Category: News & Announcements (& uncategoried)

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We are pleased to accept nominations for the following positions: President-Elect (1 seat)Awards Committee (2 seats)Elections Committee: (1 seat)Social Media Committee: (1 seat)DEIJ Committee: (1 seat) We are now accepting nominations (self-nominations welcome)!  Please fill out this new nomination form by Dec. 6th, 2024: https://forms.gle/WwNpREL5yFyjh3v19 Details for each of these positions are below or can be found here: https://iussi.cyberbee.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/NAS-IUSSI_Constitution_Aug2024_Adopted.pdf  Thank you from…

We are now using Zeffy for specific fundraising efforts. The current effort is to gather funds to support student travel to IUSSI 2026 in Germany. Check the link/website for it here. The Challenge For students from minoritized communities and low-income countries, attending international scientific conferences presents both challenges and invaluable opportunities. Financial constraints often make it difficult for…

In the past two years, we, IUSSI-NAS Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice committee, have discussed ways to support outreach events by current members and activities to engage a broader audience, especially from underrepresented groups. This was guided by the results of the last membership poll and discussions with several members and current/past IUSSI-NAS officers. The…

See the Awards page and the linked calls for nominations for: Jeffery P. La Fage Student Award for Applied Research on Social Insects George C. Eickwort Student Research Award Applications due on October 7, 2024

Congratulations to the following awardees! See the Awards page for more information. Taylor Hart (PhD at Kronauer Lab, Rockefeller University) as the winner of the 2024 Mary Jane West-Eberhard Best Paper award. (awarded paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2023.05.025) The Robert L. and Louise B. Jeanne Social Wasp Research Grant: Garrett Behrend (Miller Lab, University of Missouri – St. Louis).  The Charles Michener Bee Research…

At our last business meeting, we voted to move all of our voting online, as we have done for some time with voting for officers. This change will enable greater participation, but will also require changes to our constitution. I am therefore opening 6 weeks for commentary on the proposed changes to our constitution. Please…