Visiting Research Associate Professor Christopher Whelan has published a book Why Birds Matter. Avian Ecological Function and Ecosystem Services. The book highlights the many essential services birds provide to ecosystems and the consequences to…
Graduate students from each group of the Biological Sciences department at UIC have come together to create a monthly email newsletter – Science Café. In each issue we will share links to the…
We are welcoming 19 new graduate students from six countries this year. Thanks to the Admissions Team for recruiting an outstanding new class. We are excited to have them join the Biological Sciences…
On June 21, the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) approved the Major in Integrated Health Studies. The Major in Integrated Health Studies will prepare graduates who are competitive for admission into professional…
Professor Mary Ashley is the senior author on a PlosOne paper entitled “Sex in the City: Breeding Behavior of Urban Peregrine Falcons in the Midwestern US”. A recent UPI news article discusses the some…
Whether the snow leopard should be delisted from the IUCN RedList (Endangered) to Vulnerable is being fiercely debated. The world’s biologists are currently divided. Som Ale, Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor, along with many…
BIOS held a competition to find great photographs of research being done by our graduate students. Over 40 pictures were entered. A committee reviewed the entries and picked these 10 finalists. They also…
News from the Saxena lab A lot of exciting things having been happening in Ankur Saxena’s Lab the past few months. Here are a few of them: – Ankur Saxena, along w/ Co-PI…
PhD candidate Jarrad Hampton-Marcell is the joint winner of uBiome’s recent public-voted Microbiome Research Grant Competition. He will receive up to $100,00 of uBiome testing kits and full laboratory analysis. A former high…
Professor Donald Morrison has been named University Scholar for 2016-2017. This recognition comes with a $15,000 per year award, for three years, for his demonstrated excellence and to show the University’s commitment to…