Meetings and events sponsored by the biology department

Career Planning, Internships, Graduate School

Research Opportunities within the biology department.

• Students may begin doing research in the department as soon as their freshman year. There are research courses at the 200, 300 and 400 level for various credit hours depending on the extent of the project. Please speak to a faculty member as soon as possible since some laboratories have a waiting list to get in and some faculty prefer you to have taken certain courses prior to research so that you have the necessary background. There are meetings every term prior to registration during which you can hear about projects available and meet faculty involved. Consider 10 weeks of summer research in the department. We pay approximately 10 summer students between $3000-3500 out of faculty grants, the Dana program and the Ford fund.

Research Elsewhere: Ithaca College Biology students interested in research elsewhere should contact Peter Melcher.  Links to other institutions via Google search engine

• Hawksbill Sea Turtle Project -- in Hawaii - volunteers needed June-December, yearly
• Cornell: Shoals Marine Laboratory SUMMER
• Costa Rica 
• Duke University Marine Laboratory
• Harvard Forest SUMMER
• National Science Foundation -Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF - REU)
• MIT SUMMER
• Operation Wallacea SUMMER(PDF)
• Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland  SUMMER(PDF) *NEW* MARCH 28, 2008 DEADLINE
• Southwestern-SUMMER FELLOWSHIPS
• Rutgers SUMMER  *NEW* MARCH 28, 2008 DEADLINE
• University of Cincinnai College of Medicine-SUMMER FELLOWSHIPS
• University of Massachusetts Medical School
• University of Massachusetts -- integrative and evolutionary biology (SUMMER; deadline March 1, 2008))
• University of Pittsburgh Department of Pharmacology SUMMER PROGRAM
• Washington University
• VOLUNTEER Field Assistants to study Amazonian birds at Los Amigos Research Station, SE Peru for at least three months, any time from Mar 2008 onwards.

Study Abroad: Ithaca College Biology students interested in research elsewhere should contact Susan Allen-Gil or the Office of International Programs.

• Caribbean Study Abroad Scholarships Grant money for scholarships (up to $4,000 off tuition) is available for students with demonstrated financial need for the 2006 programs
• Killam Fellowships Program
• New York University
• School for International Training
• School for Field Studies
• Sea Education Association

Certification Program

• Ecovillage & Permaculture Certification Program SUMMER AND FALL Programs

NOTE:  See Study Abroad Programs with IC Faculty here.