Hannah Burrack

What a day! On Saturday, I got to meet some of our incoming @msu-entomology.bsky.social majors at Admitted Students Day! The enthusiasm and drive of these soon-to-be freshmen was such a privilege to be around. Big thanks to @bugclubmsu.bsky.social members for coming out at Breslin and the Bug House!

Anders Huseth joins MSU Entomology Anders Huseth will join MSU Entomology in fall 2025 as an assistant professor of AgInformatics, one of six new faculty positions in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources created through the...

Very excited to welcome Dr. Anders Huseth to @msu-entomology.bsky.social this fall! www.canr.msu.edu/news/anders-...

A flier that says: Calling all MS and PhD MSU Entomology Alumni! We need your help! Please complete a short survey as part of our graduate program assessment. Responses requested by April 3rd!

MSU Entomology Department Alumni!
Our graduate programs are undergoing a strategic program assessment, and we need your help!

Please complete this short (11 question) survey about your time at MSU Entomology: forms.office.com/r/11NCYKZSF3
We greatly appreciate your input!

Trump’s cuts threaten key NSF undergrad research program For decades, Research Experience for Undergraduates has been a golden ticket for students, funding summer research projects at top institutions. Now, at least a dozen are canceled.

Yet again, the cuts being made at the federal level are being done in the dumbest, and likely most harmful, way they could be. REUs are deeply impactful programs that open the doors to scientific careers and future innovation. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

Giving

It's #GiveGreenDay at @michiganstateu.bsky.social! #iGave to the MSU Bug House, and you can, too! www.canr.msu.edu/ent/giving/

They were working to ensure invasive pests didn't destroy U.S. crops — until they were abruptly fired USDA experts have been swept up in the Trump administration’s frenzied and turbulent efforts to drastically shrink the federal workforce.

This story was wholly predictable to those of working in Entomology. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Statement from the grape industry: graperesearch.org/2025/02/19/f...

Are you an Entomology Society of America member? Have you or a fellow entomologist been affected by recent federal actions? ESA is collecting stories on how these changes impact members and research.

Share your story: app.smartsheet.com/b/form/7a1ed...
#Entomology #science🧪

I know of three recent MSU Entomology alumni caught up in the indiscriminate firings of federal workers and at least three folks from my time at NCSU. If there are other MSU alumni affected, please reach out to me.

Trump’s Cuts Could Make Parks and Forests More Dangerous, Employees Say Thousands of employees who helped oversee vast areas of wilderness have lost their jobs in President Trump’s moves to shrink the federal work force.

All but one employee managing 300,000 acres of woodland in Washington was fired last week. Among their duties? Trash and human waste removal. Either these spaces won't be legally accessible to the public moving forward or they will be a literal trash pile. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/c...

Mass layoffs of federal workers will include scientists working for the fruit industry On Thursday, Feb. 13, the Trump administration began serious cutbacks to the federal workforce, laying off recently hired employees across numerous agencies, including scientists and technicians worki...

There was a legitimate belief that messing with agriculture would be a low priority for the new administration. The last week confirmed that's not true. Growers need to understand that the support they have advocated for is being eroded just like everything else. www.goodfruit.com/mass-layoffs...

USDA probationary staff fired at three agencies, sources say U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has fired probationary staff at two U.S. Department of Agriculture research agencies and its farm loan agency, three sources familiar with the situation said on Friday.

More documentation: www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...

I get we're also on the verge of international crisis, but I'm still baffled this isn't at the top of domestic news. 150,000 people fired in a matter of two days with no strategy or plan other than maximum cruelty.

From the fednews community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the fednews community

This thread contains lots of documentation from lots of agencies: www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...

From the Forest Service. www.politico.com?fbclid=IwY2x...

Another damaging firing of a young scientist. Dr. Darling, an MSU Entomology alum, was working to rear parasitoids to control emerald ash borer and other devastating pests of forests and farms. There is no private sector equivalent doing this work, and this loss means less control for these pests l.

Well hello, all. Now seems like as good a time as any to move over here in earnest. And to kick off that move, let's start with a thread documenting the indiscriminate cuts to federal ag and other important areas. capitalpress.com/2025/02/14/u...

I made it here! Looking forward to learning and building out a space.