Friday, May 31, 2019--State Mosquito Monitoring Program Begins Testing for Mosquito-Borne Viral Diseases
Tuesday, May 28, 2019--Study Assesses Areas at Greater Risk for Lyme Disease in Connecticut
Thursday, April 11, 2019--The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Announces a New Tick Surveillance Program for Connecticut

2018

Tuesday, October 30, 2018--CAES Scientist Develops Novel Method for Accurately Measuring the Carbon Stored in Trees, and the Amount Lost Due to Decay

Monday, October 22, 2018--CAES Announces the Finding of Spotted Lanternfly in Farmington, CT

Wednesday, October 3, 2018--Positive Mosquitoes for Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus in Hampton and North Stonington Risk of West Nile Virus Continues: Positive Mosquitoes Detected in 53 Connecticut Towns

Monday, October 1, 2018--Tick Testing Laboratory at The Connecticut Agricultural Station Reports the First Evidence of Human Biting by the Exotic East Asian Longhorned Tick in the State

Thursday, August 23, 2018--Risk of West Nile Virus Continues: Positive Mosquitoes Detected in 40 Connecticut Towns

Thursday, August 9, 2018--Pollinator Habitat Workshop at Blueberry Hill Organic Farm

Monday, July 30, 2018--The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station’s (CAES) chemical surveillance of human food for pesticides and arsenic finds that 98% of tested samples are within federal tolerances

Thursday, July 26, 2018--Plant Science Day 2018 Open House Presented by The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Wednesday, July 25, 2018--State Reports Expansion of West Nile Virus: Positive Mosquitos Identified in Eight More Connecticut Towns

Tuesday, July 3, 2018--Tour of Meadows and Pollinator Habitat to be Co-Led by Bee Scientist

Tuesday, June 26, 2018--State Reports Positive Mosquitoes for West Nile Virus in New Canaan First WNV Positive Mosquito Pool of Season

Monday, June 25, 2018--Peak Tick Abundance and Increased Infection with Lyme Disease Reported Statewide

Monday, June 4, 2018--State Mosquito Monitoring Program Begins Testing for Mosquito-Borne Viral Diseases

Tuesday, March 6, 2018--Keeping Luggage Free From Bed Bugs

Wednesday, February 21, 2018--Researchers Develop Bacteria Free Mosquitoes: A New Tool for Studying Mosquito Borne Disease Control

2017

October 17, 2017--Positive Mosquitoes for Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Detected in Eastern Connecticut
October 16, 2017--The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station receives $459,978 USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) grant to investigate organic methods of controlling an apple disease
September 27, 2017--Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Scientists Report on a Decade's Worth of Data Linking Increased Abundances of Blacklegged Ticks with the Invasive Shrub, Japanese Barberry

September 20, 2017-- DEEP and CAES Discover an Established Population of Lone Star Ticks Along Coastal Connecticut
September 12, 2017--Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) Scientist join the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology

August 24, 2017--West Nile Virus Rapidly Expanding Throughout Connecticut

August 16, 2017--Update: West Nile Virus Positive Mosquitoes Detected in 12 Connecticut Towns

July 25, 2017--State Reports Positive Mosquitoes for West Nile Virus in Four More Connecticut Towns

July 19, 2017--CAES Plant Science Day 2017

July 11, 2017-- State Reports Positive Mosquitoes for West Nile Virus

May 23, 2017--Study Documents Northern Range Expansion of the Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus) in Connecticut

April 17, 2017--Higher Tick Abundance and Infection with Lyme Disease Observed Statewide

March 23, 2017--CAES and DEEP Anticipate Another Spring of Heavy Gypsy Moth Defoliation: May and June Rains to Determine Effectiveness of Beneficial Fungus

January 19, 2017--The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) Department of Analytical Chemistry Receives ISO Accreditation from American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA)

January 10, 2017--The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Receives Major Award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for Establishment of a “Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases” in partnership with Cornell University, Columbia University, and the New York State Department of Health

2016

October 25, 2016--The New Bed Bug Landlord Tenant Law

September 21, 2016--Update: Positive Mosquitoes for Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus in Voluntown West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes detected in 20 towns

August 19, 2016--West Nile Virus Now Detected in Nine Connecticut Towns

August 10, 2016--DPH and CAES: Residents Should Take Precautions to Prevent Mosquito Bites

July 19, 2016--Plant Science Day 2016 Open House Presented by The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
July 15, 2016--State Reports Positive Mosquitoes for West Nile Virus in Stamford: First WNV-Positive Mosquito Pool of Season
June 21, 2016--Pollinator Week in Connecticut

June 13, 2016--Gypsy Moth 2016 Outbreak May be Over Natural Fungus Causing Widespread Mortality

April 6, 2016--The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station receives $480,000 USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) grant to investigate nanotechnology

February 22, 2016-- The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Reports Increased Prevalence of Babesiosis and Lyme Disease Infection in Connecticut Ticks in 2015

January 12, 2016--Wood Thrushes Identified as Superspreaders of Eastern Equine Encephalitis, a Highly Pathogenic Mosquito-borne Virus in the Northeastern U.S.

