Biological Sciences

The Program Welcomed its Largest Class of Incoming First-Year College Students

The message that Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor James T. Minor, PhD, shared with students of the SIUE Summer Success Program (SSP) during the program’s sixth Annual Closing Ceremony on Friday, Aug. 9, was one filled with affirmation and hope. 

“We expect you to succeed here at SIUE,” Minor said warmly to a crowd of students in the Mississippi/Illinois Rooms of SIUE’s...

Fox 2 News correspondent Andy Banker interviewed Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Andreia Figueiredo Dexheimer, PhD, research assistant professor in the SIUE Center for STEM Research, Education, and Outreach for a story featuring the Cicada Safari app.

In addition to her interview, Figueiredo Dexheimer presented items available in the STEM Center available to citizen scientists who want to participate in environmental research or just explore nature. Tracking the cicadas is ...

Elyse Ibata, a second-year genetics and cell biology major in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, will present at the Central States Communication Association (CSCA) undergraduate honors conference as a Top Three Paper in their undergraduate honors research session. Ibata is an honors student under the guidance of Jessica Hutchins, PhD, interim director of SIUE Honors College, in the John Martinson Honors Program. Ibata's paper is titled “M...

 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School awarded prestigious scholarships to graduate students who have made exceptional contributions to teaching and research at the annual Awards Reception on October 24.

Master’s-level students who received the Competitive Graduate Award and Graduate Scholar Award for the 2023-2024 academic year were honored for their outstanding academic achievements. The scholarship recipients represent graduate programs from a wide variety of acad...

Saturday, August 12 | 3-5 p.m. The Patio at Sneaky's Burgers (formerly Recess Brewing)307 N. Main Street, Edwardsville, Ill Please join us at Sneaky's Burgers (formerly Recess Brewing) in Edwardsville for an afternoon of networking with fellow alumni and faculty of the SIUE Biological Sciences program. Admission is $5 and includes one drink...

In commemoration of Darwin Day, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Arts & Issues in collaboration with The Department of Biology’s Ralph W. Axtell Lecture Series will present the lecture, “From Seeds of Inspiration to a Harvest of Discovery and Impact” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14 in the Meridian Ballroom at the Morris University Center on the Edwardsville campus.

Beronda L. Montgomery, PhD, writer, researcher and scholar, will be the keynote speaker and ta...

February 8, 2022 - Danielle Lee, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences explains her work in the field exploring critters in "little urban green pockets" and outreach to engage communities with un-used or vacant spaces, particularly in Black neighborhoods. Dr. Lee shares her experiences working with the African pouched...