Congratulations to Maria Fiorta for placing 1^st in the Undergraduate MUVE, PBT and P-IE: Biocontrol, Genetics, and Ecology at the 2023 Entomological Society of America Student Competition for her oral presentation titled “Investigating how light pollution disrupts the molecular regulation of diapause in mosquitoes.”

Congratulations to Lydia Fyie for placing 2^nd in the Graduate P-IE: Ecology at the 2023 Entomological Society of America Student Competition for her oral presentation on “Does light pollution interfere with seasonal responses in mosquitoes?”

Congratulations to Matt Wolkoff for earning 1^st place in the Autumn 2023 Delong Award for his oral presentation titled “The cycle gene is essential ​for both circadian rhythmicity and seasonal responses in ​Culex pipiens.​”

Congratulations to Alden Siperstein for defending his thesis on “Studies on biting in Culex mosquitoes.” Alden studied the molecular basis of biting in mosquitoes, when mosquitoes initiate and terminate their overwintering dormancy and seasonal changes in host use.

Congratulations to Lydia Fyie and Matt Wolkoff for their accomplishments in the OSU Department of Entomology’s 2023 Spring Awards. Lydia Fyie was awarded the Susan W. Fisher Teaching Award for her excellent work as a Teaching Assistant. Lydia has been instrumental in redesigning the laboratory portion of the Insect Physiology course at OSU, taught by Dr. Megan Meuti. She spent many hours designing, integrating, and preparing complicated laboratory experiments, demonstrating her love of and talent for teaching. Matt Wolkoff was awarded the Lowell R. “Skip” Nault Research Award for his exceptional work in designing a research system to determine the activity levels of diapausing and non-diapausing mosquitoes using the “Fly Box system.” His paper in this field has already been heavily cited, a testament to the value of his research.

Congratulations to Maria Fiorta for receiving 3^rd place at the Denman in Animal Sciences for her work in “Understanding how light pollution affects mosquito blood-feeding and molecular biology.”