2015

August 13, 2015--State Reports Positive Mosquitoes for West Nile Virus in Five More Connecticut Towns

August 6, 2015--West Nile Virus on the Rise in Connecticut six towns have identified mosquitoes with West Nile virus so far this season

August 3, 2015--Plant Science Day 2015 Presented by The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

June 23, 2015--Gypsy Moth 2015 Outbreak

June 18, 2015--The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Reports Increased Prevalence of Lyme Disease Pathogen in Connecticut Ticks and Expansion of Tick Testing Program

June 9, 2015--Pollinator Week in Connecticut

April 20, 2015--The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Announces a Lockwood Lecture The Natural History Gap and the Citizen A practical guide to what works and what does not in Citizen Science projects

April 20, 2015-- Arbor Day Tree Planting: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station and the Connecticut Tree Protective Association

April 6, 2015-- The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Receives Horticultural Research Institute (HRI) Funding to establish best management guidelines for growing plants and protecting pollinators

March 31, 2015-- Southern Pine Beetle Found in New Haven, Litchfield and Hartford Counties, Connecticut

March 31, 2015-- The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Receives Partnership Grants from Northeastern IPM Center to Study Ticks and Fire Blight of Apples
March 23, 2015-- The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Receives USDA Farm Bill Funding to Protect Connecticut Agriculture and Plants from Pests and Diseases

2014

November 12, 2014-- Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station to Hold Public Hearing Concerning Quarantine Covering All of Connecticut for Emerald Ash Borer
November 6, 2014-- Nanoparticles May Accumulate In The Food Chain
July 25, 2014-- Plant Science Day 2014 Presented by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
July 16, 2014-- Emerald Ash Borer Distribution Expanding in Connecticut
March 31, 2014-- Rodent Lyme Vaccine To Be Tested In Redding, Connecticut
February 6, 2014-- The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Research Foundation, Inc. and the Experiment Station's Board of Control Announce the Establishment of the Louis A. Magnarelli Memorial Fund

2013

October 31, 2013-- Andreadis appointed to lead The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

August 9, 2013-- Emerald Ash Borer Found in Two New Counties in Connecticut, Hartford and Litchfield

July 28, 2013-- Emerald Ash Borer Found in Fairfield County: Sherman

July 10, 2013-- CAES Plant Science Day

May 29, 2013-- Parasitoid Wasp Released in Connecticut for Biocontrol of the Emerald Ash Borer
May 20, 2013--Emerald Ash Borer Found in Hamden, Connecticut

February 26, 2013-- Emerald Ash Borer Found in Three Additional New Haven County Communities: Cheshire, Oxford, Middlebury

2012

August 17, 2012-- The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Receives CDC Lyme Disease Grant for the Management of Ticks to Prevent Lyme Disease

July 20, 2012-- Emerald Ash Borer Found in Prospect and Naugatuck, Connecticut

July 12, 2012-- Plant Science Day 2012 Presented by The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

July 3, 2012-- Boxwood Blight Found on Pachysandra in a Connecticut Landscape

April 25, 2012-- Spring Open House 2012

March 19, 2012-- The Experiment Station Associates Annual Meeting

2011

December 12, 2011-- New Fungal Blight Infecting Boxwood Plants
October 7, 2011-- New agricultural pest discovered in Connecticut

September 30, 2011-- Connecticut Bed Bug Forum VI Thursday, October 6, 2011
July 8, 2011-- Plant Science Day 2011

May 16, 2011-- Griswold Research Center Open House
April 27, 2011-- Spring Open House 2011

2010

December 3, 2010-- Connecticut Bed Bug Forum IV for Health and Pest Control Professionals Tuesday, December 7, 2010

December 2, 2010-- New Agricultural Pest Arrives in Connecticut

August 5, 2010-- Seafood test results from The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station help to re-open fishing waters in the Gulf of Mexico

August 4, 2010-- Plant Science Day 2010

July 29, 2010-- Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Assists the United States Food and Drug Administration on Testing Seafood from the Gulf of Mexico

July 22, 2010-- DEP and Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Announce the Presence of Emerald Ash Borer in Saugerties, New York

April 22, 2010--Spring Open House 2010
March 31, 2010--State Regulations Approved for the Asian Longhorned Beetle and Emerald Ash Borer

March 10, 2010--The Experiment Station Associates Annual Meeting

March 5, 2010--Connecticut Bed Bug Forum III

2009

December 10, 2009--Girls and Science Mentorship Program
October 15, 2009--Connecticut Bed Bug Forum
April 23, 2009--Spring Open House 2009
April 13, 2009--Chestnuts for Future Forests, Hybrid Chestnuts Planted at Griswold Research Center
March 17, 2009--CT Bed Bug Forum
March 17, 2009--CT Bed Bug Forum with Images
January 29, 2009--The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station hosts a tour of the Analytical Chemistry Laboratory for the Connecticut Media, Legislators, and Interested Citizens

2008

October 20, 2008--Issues Associated with Melamine
August 18, 2008--The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Asks Residents to Watch for Asian Longhorned Beetle
Beetle information go to our Special Features pageLonghornedFor additional Asian
July 1, 2008--Plant Science Day 2008
June 27, 2008--Watermilfoil, Weevils and What Can Be Done
April 1, 2008--Spring Open House 2008

2006

Heavy Gypsy Moth Activity Anticipated Again in 2006

2005

Gypsy Moths Active in 2005

2004

5/26/04 Louis A. Magnarelli Named Director

1999

1/08/99 Asian Beetle Found Attacking Arborvitae
6/28/99 New Mosquito Found

1998

7/28/98 Beekeepers Warned about Foulbrood
4/12/98 Lyme Disease Ticks More Abundant and Active Early

1997

12/22/97 Kirby Stafford Named Head of Forestry and Horticulture