Cal-Wood Education Center in Colorado offers an outdoor course that synthesizes and applies information learned in a classroom context to an authentic, complex, and dynamic environmental setting. Instruction is delivered with direct lecture, hands-on activities, guided exploration, field trips and guest speakers. Students base/tent-camp in a beautiful mountain location, hike daily, and participate in an intensive educational experience. Class size is limited to 16 students so register early to reserve a space. Course 1: June 8-21; Course 2: July 6-19, 2008
There is a MANDATORY MEETING each spring term to discuss these projects-- in early March prior to advising on a Thursday at 4:00 pm in the CNS Foyer (check with your advisor or back on this page for details next year).
The Department of Biology offers a number of summer research opportunities for biology and biochemistry majors. Congratulations to students selected for 2006 summer research in the following labs:
Professor - Student - PAST Funding Source
Bruce Smith - Will Brogan - Ford fund
Jean Hardwick - Meghan McManus and Robert Janelli - NIH
Susan Swensen - Allison Lau - Ford fund
Marina Caillaud - Lei Mi-Mi and Samantha Palmer - USDA
Vicki Cameron - Martin Tomov and Stephen Pysnik - NSF
Andy Smith - Hugo Valencia and Rachel Blasiak - NIH
Ed Cluett - Stephanie Cianchetti - Ford fund
John Confer - Juliana Quant, Matt Podolsky, Carl Cloyed, and Stephen Caird - BRI-II, Ford
These students were selected on the basis of class rank, academic performance, academic background, and research experience. Some faculty members obtain their own funding through research grants and may hire students independent of departmental funds and based on their own criteria. For this reason it is important that you speak to professors as soon as possible if you wish to work in a particular lab. There may be a waiting list for some labs.
The starting date depends on the program and the research supervisor. The programs are for 10 weeks of full-time research. Students who participate in the summer research program in the department will receive a stipend of between $3000-3500. The student is responsible for housing and food costs. Since the research is full-time, it is expected that the student will have no other outside employment or summer school courses.
These positions were made possible through a variety of funding sources including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), USDA (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture), Biodiversity Research Grant, Clinton-Ford Endowment, Ithaca College DANA Student Intern Program (applications due early in February), New York State Electric and Gas (NYSEG), and State Wildlife Grants.
Read the project descriptions carefully, and discuss projects that interest you with faculty members. Be sure to get specific information about the project, time required, what is expected of you, type of techniques used, background required. Please note that some of the projects will not be carried out at Ithaca College and, therefore, require travel to study sites.
