Sean Strand, an undergraduate student majoring in Biology and a member of Tina Tootle's lab in the Department of Biology, received a 2026 Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award!

Katheryn Rothenberg, an Assistant Professor of Biology, was featured in the March 18, 2026 publication of Anatomy Now, an e-newsletter to breaking news in the anatomical sciences, top journal articles, member highlights, new resources, and more.

Congratulations to iBio graduate student, Sehee Min, on successfully defending her dissertation!

Biology Professor, Maurine Neiman, is the 2025 recipient of the IDEA Award given to a person at any career stage who has strengthened the ecology and evolutionary biology community by promoting access and inclusiveness in the fields of the ASN, SSE, and SSB.

Get to know Biology professor, Bin Z. HE, in this interview with him.

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 to investigate how to prevent permanent hearing loss caused by a widely used anti-cancer drug.

The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank (DSHB) received a $3.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to consolidate its various labs and offices into a larger space in the Biology Building.

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.