University of Illinois Provost Andreas C. Cangellaris held the investiture of Stephen P. Long as the Stanley O. Ikenberry Chair Professor of Plant Biology and Crop Sciences on Jan. 27 at the Spurlock Museum. 

Four faculty members, including two from the IGB, have been selected for endowed chairs deemed to be among the most distinguished honors on the campus. Stephen P. Long, a professor of plant biology and crop sciences from our Genomic Ecology of Global Change theme, and Jeffrey S.