As chairman of the department of entomology at Cornell, I can assure you that in spite of very serious budget reductions, we retain one of the finest entomological research units in the world. The department has 18 faculty members with diverse research interests, including systematics, ecology, insect pest management, and population genetics. We have recently recruited faculty in medical entomology, integrated pest management, and physiology. Beyond this number, several adjunct professors from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City and Boyce Thompson Research Institute in Ithaca, N.Y., as well as faculty from Cornell's biology department and Geneva experimental station, enrich and diversify our program further.
Moreover, Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has strongly supported entomological research and is committed to rebuilding areas of the department impacted by recent budget cuts.
Even in the wake of substantial cuts that have been heavily felt, Cornell has a ...
