Biology

• Small class sizes equal a more interesting and interactive education. Professors get to know you as an individual and understand your particular career interests. Every lecture and laboratory is taught by a full-time faculty member who has earned a doctorate degree and been published in their field of expertise.
• Students who meet membership criteria have the opportunity to join the college's chapter of Beta Beta Beta, a national biological honor society.
• Students have the opportunity to help organize and run the annual BioBlitz and Science Night events for local community.
• Students have the option to join the student-run Health Care Club or any of the many other clubs on campus. Visit the Student Clubs and Organizations web page for more information.

Biological researcher
Lab technician
Health professional
Educator
Science journalist
Management in biologically-based business or industry

Cazenovia College biology and environmental biology students have interned, volunteered, or had a summer position at the following locations. 

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• Aunt Bee’s Farm (Fenner, NY)
• Bass Pro Shops (Auburn, NY)
• Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park (Binghamton, NY)
• Cazenovia Equipment, Inc. – Farm Equipment Supplier (Cazenovia, NY)
• Cazenovia Preservation Foundation (Cazenovia, NY)
• City of Cohoes (NY) Engineering Dept., Stormwater Management
• Crouse Hospital (Syracuse, NY)
• EcoLogic (Cazenovia, NY)
• Great Swamp Conservancy (Canastota, NY)
• Hawk Circle Wilderness Education (Cherry Valley, NY)
• Hawk Hollow Farm (Erieville, NY)
• Headwater Youth Conservation Corps (Norwich, NY)
• Institute for Human Performance (Syracuse, NY)
• Izaak Walton League of America's Save Our Streams Program, CNY Chapter (Manlius, NY)
• Lime Hollow Center for Environment & Culture (Cortland, NY)
• Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District (Hamilton, NY)
• Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife , Western District (Dalton, MA)
• Natural Resources Program, Naval Air Station Pensacola (Pensacola, FL)
• New England Climate Summer (Cambridge, MA)
• NOAA New York Sea Grant (Oswego, NY)
• NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
• Division of Environmental Permits (Cortland, NY)
• Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources (Cortland, NY)
• NYS Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
  • Chittenango Falls State Park , Helen L. McNitt State Park
  • FORCES – Friends of Recreation, Conservation and Environmental Stewardship
• Otsego Lake Biological Field Station (Cooperstown, N.Y.; SUNY-Oneonta)
• Research Experience for Undergraduates (SUNY-Plattsburgh)
• Rogers Environmental Education Center (Sherburne, NY)
• Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park (Syracuse, NY)
• St. Lawrence County Soil & Water Conservation District (Canton, NY)
• Stone Quarry Hill Art Park (Cazenovia, NY)
• Student Conservation Association (Charlestown, NH; Reno, NV)
• Summer Discovery Internships, Marine Science (Santa Barbara, CA)
• Trout Unlimited Madison County NY Chapter 680
• Upstate University Hospital (Syracuse, NY)
• USGS Western Ecological Research Center (Henderson, NV)

In addition to conducting field-oriented research in most of our upper-division courses, every student in our program works with faculty to develop and implement an individual research project on a topic of their own interest during their junior and senior years. Students begin their research project while in the Junior Research course and complete their project while in the Senior Research and Senior Capstone courses. Some students also perform research as part of an internship or seasonal employment.

Here are some examples of what our students have recently studied or are currently studying:

As the recipient of a Rufus J. Thayer Otsego Lake Research Assistantship at the Otsego Lake Biological Field Station (Summer 2007), Caitlin Snyder studied...

• water quality (nutrient analyses, residential septic tank updates, best management practices for farms)
• fish population dynamics (included seining, gill netting, using trap nets, dietary analyses, aging)
• NYS Dragonfly and Damselfly survey work throughout Otsego County
• mussel communities in the Susquehanna River
• vegatative assessment at Highland, Sullivan County with the Upper Susquehanna Coalition & Millenium Pipeline Co.
• aquatic macrophytes in Moraine Lake, Madison County (impacts of herbicide on native and invasive plants including Eurasion watermilfoil)
• invasive species including management of purple loosestrife, zebra mussels, water chestnut, eurasion watermilfoil
• She also cleared and maintained hiking trails and helped with events such as "Otsego Lake Festival" and Lake Clean-up Day.