The Department of Integrative Biology* is currently inviting applications for a new Academic Department Chair. Academic Department Chairs are essential members of university leadership and are crucial to advancing the university’s pursuit of excellence, student success, and expansion of interdisciplinary research opportunities. The successful candidate will provide leadership and direction to the faculty, students, and staff of the department.

The Department of Integrative Biology consists of 13 tenure/tenure-track faculty, 46 fixed-term faculty members, and over 2,400 students. Our faculty and students have been recognized regionally, nationally, and internationally for excellence in both research and teaching.

In summer of 2024, a College of Sciences (COS) working group was formed to provide recommendations to college and university leadership regarding the future trajectory of the Department of Integrative Biology (IB). The Summer 2024 COS Working Group built upon faculty discussions held in Spring 2024 to provide recommendations to college and university leadership regarding the department’s future trajectory. The final report of the working group is available online.

*The Department of Integrative Biology (IB) is currently in the process of changing its department name to the Department of Biology, Health, and the Environment (BHE).

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