Sensilla - October 2025
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Seminar – Dr. Hjelmen | October 3 |
| Seminar – Dr. Jones | October 10 |
| Faculty Meeting | October 17 |
| OSU Homecoming | October 18 |
| Seminar – Dr. Teh | October 24 |
| Seminar – Kenny Naylor | October 31 |
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Daylight Saving Time Ends | November 2 |
| Ag Expo | November 3-5 |
| Seminar – Janis Fomba | November 7 |
| Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting | November 9-12 |
| Seminar – Gourav Beniwal and Usman Rabiu | November 21 |
| Students’ Fall Break | November 24-26 |
| Thanksgiving Holiday | November 27-28 |
Congratulations!
Dr. Maira Duffeck and her husband Ricardo are the proud parents of a baby boy. Benjamin Rocha Duffeck was born at 2:00 p.m. on September 26 and weighed four pounds four ounces.
Roshan Paswan and Sulav Paul won third place in the poster competition at the Annual Arkansas Association for Food Protection Conference held in Fayetteville on September 9-11.
Notice
Dr. Mustafa Jibrin left our department in September and will return to Nigeria.
Departmental Seminars
| Date | Speaker | Tille |
|---|---|---|
| October 3 | Dr. Carl Hjelmen | Circling Back with Fresh Eyes: Rethinking Genome Evolution in a Student-powered Lab |
| October 10 | Dr. Jeffrey Jones | Effector Biology and Host Resistance: The Battle Between Tomato/Pepper and Xanthomonas |
| October 24 | Dr. Soon Li Teh | Grape Resistance Breeding for Cold Climate Disease and Pest Challenges |
| October 31 | Kenny Naylor | The Operation and Role of the Consumer Protection Services Division in the Regulation of Plant and Invasive Pests to Protect the Public and the Environment |
October Birthdays
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Meadow Cool | October 1 |
| Jared Saufley | October 2 |
| Caroline Werner | October 2 |
| Delilah Triana | October 5 |
| Jacque Fletcher | October 7 |
| Daniel Lopez | October 7 |
| Gourav Beniwal | October 11 |
| Bigul Thapa Magar | October 13 |
| Brian Olson | October 14 |
| Haley Brienholt | October 17 |
| Charles Luper | October 18 |
| Brian McCornack | October 18 |
| Cade Morris | October 19 |
| Augustine Bosomtwe | October 20 |
| Conner Schneider | October 22 |
| Gillian Struble | October 22 |
| Rachel Seay | October 27 |
| Chris Grover | October 28 |
| Walker Jones | October 30 |
| Audrey Enright | October 31 |
| TaKoda Williams | October 31 |