School of Integrative Biology at Illinois (SIB)
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The School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Life on Earth is complicated... there's a major for that!
Life on Earth is complicated... there's a major for that!
Today is LAS Day of Giving!
Want to give directly to SIB or one of our three departments? Visit buff.ly/49B3iSN, click on “Choose an LAS annual fund,” and then select “SIB or a department” from the drop-down list.
Every $$ goes directly to supporting our students, faculty, and unit initiatives.
Want to give directly to SIB or one of our three departments? Visit buff.ly/49B3iSN, click on “Choose an LAS annual fund,” and then select “SIB or a department” from the drop-down list.
Every $$ goes directly to supporting our students, faculty, and unit initiatives.
October 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Today is LAS Day of Giving!
Want to give directly to SIB or one of our three departments? Visit buff.ly/49B3iSN, click on “Choose an LAS annual fund,” and then select “SIB or a department” from the drop-down list.
Every $$ goes directly to supporting our students, faculty, and unit initiatives.
Want to give directly to SIB or one of our three departments? Visit buff.ly/49B3iSN, click on “Choose an LAS annual fund,” and then select “SIB or a department” from the drop-down list.
Every $$ goes directly to supporting our students, faculty, and unit initiatives.
October 22 is the College of LAS Day of Giving!
You'll be able to donate to the SIB annual fund or one of our three departments annual funds, which helps us continue to provide exceptional opportunities for our students and faculty, now and into the future.
Learn more at buff.ly/49B3iSN
You'll be able to donate to the SIB annual fund or one of our three departments annual funds, which helps us continue to provide exceptional opportunities for our students and faculty, now and into the future.
Learn more at buff.ly/49B3iSN
October 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
October 22 is the College of LAS Day of Giving!
You'll be able to donate to the SIB annual fund or one of our three departments annual funds, which helps us continue to provide exceptional opportunities for our students and faculty, now and into the future.
Learn more at buff.ly/49B3iSN
You'll be able to donate to the SIB annual fund or one of our three departments annual funds, which helps us continue to provide exceptional opportunities for our students and faculty, now and into the future.
Learn more at buff.ly/49B3iSN
🌧️ Schedule Update!
Due to rain in the forecast, the Multi-Planar Dragon Expo has been moved to Sunday, October 19, from 1:00–5:00 p.m. at Riggs Beer Company in Urbana.
Same dragons. Same science. Just one day later! 🐉
#CuriosityDrivesImpact #CosplayForScience #IllinoisLAS
Due to rain in the forecast, the Multi-Planar Dragon Expo has been moved to Sunday, October 19, from 1:00–5:00 p.m. at Riggs Beer Company in Urbana.
Same dragons. Same science. Just one day later! 🐉
#CuriosityDrivesImpact #CosplayForScience #IllinoisLAS
October 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🌧️ Schedule Update!
Due to rain in the forecast, the Multi-Planar Dragon Expo has been moved to Sunday, October 19, from 1:00–5:00 p.m. at Riggs Beer Company in Urbana.
Same dragons. Same science. Just one day later! 🐉
#CuriosityDrivesImpact #CosplayForScience #IllinoisLAS
Due to rain in the forecast, the Multi-Planar Dragon Expo has been moved to Sunday, October 19, from 1:00–5:00 p.m. at Riggs Beer Company in Urbana.
Same dragons. Same science. Just one day later! 🐉
#CuriosityDrivesImpact #CosplayForScience #IllinoisLAS
Save the date! 🎉
Oct 22 is the LAS Day of Giving! Support Integrative Biology, Entomology, Plant Biology & EEB—where discoveries shape our world and futures. Every gift matters because #LASgives 🌿
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Oct 22 is the LAS Day of Giving! Support Integrative Biology, Entomology, Plant Biology & EEB—where discoveries shape our world and futures. Every gift matters because #LASgives 🌿
👉 buff.ly/IhIJ4Yj
October 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Save the date! 🎉
Oct 22 is the LAS Day of Giving! Support Integrative Biology, Entomology, Plant Biology & EEB—where discoveries shape our world and futures. Every gift matters because #LASgives 🌿
👉 buff.ly/IhIJ4Yj
Oct 22 is the LAS Day of Giving! Support Integrative Biology, Entomology, Plant Biology & EEB—where discoveries shape our world and futures. Every gift matters because #LASgives 🌿
👉 buff.ly/IhIJ4Yj
Congrats to IB alumna Lexxanne on starting med school at UTHSC! 🩺 Her White Coat Ceremony marks the beginning of her journey. She shares: “My IB courses have done an amazing job preparing me for the academic rigor of medical school.”
