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A lot has happened since our first newsletter! The global COVID-19 pandemic certainly had an impact on our work. In the early months of the pandemic we had to shut down the Cornell University Insect...
View ArticleCUIC Student Spotlight – Meet Kyla O’Hearn
What is your name? Kyla O’Hearn Where did you grow up? Louisville, Kentucky Previous education/schools/institutions? University of Kentucky What got you interested in entomology? I started off as an...
View ArticleMeet the Insect Diagnostic Team
While many people think of museum collections only informing fundamental or basic research our collection is also an invaluable resource for applied research. In fact embedded within the Cornell...
View ArticleSix-Legged Science museum exhibit open NOW
We are so excited to share that we have partnered with the Museum of the Earth right here in Ithaca, New York to open a public museum exhibit! Come see over a 1000 Cornell University Insect Collection...
View ArticleCUIC Student Spotlight – Meet Anna Labiner
1. What is your name? Answer: Anna Labiner 2. Where did you grow up? Answer: Sarasota, FL 3. Previous education/schools/institutions? Answer: I went to high school at Pine View School. 4. What got you...
View ArticleMajor CUIC infrastructure improvement
We are thrilled to share that thanks to a successful grant application to the National Science Foundation we have been able to install compactors in the North Collection room. Now all of our...
View ArticleGalls, dragonflies, and damselflies… oh my!
Although the most obvious benefit of our recent National Science Foundation grant is the installation of compactors to the North Collection room this grant also came with support to help curate some...
View ArticleNew exhibit – From Nabokov’s Net
We are thrilled to partner with Cornell’s Mann Library to share specimens from the Cornell University Insect Collection collected by Vladimir Nabokov! The exhibit will open on Thursday, March 14th and...
View ArticleCUIC Student Spotlight – Meet Megan Barkdull
CUIC Student Spotlight – Meet Megan Barkdull 1. What is your name? Answer: Megan Barkdull 2. Where did you grow up? Answer: I grew up in Orlando, FL. 3. Previous education/schools/institutions?...
View ArticleNabokov’s butterflies in the CUIC
Each summer while Vladimir Nabokov was a faculty member at Cornell he and his wife would drive across the country to collect butterflies. Nabokov, who didn’t drive, would use the long stints between...
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