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In the Department of Biological Sciences, challenging science courses are just one part of a holistic approach to learning. Our curriculum integrates traditional study with individual mentorship in the lab and service learning and sustainable projects in the community, for a truly interdisciplinary experience.


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"Perhaps the most exciting part of our work is the immediacy of it all. Never before has there been a greater need to understand wetlands ecosystems, as it might soon be too late.​​​"

Kathryn Norman
MS '18


Biology Department Making Headlines

Aerial view of marshland Marshes, Microbes and the Matrix of Life: Exploring Ecosystem EvolutionFrom the Chesapeake Bay to vents and volcanoes to D.C. parks, biology faculty detailed their field work on nature’s frontlines as part of a CCAS conversation series.
Editors Yair Ben-Dor, left, and Aidan Schurr at GW’s eighth inaugural ball in 2025 GW Students Found Interdisciplinary STEM MagazineBiology alumnus Yair Ben-Dor, BS ’25, (left) and senior Aidan Schurr successfully launched an interdisciplinary science magazine called The Catalyst, which has become a must-read for STEM students.