August 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Congrats to IB alumna Lexxanne on starting med school at UTHSC! 🩺 Her White Coat Ceremony marks the beginning of her journey. She shares: “My IB courses have done an amazing job preparing me for the academic rigor of medical school.”
It is with deep sadness that we share that Professor Amy Marshall-Colon passed away over the weekend. Amy was a gifted scientist, generous colleague, and strong advocate for early career faculty. She will be deeply missed by our department and the wider plant biology community.
July 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It is with deep sadness that we share that Professor Amy Marshall-Colon passed away over the weekend. Amy was a gifted scientist, generous colleague, and strong advocate for early career faculty. She will be deeply missed by our department and the wider plant biology community.
Four incoming SIB grad students completed the Summer Predoctoral Institute and presented at the Illinois Summer Research Symposium. Congrats to Mary Heather Jingco (1st) & Sam Pring (3rd) on their award-winning talks!
#STEMgrad #IllinoisGrad #AcademicSky
#STEMgrad #IllinoisGrad #AcademicSky
July 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Four incoming SIB grad students completed the Summer Predoctoral Institute and presented at the Illinois Summer Research Symposium. Congrats to Mary Heather Jingco (1st) & Sam Pring (3rd) on their award-winning talks!
#STEMgrad #IllinoisGrad #AcademicSky
#STEMgrad #IllinoisGrad #AcademicSky
Mac Chamberlain’s cowbird research (Animal Behaviour) was recently featured in NYT, ScienceX, CBC As It Happens, and he also served as a scientific advisor for Nat Geo's Underdogs (Ep. 4).
Public-facing science at its best!
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Public-facing science at its best!
🔗 buff.ly/H6NJAyS
July 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Mac Chamberlain’s cowbird research (Animal Behaviour) was recently featured in NYT, ScienceX, CBC As It Happens, and he also served as a scientific advisor for Nat Geo's Underdogs (Ep. 4).
Public-facing science at its best!
🔗 buff.ly/H6NJAyS
Public-facing science at its best!
🔗 buff.ly/H6NJAyS
Congrats to James O'Dwyer (2025 Campus Distinguished Promotion Award + Dean’s Distinguished Scholar) & Mark Lara (2025–26 Helen Corley Petit Scholar)! Plant Biology at Illinois is thriving 🌿🌎
July 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Congrats to James O'Dwyer (2025 Campus Distinguished Promotion Award + Dean’s Distinguished Scholar) & Mark Lara (2025–26 Helen Corley Petit Scholar)! Plant Biology at Illinois is thriving 🌿🌎
Congrats to Juliana Soto‑Patión (PEEC, INHS) for winning Best Student Presentation at ICP8 in Marseille! Her talk on parasitic lice solving the Sapayoa evolutionary riddle was outstanding 🎉
July 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Congrats to Juliana Soto‑Patión (PEEC, INHS) for winning Best Student Presentation at ICP8 in Marseille! Her talk on parasitic lice solving the Sapayoa evolutionary riddle was outstanding 🎉
Bees are in trouble. 🐝
In PBS’s Human Footprint, SIB’s Associate Professor in Entomology Dr. Alexandra Harmon-Threatt explores what 20,000+ bee species tell us about our own survival.
📺 July 16 @ 9/8c
#HumanFootprintPBS #pollinator #ecology #bees #PBS
In PBS’s Human Footprint, SIB’s Associate Professor in Entomology Dr. Alexandra Harmon-Threatt explores what 20,000+ bee species tell us about our own survival.
📺 July 16 @ 9/8c
#HumanFootprintPBS #pollinator #ecology #bees #PBS
July 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Bees are in trouble. 🐝
In PBS’s Human Footprint, SIB’s Associate Professor in Entomology Dr. Alexandra Harmon-Threatt explores what 20,000+ bee species tell us about our own survival.
