Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012; 4-6 p.m.
The Atrium of Corson/Mudd Hall

Across Tower Road from Trillium

CORNELL UNIVERSITY

AN INFORMATION FAIR FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

LAB-TOURS, RESEARCH EXHIBITS, CURRICULUM, COURSES, CAREERS, GAMES

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Learn about the Biology Major. Explore three Concentrations within the Biology Major: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) Insect Biology (IB) Neurobiology and Behavior (NBB) Representatives from the EEB, NBB, and IB Curriculum Committees will be on hand to discuss the requirements of the each of the three Concentrations. Meet the faculty from core courses Meet the faculty from the introductory and advanced courses in each of the three disciplines. Learn about the Visit research labs Lab tours will be scheduled regularly during the open house. You will have opportunities to visit labs, talk with lab heads, and observe procedures, equipment, and experiments in progress. Play evolutionary games. Learn about Game Bug and other evolutionary games that help teach principles of evolutionary thinking. Embrace complex ecosystems and biodiversity. Ecologists and evolutionary biologists will be on hand to discuss a wide range of diverse organisms and complex ecosystems. Learn about research opportunities, field courses, and the Shoals Marine Station. Discover the Shoals Marine Lab Representatives from the Shoals Marine Lab will be on hand to discuss summer courses, research opportunities, financial aid, and more. Observe animal behavior and record from living nerve cells Exhibits of live animals and nerve recordings will be on display. A special exhibit of brain evolution will be on exhibit. Watch neurophysiologists demonstrate action potentials recorded from crayfish and from cockroaches. Discuss career plans Faculty and staff will be available to advise students on career paths in various fields related to the three concentrations. Discuss independent research opportunities Meet with faculty to discuss specific research projects supervised by individual faculty members. Food Light snacks and beverages will be available.	Functional morphology of fishes studied in the McCune and Bemis labs, in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB, J. Morin, photo). Honey bee colony. Courtesy Heather Mattila and Thomas Seeley Aedes aegepti, a vector for Dengue Fever, uses harmonic convergence in its song - from the Harrington Lab (Entomology) and the Hoy Lab (NBB) (CU photo).   Rachel Genova (‘12) reviews teleost brainstem anatomy with honors thesis advisor, Andrew Bass in NBB (Cornell University Photo).
The Cornell Community is Invited
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For further information about the open house, contact Carl D. Hopkins