N. Bharathan of the Biology Department will conduct a Biotechnology Summer Camp for students in grades 10–12 during Summer 2013. The goal is to motivate students to study biology and to acquaint them with modern research techniques.

On Thursday, October 25, 2012, the Biology and English departments will present an information session on the planned Summer 2013 study abroad travel class in southern Africa.

The IUP Secondary Science Education programs, covering Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, and Physics, have been awarded national recognition without conditions through the National Science Teachers Association and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.

Students can earn 4 credits per course and make progress in their upper-level biology classes by taking field biology courses at Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology.

The Biology Department sponsored a three-week study-abroad class in South Africa and Swaziland from July 14 through August 5, 2011.

The Biology Department is planning a study abroad class in South Africa during Summer Session 2, 2011. This is a twenty-one-day tour, with many opportunities to observe wildlife and become acquainted with a diverse and multicultural country that combines elements of the East, the West, and the Third World.