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    Calling all pollinator fans: University of Illinois seeks citizen scientists
    2020-05-12 - For the second year, University of Illinois Extension is calling all lovers of bees, butterflies, and other pollinators that keep our crops and gardens growing to join scientists in tracking their distribution and habitat use across the state.
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    Lisa Ainsworth of USDA-ARS elected to the National Academy of Sciences
    2020-04-29 - Lisa Ainsworth, a research plant physiologist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service and adjunct professor of plant biology and crop sciences at the University of Illinois, has been...
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    College of LAS announces named scholar positions
    2020-04-28 - Carl Bernacchi honored for contributions in education and research
  • bees at their nest
    Virus-infected honey bees more likely to gain entrance to healthy hives
    2020-04-28 - Entomology professor Adam Dolezal and his colleagues found that infection with the Israeli acute paralysis virus increases the likelihood that infected bees are accepted by foreign colonies.
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    2020 World of Biology Photo Competition
    2020-04-18 - Deadline for submissions: 12:00 noon, Thursday, May 7, 2020
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    When warblers warn of cowbirds, blackbirds get the message
    2020-03-31 - This is the story of three bird species and how they interact. The brown-headed cowbird plays the role of outlaw: It lays its eggs in other birds’ nests and lets them raise its young – often at the expense of the host’s nestlings. To combat this threat, yellow warblers have developed a special “seet” call that means, “Look out! Cowbird!” In a new study, researchers...
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    Grad student names new treehopper species after Lady Gaga
    2020-03-12 - Brendan Morris discovered a new genus and species of treehopper. He named it in honor of the musical artist Lady Gaga.
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    3 continents, 2 majors, 1 minor, and published research
    2020-03-09 - How I shaped my unique journey at Illinois Abby Knipp is a recent graduate of the College of LAS, where she studied Spanish, earth, society, & environmental sustainability (ESES), and integrative biology. Who would’ve thought that a girl from cold, northern Minnesota, far from any body of salt-water and who had never even stepped foot into the ocean would decide to...
  • locusts on a shrub
    How changes in weather patterns could lead to more insect invasions
    2020-02-26 - Dr. Esther Ngumbi (Entomology) reports on outbreaks of insect pests and insect invasions are on the rise on the African continent.
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    Stephen Long named Stanley O. Ikenberry Chair
    2020-02-12 - Professor of plant biology and crop sciences receives one of U of I's highest honors University of Illinois professor Stephen Long, a renowned researcher known particularly for his work in photosynthesis and addressing food insecurity, has been named an Ikenberry Endowed University Chair of Plant Biology and Crop Sciences.
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    Study tracks genomic changes that reinforce darter speciation
    2020-02-07 - Researchers sequenced the genome of the orangethroat darter, pictured, and compared it with that of the rainbow darter, a closely related species. They also hybridized the two species to determine the factors that drive them to diverge.
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    DOE Project at U of I Will Measure Bioenergy Crop Carbon Emissions
    2020-01-24 - The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a $3.3 million grant to a multidisciplinary research team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to develop a precise system for measuring greenhouse gas emissions from commercial bioenergy crops grown in central Illinois.
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    Preparing for big goals by researching small things
    2020-01-17 - Megan Choi is a junior in LAS, where she studies integrative biology. Originally from Oswego, IL, Choi is also passionate about competing in triathlons. In the spring of 2019, Choi won a campus-level award for her undergraduate research on the variation in nest architecture of two different species of ants. The College of LAS recently had a chance to ask her a few questions about her experience...
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    Lessons on how to effectively tackle insect invasions
    2020-01-17 - Dr. Esther Ngumbi details how pest insects can be effectively managed in Africa. Kenyan food production and grazing land is under threat from a huge desert locust invasion. The insects are currently in two counties in northern Kenya and are now spreading to other Kenyan regions including Meru, Laikipia, and Rift Valley. The government has yet to...
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    First Publication of the SIB Connections Newsletter for Fall 2019
    2020-01-07 - The School of Integrative Biology is excited to announce the first publication of SIB Connections, a newsletter designed for our alumni since the School was formed during the 2004-2005 school year.

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