<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Dear ENTM Graduate Students and ENTM Faculty,<br><br>The Graduate Program in ETBM is proud to announce the MS Thesis Defense of:<b>Bethany Johnson</b>!<br><br></div><div>Major Professor: Dr. Mark S. Hoddle<br><br>Title: “

<span style="font-size:inherit">Cotton Seed Bug</span> <i>Oxycarenus hyalinipennis </i>Costa (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) <span style="font-size:inherit">Survival on Damaged Cotton Seeds (<i>Gossypium hirsutum</i>) and Morphological Measurements Associated with Fitness on Different Malvaceae Seeds</span>”<br><br>Date/Time: June 8, 2026 at 9a<br><br>Location: ENTM Large Conference Room<br><p>Zoom link: <a href="https://ucr.zoom.us/j/95924726201?pwd=PDbaCD1ipnuifdaYpEsETQIIa1AoJI.1" target="_blank">https://ucr.zoom.us/j/95924726201?pwd=PDbaCD1ipnuifdaYpEsETQIIa1AoJI.1</a></p><p>Meeting ID: 959 2472 6201</p><p>Passcode: <span style="color:rgb(35,35,51);font-family:"Almaden Sans",Helvetica,Arial;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.42px">079520</span></p><img src="cid:ii_mo1pu04e0" alt="Bethany Johnson ENTM MS Defense Template - Hybrid.jpg" width="389" height="504"><p><a name="SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#242424;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Evelyn Sullivan, MBA </span></b></a><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);border:1pt windowtext;padding:0in">(She/Her)</span></p></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">

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