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| The Department of Entomology has access to highly sophisticated research
teaching facilities. The Plant Sciences Building, located on the College Park campus, houses most of the faculty, staff and students. Its offices, laboratories, environmental chambers, multimedia
classrooms, video-conferencing rooms, teaching theatre, and lecture halls
provide an excellent environment for research and teaching. |
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Faculty and students also have access
to a new state-of-the-art greenhouse on campus. The greenhouse/nursery
area is a 2-acre site with 45,000 square feet in greenhouse space
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Plants that are grown in the greenhouse are
used for research by faculty and students. Research projects are either
conducted on-site, or plants are raised for studies in laboratories in
the Department of Entomology. |
| Many courses in the Department have laboratory
sections taught by faculty and graduate student teaching assistants in
their field of expertise. Facilities include modems, microscopes, wireless
laptop computers, and a teaching insect collection of more than 5,000 specimens. |
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The University has a number of farms, organized as Research and Education Centers, scattered around the state.
These locations are useful not only for field/fruit crop and green
industry research, but also for research needing access to wetland,
stream, and
forest habitats. |
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The Entomology Department is involved in outreach to educate
the general public through science education. One aspect of the program
focuses on teaching young children how insects can be beneficial to humans.
Graduate students in the Department often volunteer to participate in the
outreach activities in various locations in Maryland. |
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