In a new opinion piece published in New Phytologist, Plant Biology Assistant Professor Ya Min (Minya) examines how flowers develop their distinctive shapes and symmetry. Titled “Floral bilateral symmetry: one axis, many...
Each year, the University of Illinois Homecoming Court brings together students from across campus who represent the diverse communities, interests, and accomplishments that make the university so special. This year, the School of Integrative Biology (IB) was represented by a student whose...
While completing his pediatric oncology fellowship at the University of Michigan, Carl Koschmann (BS, ‘02, biology honors) met a young patient battling cancer.Her name was Vara James. At 9 years old, she was diagnosed with a Wilms tumor in her kidney....
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Scientists used machine-learning and super-resolution microscopy to overcome a challenge that has stymied research into the natural history of grasses for decades. Their method allowed them to detect subtle differences among grass pollen grains and trace changes in grass...
The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has named several accomplished faculty members to endowed chair and professorship positions. The positions are some of the highest honors that can be granted by the college. The recipients will be awarded discretionary funding to carry out research...
Entomology professor Dr. Gene Robinson has co-authored an opinion piece published on September 23 in the Chicago Tribune addressing the critical need for trust in artificial intelligence. The article, titled “Chicago must lead on building trust in AI,” explores how to navigate the...
MADRE DE DIOS RIVER, Peru — It is one of our last collection nights in the Tambopata National Reserve in southeastern Peru and we are setting up light traps on a dock near our field station in the Amazon rainforest. The white light works like a false moon: insects fly toward it, and...
The first lesson Marianne Alleyne learned from working with engineers had nothing to do with insects.It had to do with language."Actually doing interdisciplinary research or transdisciplinary research is really difficult," said Alleyne, a professor of...
In Spring 2026, PEEC graduate student Malavika Venu was awarded the Graduate College Dissertation Travel Grant, which provides funding to support travel and fieldwork essential for doctoral dissertation research. This grant allowed Venu to further her research at the University of Toronto,...
