
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.