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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...

Lessons on how to effectively tackle insect invasions

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...

First Publication of the SIB Connections Newsletter for Fall 2019

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.

Announcing the 37th Annual Insect Fear Film Festival

Thank you for helping to make our 37th Annual Insect Fear Film Festival (IFFF) such a great success! Hosted by the Department of Entomology and the Entomology Graduate Student Association (EGSA), it was held on Saturday, February 22, 2020 in Foellinger Auditorium at UIUC.

Researchers use board game to educate students on role and importance of bees

Researchers from the Berenbaum Lab in the Department of Entomology are helping local kids gain a better understanding of bees, their life cycle, and their role in our world. Led by Dr. Bernarda Calla and...

Researchers discover how ant species uses abdomen for extra power during jumps

Researchers in the Department of Entomology at the University of Illinois have shown how a species of ant uses its abdomen to add speed to its jump, in a recent study published in...

Illinois researchers rank among world’s most influential

Eight faculty members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been named to the 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list, a global listing of scientists who produced the past decade’s most influential papers...

Gene Robinson speaks at LAS Dean's Distinguished Lecture

Inaugural event provides opportunity to learn from outstanding scholars The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has established the LAS Dean’s Distinguished Lecture to provide wider opportunity for people to hear from faculty who are leaders in their field. The inaugural lecture...

A little prairie can rescue honey bees from famine on the farm, study finds

Scientists, including Adam Dolezal, placed honey bee hives next to soybean fields in Iowa and tracked how the bees fared over the growing season. To the researchers’ surprise, the bees did well for much of the summer. The colonies thrived and gained weight, building...

Two SIB faculty members elected AAAS Fellows

Eight professors at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, including two School of Integrative Biology faculty members: Andrew Suarez and Lisa Ainsworth, have been elected 2019 Fellows of the American Association for the...