Extraordinary Opps
Each year students join Professor Marty Condon for rainforest plant/insect research.
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Meet Our Alumni
Britton Zuccarelli's coursework, research, and internships earned her full-tuition to medical school.
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Boundary Waters

Cornell Wilderness Term


Each September, northern Minnesota provides an outdoor classroom for several courses, each of which emabarks on a canoe journey into the Boundary Waters. Read more

Research on ornate box turtles in Iowa  

 

Rain forest fruit fly wing comparisons  

 

Entomology class visits local prairie  

 

Block 1 Wilderness Term in northern Minnesota  

 

Fire coral research in The Bahamas  

 

Assisting with Operation Walk in El Salvador  

 

Tropical plant/insect research in Ecuador  

 

Collecting bromeliads for study in Florida  

 

Tracking wolves and lynx in Minnesota  

 

Department of Biology

Biology is best learned by doing, and Cornell's One Course At A Time schedule allows us to immerse ourselves in our work, both in the field and the lab.  We also provide a range of summer research and independent study opportunities that have led to many recent awards, scholarships, and publications.

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