting, set July 6-10 in Baltimore, Md. 

UC Davis doctoral alumnus Mohammad Amir Aghaee, the entomology program leader at the California Polytechnic University Strawberry Center, will discuss "Berries vs Bugs: Challenges in Integrated Pest Management in California Strawberry Production" at a seminar hosted by the Department of Entomology and Nematology on Wednesday, April 8.

Molecular geneticist and physiologist Joanna Chiu, professor and chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and a professor in the Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, is a newly elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for her extraordinary achievements involving circadian clock research.

Research scientist Adekunle Adesanya, PhD., of Crop Protection Discovery and Development, Corteva Agriscience, will be the first of nine speakers in the Department of Entomology and Nematology's spring seminars, which begin Wednesday, April 1.

Traditional mosquito repellent sprays emit an unpleasant smell, feel greasy, and clash with personal fragrance. Why not generate a non-greasy mosquito repellent with a lightweight fragrance and market it in the cosmetic industry? 

The Celebration of the Life and Legacy of UC Davis Distinguished Professor Bruce Hammock, internationally renowned scientist and legendary faculty member of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, will take place at 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 10 in California Hall, UC Davis campus.

It’s not often that a Nobel laureate visits a UC Davis undergraduate classroom, but this year, a biochemistry class in Kleiber Hall struck “gold”—twice.

Not one, but two Nobel laureates chronicled their scientific careers and answered questions during their virtual visits to UC Davis Distinguished Professor Walter Leal’s winter quarter class, “Structure and Function of Biomolecules.”