Maurine Neiman, Professor of Biology, has been named Treasurer of the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE) for 2026.

Check out the Department of Biology's Winter 2026 Newsletter!

Biology student Tyler Draayer came to campus from Lawton, Iowa, expecting great academics. He discovered so much more.

Two Biomedical Sciences undergraduate students and a postdoctoral research scholar in the Department of Biology were featured in the 2026 Dare to Discover campaign.

John Manak, a Professor in the Department of Biology, received a grant to study Intellectual Disability, a common neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by significant limitations in learning, memory, and problem-solving as well as social interaction and communication.

Due to the weather forecasted for Friday, January 23, the 12th Raymond Fong Memorial Lecture with keynote speaker Dakota McCoy, will be held virtually.

The Department of Biology's Spring 2026 Seminar Schedule is now available.

Cathy Yea Won Sung, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology, received a three-year, $739,338 grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.

Bin Z. HE, an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology, has been awarded the James Van Allen Natural Sciences Fellowship for the 2026-2027 fiscal year.

Six graduate students in the Department of Biology received fellowships from the University of Iowa Graduate College for the Spring 2026 semester.