Major momentum
Senior thriving as a student-athlete
Medical Sciences
A Crowning Achievement
First Generation College Student Earns U of I Goldwater Scholarship
Gold, Bold and Cold
Moscow Brewer Scores With Vandal Victory Lager
Sustainable Science Innovations
U of I Leads Systemic Sustainability Research Efforts
Lampreys Safe Passage
Ensuring Mature Pacific Lampreys Reach Spawning Grounds
Follow Me
NASA Scholarship Winner Encourages Neurodivergent Students
Stemming Disease
Student Researchers Looking for Ways to Obstruct Malaria Parasite and Curtail Disease
Jumping Higher
Getting a Jump on Her Medical Career
Seeing Spots
Student Travels to Africa to Assist with Giraffe Research
Protecting Humans from Infectious Diseases
Nuismer Uses Mathematical Models to Predict Viral Spillover
Boosting the Honeybee Microbiome
Can Natural Viruses Kill the Bacteria Responsible for Massive Honeybee Deaths?
Passing Knowledge Down the Line
Pre-Med Mentoring Program Fosters Generational Relationships
Goldwater Scholar and Researcher
First Generation College Student Earns Prestigious Scholarship
Medical Marine
Midshipman Eyes Medical Career After the Marines
Department of Biological Sciences
The University of Idaho’s Department of Biological Sciences takes a holistic, integrative approach to the broad spectrum of biological and life sciences. Curriculum and research opportunities connect and examine the living world’s biological complexities, from the cellular level through organisms, populations, and biological systems. In providing a better understanding of the building blocks of life, research allows undergraduate and graduate students to explore and find answers to a range of fundamental questions while helping advance the field and gaining hands-on experience to start a career in a biology-based discipline.