Biology offers courses that emphasize both the diversity and unity of life. This emphasis is coupled with an examination of the basic processes of biology, including the mechanisms of heredity, regulation, development and evolution. Our majors consider biology from points of reference that reflect life's different levels of organization, from biochemical and molecular, through cellular and organismic, to population and ecosystem levels.

Student News:

Yeji Jun'12 recently won third place for her poster presentation entitled “In vivo bisphenol-A exposure modulates murine innate immune responses" at the Winchell Undergraduate Research Symposium, sponsored by the MN Academy of Science in April 2012. Yeji performed the research in Debby Walser-Kuntz's lab, and co-authors included alumni Dara Strauss-Albee, Elliot Johnson, and JJ Locquaio.