The U.S. National Science Foundation and partner agencies in the U.S., Canada, Finland, Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and the United Kingdom announced funding of new international centers of excellence in their Global Centers competition.  One of the centers, the ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — In a new study, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign tackled a thorny problem: How do nutritional stress, viral infections and exposure to pesticides together influence honey bee survival? By looking at all three stressors together, the scientists found that...

This past homecoming, the School of Integrative Biology was honored to have IB Honors student Anjali Yedavalli elected to the 2024...

For evolution, ecology and behavior professor Alison Bell, asking big questions seems to be a lifelong habit. As an undergraduate studying the history and philosophy of science at the University of...

Did you miss kickoff on September 3? We've got you covered! Check out the sights and sounds from this year's event. And if you're part of the IB community and missed getting a shirt, you have until Tuesday,September 10 to let sib@life.illinois.edu know your name and shirt size so they can get you...

Drought stress has long been a limiting factor for crop production around the world, a challenge exacerbated by climate change. For more than a century­, scientists have targeted a key plant trait known as water use efficiency (WUE) to help crops grow with less water and avoid suffering from...