Extraordinary Opps
Each year students join Professor Marty Condon for rainforest plant/insect research.
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Meet Our Alumni
Elizabeth Bach '07 earned a coveted McElroy Fellowship for her research on prairie soil ecology.
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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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