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The College of Natural Sciences prepares students for careers in the sciences, medicine, industry, and agriculture, and entry into graduate and professional schools.
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What is CNS Advising?
The College of Natural Sciences is committed to providing you, our students, with personalized academic guidance throughout your college career, and we are dedicated to your academic success.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
We believe that academic excellence in science is enhanced when faculty and students from diverse perspectives come together in an environment that is inclusive and equitable.
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CNS Senior Celebration 2024
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“I’ve always been fascinated by the variety of people you see no matter where you are in the world.”
In the news
2024 Mahoney Life Sciences Prize Awarded to Lynne McLandsborough
This discovery can make sanitizing facilities processing low-moisture foods more efficient, improve food safety, and reduce bacterial illness outbreaks.
CNS and College of Engineering to Help Launch the Future of RNA Research and Biomedicine
This work points to a new approach toward efficiently, reliably, and cost-effectively synthesizing novel strands of specialty “long RNA."
CNS Research Finds Non-Native Plants and Animals Expanding Ranges 100X Faster Than Native Species
This research suggests that plants and animals need to be shifting their ranges by 3.25 kilometers per year to keep up with increasing temperatures.
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Award-winning teaching, research opportunities, and interdisciplinary programs in a diverse, inclusive community of excellence.
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