📺 July 16 @ 9/8c
#HumanFootprintPBS #pollinator #ecology #bees #PBS
In PBS’s Human Footprint, SIB’s Associate Professor in Entomology Dr. Alexandra Harmon-Threatt explores what 20,000+ bee species tell us about our own survival.
📺 July 16 @ 9/8c
#HumanFootprintPBS #pollinator #ecology #bees #PBS
The Entomology Graduate Student Association (EGSA) has won the 2025 Campus Award for Excellence in Public Engagement! From insect petting zoos to the 43rd Insect Fear Film Festival, they’re redefining science outreach. 🐜🎉
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#SciComm #Entomology #UIUC
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#SciComm #Entomology #UIUC
July 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Entomology Graduate Student Association (EGSA) has won the 2025 Campus Award for Excellence in Public Engagement! From insect petting zoos to the 43rd Insect Fear Film Festival, they’re redefining science outreach. 🐜🎉
🔗 buff.ly/KMp79Gq
#SciComm #Entomology #UIUC
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#SciComm #Entomology #UIUC
Big congrats to UIUC’s Dr. Stephen Long, named a 2025 World Food Prize Agri-Food Pioneer!
His work boosting crop yields through better photosynthesis is changing the game for global food security. 🧪
buff.ly/SjT6l7C
His work boosting crop yields through better photosynthesis is changing the game for global food security. 🧪
buff.ly/SjT6l7C
July 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Big congrats to UIUC’s Dr. Stephen Long, named a 2025 World Food Prize Agri-Food Pioneer!
His work boosting crop yields through better photosynthesis is changing the game for global food security. 🧪
buff.ly/SjT6l7C
His work boosting crop yields through better photosynthesis is changing the game for global food security. 🧪
buff.ly/SjT6l7C
🎓 Can’t believe it’s already been a whole month since Convocation! Time truly flies when you're celebrating milestones. Here's to the memories, the friendships, and the beginning of new chapters. 🧡 💙
#SIBGrad #Convocation2025
#SIBGrad #Convocation2025
June 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🎓 Can’t believe it’s already been a whole month since Convocation! Time truly flies when you're celebrating milestones. Here's to the memories, the friendships, and the beginning of new chapters. 🧡 💙
#SIBGrad #Convocation2025
#SIBGrad #Convocation2025
🪲 Got big click beetles? ABCLab is collecting live ones for research! Found near porch lights or tree trunks. Keep in a ventilated container w/ moist towel or soil.
📧 @cotesia.bsky.social | liyuan3@illinois.edu
📍 317 Morrill Hall #Entomology
📧 @cotesia.bsky.social | liyuan3@illinois.edu
📍 317 Morrill Hall #Entomology
June 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🪲 Got big click beetles? ABCLab is collecting live ones for research! Found near porch lights or tree trunks. Keep in a ventilated container w/ moist towel or soil.
📧 @cotesia.bsky.social | liyuan3@illinois.edu
📍 317 Morrill Hall #Entomology
📧 @cotesia.bsky.social | liyuan3@illinois.edu
📍 317 Morrill Hall #Entomology
Illinois is hiring an Assistant Director for the Integrative Biology Merit Program!
Help foster equity and excellence in biology education.
Teach, mentor, and lead with impact.
Apply here 👉 buff.ly/JUQfiCC
Help foster equity and excellence in biology education.
Teach, mentor, and lead with impact.
Apply here 👉 buff.ly/JUQfiCC
May 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Illinois is hiring an Assistant Director for the Integrative Biology Merit Program!
Help foster equity and excellence in biology education.
Teach, mentor, and lead with impact.
Apply here 👉 buff.ly/JUQfiCC
Help foster equity and excellence in biology education.
Teach, mentor, and lead with impact.
