Undergraduate Programs

Meet new academic advisor Kevin Neumann

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Please welcome Kevin Neumann to the School of Molecular & Cellular Biology! Neumann joined the school as an academic advisor in Summer 2026. Intern Gwyneth Graham sat down with him to learn more about his approach to advising and...

Meet new academic advisor Chuck Jaques

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Please welcome Chuck Jaques to the School of Molecular & Cellular Biology! Jaques joined the school as a senior academic advisor in June 2026. Intern Gwyneth Graham sat down with him to learn more about his approach to advising...

Undergrads begin summer programs at Mayo Clinic in biomedical research, community health

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Eighteen University of Illinois undergraduates, including seven from the School of Molecular & Cellular Biology, will join researchers and...

MCB senior receives Boren Scholarship to study in Tanzania this summer

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The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology is pleased to announce that MCB senior Sameer Abbasi has been awarded a federal Boren Scholarship to study Swahili in Tanzania this summer. ...

Congratulations to School of MCB undergraduate award recipients!

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The School of Molecular & Cellular Biology honored exceptional undergraduate students at its annual Awards Ceremony on Thursday, May 7, at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center.School and department leaders recognized students for academic achievements, research achievements, and more. They also...

Meet MCB alumnus and convocation speaker Dr. Guy Padbury

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The School of Molecular & Cellular Biology is pleased to announce Dr. Guy Padbury as the guest speaker for its May 2026 convocation. On a recent visit to campus, he spoke about his path to Illinois, his work as a translational scientist, and what inspires him. Dr. Padbury’s career has been...

MCB undergrads flourish in federal work-study CREW program

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Ask any scientist and they’ll tell you what a joy it is to discover something they didn’t know they didn’t know. “The best parts of science tend to be serendipitous,” said the School of Molecular & Cellular Biology’s Jhewelle Fitz-Henley. “The things that you find out, you’re like, ‘I did not...

Congratulations to winners of the MCB Undergraduate Research Symposium

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The School of Molecular & Cellular Biology is proud to announce the winners of our 2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium, held on November 12, 2025. Sixty-five students presented posters of their research to attendees of the event, which was held at the Illini Union.This...

First person: Undergraduates connect and present research at neuroscience conference

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Amber Smith, a neuroscience major in the School of Molecular & Cellular Biology, is president of the Undergraduate Neuroscience Society. She is also an undergraduate researcher in ...

School of MCB launches new MCB + Data Science major

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The School of Molecular & Cellular Biology is pleased to announce a new undergraduate program: the bachelor of science degree in Molecular & Cellular Biology + Data Science.The new major comes at a time when artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-throughput...