Category: News & Announcements (& uncategoried)
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Survey on social complexity in arthropods
A research team at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, working on a project aimed at understanding current scientific perspectives on the social complexity of arthropods invites you to participate in a brief, 10-minute survey that is anonymous, free of mandatory questions, and without right or wrong answer. The first part of the questionnaire invites you to…
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Call for Eickwort Student Research and La Fage Student Awards!
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
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Spring 2024 Award announcements
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…
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Comments on changes to IUSSI-NAS constitution
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…
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Announcing IUSSI-NAS Breakout Meeting 2024!
Welcome to the IUSSI NAS Breakout Meeting 2024 August 5-9, 2024 | Prescott, Arizona | Campway (GoCampWay.com) About the Meeting After a brief hiatus due to the pandemic, we are thrilled to announce the return of the IUSSI NAS Breakout Meeting! Join us for an immersive experience focused on the latest research and advancements in…
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IUSSI-NAS Spring Student Awards
It is with great pleasure that we announce the IUSSI-NAS Spring Student Awards! There are four awards to support graduate student research on social insects, one for each of the four major social insect groups (see Awards page and announcements here: Nutting, Michener, Tschinkel, and Jeanne awards). We are also pleased to announce the Mary Jane West-Eberhard…
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IUSSINAS – Call for Symposia at the International Congress of Entomology
Call for Symposia at the International Congress of Entomology, Kyoto 2024. Deadline for symposium proposals is June 16 and there is a Social Insects section!
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Spring student awards and grants deadline extended
Due to the lingering challenges, the awards committee has decided to extend the deadline for the following student awards by one whole month: 1) The William L. and Ruth D. Nutting Termite Research Grant 2) The Tschinkel Ant Natural History Research Grant 3) The Charles Michener Bee Research Grant 4) The Robert L. and Louise B. Jeanne Social…
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2023 Mary Jane West-Ebarhard Award
It is with great pleasure that we announce Kyle Gray as the winner of the 2023 Mary Jane West-Eberhard Best Paper Award with the article “Global biogeography of ant social parasites: Exploring patterns and mechanisms of an inverse latitudinal diversity gradient” (https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14528). Ben Pyenson (“Worker-like behavioral and physiological phenotype in queens with removed wings in a…
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Membership Payment Down
Due to some (more!) technical difficulties, membership payment is not currently possible. This issue will be resolved in late spring. Thank you for your patience.