Awards & Honors

2025 Awards Slideshow

We're proud of the SIB community.

The School of Integrative Biology gladly celebrates excellence across our community by recognizing outstanding undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, staff, and alumni through a variety of prestigious awards and fellowships. In addition to honors presented by the school and its departments, SIB also highlights achievements recognized by other campus units, as well as national and international organizations. These accolades reflect the breadth, depth, and impact of the integrative biology community.

SIB undergraduate winners

SIB graduate winners

Entomology & INHS awards

EEB awards

Plant Biology awards

PEEC award winners

Teaching & mentoring awards

GEEB Symposium winners

SIB Awards News

students posing next to one another in front of a fountain

Incoming SIB grad students excel in summer research program

Four incoming graduate students—Sam Pring (Min Lab, Plant Biology), Marcus Brown (Punyasena Lab, Plant Biology), Mary Heather Jingco (Kingston Lab, PEEC), and Kehvyn Cedeño (Martínez Lab, PEEC)—recently completed the university’s competitive, fully funded 8-week Summer Predoctoral Institute (SPI)....

Stephen Long recognized as 2025 World Food Prize Top Agri-Food Pioneer

Stephen Long, Ikenberry Endowed Chair Emeritus of Plant Biology and Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has been selected as a...

a side by side photo of James O'Dwyer on the left and Mark Lara on the right

Plant Biology faculty honored with prestigious campus awards

The School of Integrative Biology proudly congratulates two outstanding faculty members in the Department of Plant Biology. Dr. James O’Dwyer has been recognized with the 2025 Campus Distinguished Promotion Award and...

EGSA earns top honors for public engagement at Illinois

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Individuals and teams from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who have made a visible impact on society were recently recognized with the 2025 Campus...

Dr. Andrew Suarez Receives Distinguished Naturalist Award from the American Society of Naturalists

The School of Integrative Biology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is proud to announce that Dr. Andrew Suarez, Acting Head and Professor of Entomology, has...