Alumni & Friends

The MCB community

As an Illinois and MCB graduate, not only are you are part of an excellent academic tradition, you’re part of a global, loyal, and supportive family. No matter where you go, chances are there's a fellow Illini nearby, ready to answer your call of “ILL-.” As you go out and change the world, keep in touch. We love hearing from alumni!

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Leading the way. Together.

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Make a gift

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Your support can truly make an impact. Consider providing support for the following initiatives.

  • Scholarships and fellowships for outstanding undergraduate students, such as the BEST Scholarship and Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF).
  • Graduate fellowships to attract and retain our dedicated and creative PhD students
  • Named chairs, professorships, and professorial scholars to recruit and retain world-renowned faculty
  • Visiting lectures
  • Outreach programs

 

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Volunteer your time

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Connect with our inspiring students

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Whether you have an hour to talk about your profession for a virtual discussion or several days a year to mentor a student interested in your career path, we’d love to connect with you again.

Become a mentor

Be a guest speaker at an upcoming career talk

Volunteer as judge at our research symposium

Stay in touch

The School of Molecular & Cellular Biology sends an e-newsletter to alumni and friends four times a year. The Department of Cell & Developmental Biology and the Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology mail print newsletters to alumni once a year.

Your alumni community

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When the School of MCB was formally created in 2000, some units changed their names and others joined us from the School of Chemical Sciences. Whether you are a recent graduate or a friend of the School of MCB, one of its four departments (Biochemistry, Cell & Developmental Biology, Microbiology, Molecular & Integrative Physiology), the biophysics program, the PhD in Neuroscience program, or one of the predecessor units, you are a critically important part of our school's heritage. All MCB alumni and friends are an important part of our school, and we invite you to connect with our current students and faculty and with each other.

Learn more about the School of MCB's foundation​​​​

 

Alumni Spotlights

Read article: Chernobyl and Biology: Dual Degree Prompts Alumni Award Winner to Pivot
Chernobyl and Biology: Dual Degree Prompts Alumni Award Winner to Pivot
Congratulations to Dr. Mesa, a 2024 College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient! In April 1986, a nuclear reactor exploded at the Chernobyl Power Plant in the Soviet Union. The worst nuclear disaster in...
Read article: "Accidental Offer" Shaped Career Trajectory of LAS Alumni Award Winner
"Accidental Offer" Shaped Career Trajectory of LAS Alumni Award Winner
Congratulations to Dr. Monteggia, a 2024 College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient! Lisa Monteggia’s journey to a career in psychiatric neuroscience began nearly forty years ago in a microbiology lab at...
Read article: Five Minutes With: Medical writer Christina Rosenberger (PhD, '16, cell and developmental biology)
Five Minutes With: Medical writer Christina Rosenberger (PhD, '16, cell and developmental biology)
In this new series of interviews with members of the School of Molecular & Cellular Biology community, we chat with Christina Rosenberger (PhD, 2016, cell and developmental biology), a medical writer and clinical research specialist with the National Cancer Institute's...
Read article: 'Transformative' education: Dr. Jeanne Goldberg on her journey to radiology and why she supports MCB 
'Transformative' education: Dr. Jeanne Goldberg on her journey to radiology and why she supports MCB 
As she viewed the radiograph in Decatur Memorial Hospital’s Radiology Department’s reading room, Jeanne Bullock Goldberg was fascinated by what she saw: the bones and innermost details of a hand. It was 1965, and having just graduated from Douglas MacArthur High School, she had applied for a...