biology
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Built for the block: Russell Science Center
Cornell College’s first academic building designed for the block plan is changing the way sciences are taught on campus.
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Alumni at a Glance: Brett Janis ’14
Brett Janis ’14 has a superpower—research skills that may just alter biological medicine as we know it. Imagine if human blood did not need to be refrigerated and could be provided anywhere there is a need—the front lines of the battlefield, clinics in the least-developed countries, or long-distance spaceflights.
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Fellows prepare for trips to South Africa, Ethiopia
Cornell Fellows are gearing up for trips across the globe during Blocks 6 and 7.
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Costa Rica course explores biological problems
Students studied under the Costa Rican sun and rain for their Block 3 course, Biological Problems with Professor Andy McCollum.
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Classes begin in Russell Science Center
The Cornell College community experienced something on Nov. 26, 2018, that hasn’t happened in more than 40 years on campus. The college opened its first new academic building.
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Researchers study dopamine’s relation to Parkinson’s disease
Nina Kahn ’18 and Professor Barbara Christie-Pope examine cells that degenerate in the midbrain resulting in Parkinson’s disease.
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Halloween superstitions and flying foxes
It’s Halloween time again, and around much of the world people are decorating with images of ghosts, vampires, witches, black cats, and, of course, bats.
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Alumnus research published in Nature
The journal Nature recently published research by Casey Godwin ’03.
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CSRI student searches for new trends in research data
A CSRI research team is working on long-running research that focuses on the evolutionary biology of unique flies.
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Researchers study population trends of flying foxes
Professor Tammy Mildenstein and Rebecca Ritter ’18 are studying flying foxes in Southeast Asia. They’re concerned about their dwindling numbers.
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Students present research results at international conference
Camden Grundeman ’19 and Marin Dettweiler ’19 presented their research results on the declining Midwest monarch butterfly population at the 2017 International Congress for Conservation Biology in Cartagena, Colombia at the end of July.
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Summer research explores marine animals in Caribbean Sea
Professor Craig Tepper’s lab is filled with questions about what’s happening far from Mount Vernon, Iowa—in the Caribbean Sea.
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CSRI students develop tests to examine chemical levels in soil
Jessica Pinkham ’18 and Reid Lange ’18 spent time in the lab perfecting testing methods during the summer of 2017.
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Students collect data, study UV patterns of box turtles
Three Cornell College students are spending their summer making new discoveries about ornate box turtles.
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Students share biology project with children in the community
Cornell College students in the biology class Wildlife & People class were presented with a challenge during Block 4 of 2016.
Built for the block: Russell Science Center 
Alumni at a Glance: Brett Janis ’14 
Fellows prepare for trips to South Africa, Ethiopia 
Costa Rica course explores biological problems 
Classes begin in Russell Science Center 
Researchers study dopamine’s relation to Parkinson’s disease 
Halloween superstitions and flying foxes 
Alumnus research published in Nature 
CSRI student searches for new trends in research data 
Researchers study population trends of flying foxes 
Students present research results at international conference 
Summer research explores marine animals in Caribbean Sea 
CSRI students develop tests to examine chemical levels in soil 
Students collect data, study UV patterns of box turtles 
Students share biology project with children in the community