Welcome
We are a student-centered department committed to the teacher-scholar model. Teaching
is central to our department’s mission; we hire faculty who are passionate about teaching
and highly trained in their area of teaching specialty. We train our majors broadly
across all areas of biology from the biomedical to the ecological using an evolution-centered
curriculum.
Research plays a major role in the professional life of our tenure-track faculty.
Our research programs support our teaching mission and allow us to expose students
to the process of science when they conduct research in our labs. Please see the individual
faculty pages for more information about their research.
Advising and mentoring students is a critical part of our mission. Faculty members
have an open-door policy to students, and students feel comfortable meeting with faculty
outside of designated office hours.
If you are a prospective student, a current undergraduate or graduate student, or
alumni, you can click the links above to direct you to information about the biology
department and resources to help you in your academic quest.
Welcome to the Department of Biology!