News and Events

Nationally Ranked for Graduates Who Earn PhDs

According to the National Science Foundation survey.
Sonia Seth: SUNY Chancellor’s Award Winner

Biology major and Chemistry minor Sonia Seth is one of two who earned the honors.
The Buzz About Bees: Collecting Honey to Examine DNA

Professor Stephen Harris and students in this new course extract honey from our own Purchase College bee hives.
Professors Awarded Major Grant by National Science Foundation

Professors Erika Ebbs and Stephen Harris will study symbiotic communities among ducks.
Mackenzie Sky ’23 Researching Brain Cancer Treatments

The biology major interned this summer at the Columbia Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics.
Founding Professor Lee Ehrman Retires

A pioneering geneticist was the very first professor hired at Purchase.
Biotechnology Concentration

Prepare yourself to join the workforce in the biological sciences.
Georgie Humphries ’19 & April McIlwaine ’19 Receive Awards

Alumni awarded for work in environmental studies and biology at the WCA Entrepreneurship in the Sciences event.