Apply here 👉 buff.ly/JUQfiCC
Graduated but still exploring your next step? The MS in Integrative Biology offers advanced IB coursework, labs, and global research opportunities. Great for GPA boosts or prep for PhD/med school. Apply by July 15 for Fall 2025: buff.ly/dFt76uD
May 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Graduated but still exploring your next step? The MS in Integrative Biology offers advanced IB coursework, labs, and global research opportunities. Great for GPA boosts or prep for PhD/med school. Apply by July 15 for Fall 2025: buff.ly/dFt76uD
Join us in congratulating the IB Class of 2025 — a cohort of globally minded, intellectually curious graduates. Their dedication reflects the best of the IB mission. The future is in capable hands. 🌍🎓
May 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Join us in congratulating the IB Class of 2025 — a cohort of globally minded, intellectually curious graduates. Their dedication reflects the best of the IB mission. The future is in capable hands. 🌍🎓
You’ve got this, SIB students!
Finals might be tough, but so are you! Whether you’re writing research papers or cramming for a few more tests, remember—you’re not alone, and you’ve already come so far.
Good luck and when you're done, have a safe and wonderful break!
Finals might be tough, but so are you! Whether you’re writing research papers or cramming for a few more tests, remember—you’re not alone, and you’ve already come so far.
Good luck and when you're done, have a safe and wonderful break!
May 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
You’ve got this, SIB students!
Finals might be tough, but so are you! Whether you’re writing research papers or cramming for a few more tests, remember—you’re not alone, and you’ve already come so far.
Good luck and when you're done, have a safe and wonderful break!
Finals might be tough, but so are you! Whether you’re writing research papers or cramming for a few more tests, remember—you’re not alone, and you’ve already come so far.
Good luck and when you're done, have a safe and wonderful break!
Dr. Amy Marshall-Colón has received the 2025 ASPB Excellence in Education Award for her outstanding contributions to plant biology teaching and mentorship. A well-deserved honor!
April 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Dr. Amy Marshall-Colón has received the 2025 ASPB Excellence in Education Award for her outstanding contributions to plant biology teaching and mentorship. A well-deserved honor!
Congratulations to Plant Biology grad student Daniel Sani for advancing to the final round of the 2025 Research Live! competition!
Join us today from 5–6:30 PM at the Campus Instructional Facility to support him and other finalists. This competition is free and open to the public.
Join us today from 5–6:30 PM at the Campus Instructional Facility to support him and other finalists. This competition is free and open to the public.
April 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Congratulations to Plant Biology grad student Daniel Sani for advancing to the final round of the 2025 Research Live! competition!
Join us today from 5–6:30 PM at the Campus Instructional Facility to support him and other finalists. This competition is free and open to the public.
Join us today from 5–6:30 PM at the Campus Instructional Facility to support him and other finalists. This competition is free and open to the public.
Happy Grad Student Appreciation Week!
Huge thank you to all grad students for your hard work, passion, and dedication. You make a big impact every day — and we see you!
Huge thank you to all grad students for your hard work, passion, and dedication. You make a big impact every day — and we see you!
April 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Happy Grad Student Appreciation Week!
Huge thank you to all grad students for your hard work, passion, and dedication. You make a big impact every day — and we see you!
Huge thank you to all grad students for your hard work, passion, and dedication. You make a big impact every day — and we see you!
Are you pre-dental and wondering how the IB major fits into your care goals? Get some insights directly from Integrative Biology seniors who are going to dental school!
April 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Are you pre-dental and wondering how the IB major fits into your care goals? Get some insights directly from Integrative Biology seniors who are going to dental school!
Congratulations to our very own Phil Anderson and Wendy Yang for receiving the 2025 Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction! This prestigious honor recognizes their outstanding contributions to teaching and mentoring. Read more about their achievements here: buff.ly/sUQRp6G
April 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Congratulations to our very own Phil Anderson and Wendy Yang for receiving the 2025 Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction! This prestigious honor recognizes their outstanding contributions to teaching and mentoring. Read more about their achievements here: buff.ly/sUQRp6G
Are you pre-health and wondering how the IB major fits into your patient care goals? Get insights directly from IB seniors who are going to med school! They can talk about how they found patient care experiences, the MCAT, what classes were most helpful, or anything else you’re curious about.
April 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Are you pre-health and wondering how the IB major fits into your patient care goals? Get insights directly from IB seniors who are going to med school! They can talk about how they found patient care experiences, the MCAT, what classes were most helpful, or anything else you’re curious about.