Silver Terp Seminars: A Warming World, Insects, and Us

A warming world brings profound changes to insect communities and their interactions with plants and humans. We will explore how warmer temperatures affect the physiology and distributions of insects, change their seasonal phenology, and alter interactions with plants and their own natural enemies. Implications of these changes for our crops, physical and mental health, and well-being will be discussed.

Our speaker, Dr. Mike Raupp, is an internationally recognized leader in developing sustainable programs to manage insect pests in urban forests. During his tenure of 42 years he taught more than a dozen undergraduate and graduate courses and served as Department Chair of Entomology, Interim Dean of the College of Life Sciences, and Associate Dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. He is a past President of the Eastern Branch of Entomological Society of America. A regular guest on television and radio, Mike has appeared on all major television networks in this country and several abroad and has been featured on National Geographic, Discovery Channel, Weather Channel, NPR, and PBS.