NC State University
Our Lab in the News
2010
Rick Santangelo wins "Award for Excellence" from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences:
   Entomology news. http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/entomology/node/650
Rick Santangelo on WRAL-TV: Bed bugs cause havoc in Triangle
   WRAL video. http://www.wral.com/news/local/video/6882398/
Warren Booth's paper on parthenogenesis in Boa constrictors: Biology Letters paper
   Discover magazine: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/11/03/boa-constrictor-gives-birth-to-remarkable-fatherless-offspring/
   MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39988135/ns/technology_and_science-science/
   NCSU: http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/mkboothboa/
   BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9139000/9139971.stm
   Discovery News: http://news.discovery.com/animals/boa-constrictor-virgin-birth.html
   New Scientist: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2010/11/boa-constrictors-born-by-virgi.html
   CBS News: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/11/03/tech/main7018838.shtml
   U.S. News & World Report: http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2010/11/05/girl-power-no-male-no-problem-for-female-boa-constrictor.html
   WUNC-NPR: The State of Things: http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/Snakes_Scientific_Surprise.mp3
QTL for pheromone receptors in Heliothis: PNAS paper
2009
Elsa Youngsteadt wins NCSU Graduate School Thesis and Dissertation Award:
   Entomology news. http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/entomology/node/569
IPM vs. Conventional Pest Control in NC Schools
: JME paper
   Pest Control Technology. PCT online
Elsa Youngsteadt wins Kenneth R. Keller Award for Excellence in Doctoral Dissertation Research:
   Entomology news. http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/entomology/node/541
Coby Schal receives NCSU Alumni Outstanding Research Award:
   NCSU Alumni Association. http://www.alumni.ncsu.edu/events/event.php?id=1728
Ant-Garden attractants: PNAS paper
   NCSU Press Release. http://news.ncsu.edu/news/2008/01/dcelsapnas.htm
   AAAS ScienceNOW. PDF File
   BioScience. PDF File
   Spektrum Direkt (German). PDF File
Asian cockroach could aid Texas growers: AESA paper
   Science Daily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080106132313.htm
   USDA. http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/jan08/roaches0108.htm
News & Observer letter: Reward for guzzlers
   http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/letters/story/1054982.html
2007
National Center for Healthy Housing: JACI paper -- Effectiveness of Commercial Pest Control
   http://www.healthyhomestraining.org/IPM/PCO_Study.htm
2006
Evolution of moth pheromone communication: PNAS paper
   NCSU's Perspectives: http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agcomm/magazine/summer06/science.html
   NCSU CALS News Release: http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agcomm/writing/newsrls/archive/2006/6-07-06a.htm
Pest Control Technology (PCT): NCUE Recognizes Next Generation of Entomologists; Honors Coby Schal
   http://www.pctonline.com/news/news.asp?ID=4255
2005
German cockroach sex pheromone:  Science paper
   NCSU News Release: Science. http://www.ncsu.edu/news/press_releases/05_02/042.htm
   News&Observer: rresistible cockroach discovery. http://www.newsobserver.com/front/story/260047.html
   MSNBC: Sexy 'perfume' lures cockroaches to their doom  http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6947269/
  
BBC News: Sex hungry roaches lured to deat  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4275165.stm
2004

NCSU's Perspectives: Gore -- Entomology Doctoral Student is Young Scientist of the Year

   http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agcomm/magazine/spring05/entomology.htm
Cockroach allergen mitigation in homes -- JACI paper with NIEHS
   NCSU's Perspectives: Baits Alone Cause Surprising Reductions in Roach Allergens
   http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agcomm/magazine/spring04/study.htm
   NCSU News Release: http://www.ncsu.edu/news/press_releases/04_01/011.htm
NCSU News Release: PNAS --
More Maternal Care Offsets Later Stresses on Offspring
   http://www.ncsu.edu/news/press_releases/04_04/135.htm
2000

NCSU's Perspectives: Urban Entomology

   http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agcomm/magazine/summer00/inside.htm
NCSU's Perspectives: Aviary Roach Control
   http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agcomm/magazine/summer00/roaches.htm
1999
NCSU's Perspectives: Undergraduate Research

    http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agcomm/magazine/summer99/extrao.htm
NCSU's Perspectives: Behavioral Biology
    http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agcomm/magazine/winter99/behavbio.htm