Gift Allows Students To Gain Research Experience
NEWARK, Del. Seven un
dergraduate students are working
on major research projects in the
University of Delaware’s depart
ment of entomology and applied
ecology this year, thanks to a
$lO,OOO gift from the DuPont
1993-1994 Educational Aid Fund.
Department chair Dr. Robert
Allen said the gift was used to cre
ate jobs that would give the stu
dents practical experience doing
research.
Students benefiting from the
gift are Stacey Bonvetti, Wilming
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Five corporations have pledged
support for the efforts of county
conservation districts through
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ton; Courtney Harris, New Castle;
Timothy Rhodes, Bear; Eva San
tana, Wilmington; Andrew
Shantz, Ridgefield, Conn.; Char
les Wortman 111, Wilmington; and
Leslie Zane 111, Newark.
Bonvetti, a sophomore en
tomology major with a wildlife
concentration, is working for Al
len on a study of the worldwide
distribution and biology of primi
tive wingless insects.
Harris and Schantz are working
for Dr. Tom Wood on a study of
the basic biology of how insects
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adapt to host plants. Both students
are senior entomology majors.
Rhodes, also a senior entomolo
gy major, has a job helping Dr.
Clifford Keil study a botanical ex
tract that has the potential to en
hance the action of biological in
secticides.
Santana, a freshman majoring
in entomology with a wildlife con
centration, works for Dr. Charles
Mason. She is helping establish la
boratory colonies of two phero
mone types of the European com
borer, a major crop pest, for a stu
dy of each type’s host plant prefer
ences.
Wortman is helping Dr. Roland
Roth analyze data on the survival
and productivity of wood thrush in
the university woodlot, a suburban
forest fragment. He is a senior ma
joring in entomolgy with a wild
life concentration.
Zane, a senior entomology ma
jor with a wildlife concentration,
is helping Keil optimize artificial
rearing procedures for the Euro
pean com borer in the laboratory.
The DuPont Education Aid Pro
gram that funded these jobs is
sponsored by E.I. DuPont DeNe
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Entomology majors with research jobs created through
a gift from the DuPont Educational Aid Fund include Leslie
Zane, left, Timothy Rhodes, Courtney Harris, Charles Wort
man, Eva Santana and Stacey Bonvetti in front. With them
Is entomology department chair Robert T. Allen.
sity and the Lackawanna County
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tion on no-till tomato planting, po
tato production practices, insect
and disease control, safe use of
pesticides, and federal disaster re
lief.
Speakers from Penn State Uni
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