2024-2025 Department Seminars

Most Mondays, 3:30-4:30 PM, 141 Olin (unless otherwise specified)

Biology Majors need to attend 10 seminars to fulfill the seminar requirement for comps. Seminar attendance counts toward the seminar requirement beginning in spring term of sophomore year after declaring a biology major. The seminar requirement must be met by the end of the fifth week of spring term of senior year. If you have any questions, please contact Rika Anderson. Scroll to bottom for other seminar series of note.

Fall Term 2024

  • September 16 – First day of classes; no seminar
  • September 23 – Carleton Bio faculty. “Biology Department Research Lightning Talks!”
  • September 30 –
  • October 7 –
  • October 14- Micah Miller, Director of Arctic and Loon Research Programs and Waterbird Research Scientist, Biodiversity Research Institute. “What we can Learn from Waterbirds – Adventures and Lessons from Sea Ducks and Loons. Hosted by Amanda Hund’s research group.
  • October 21 – Midterm break; no seminar.
  • October 28 –
  • November 4 –
  • November 11 – Grace Vaziri, Post-Doctoral Associate, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota. Topic TBA. Hosted by Amanda Hund’s research group.
  • November 18 –
  • November 25 – No seminar

Winter Term 2025

  • January 6 – First day of classes; no seminar
  • January 13 – 
  • January 20 –
  • January 27 –
  • February 3 – 
  • February 10 – Midterm break; no seminar
  • February 17 –
  • February 24 –
  • March 3 –
  • March 10 –
  • March 17 – No seminar

Spring Term 2025

  • March 31 – First day of classes; no seminar
  • April 7 – Chesley Lecture by Peg McCarthy, University of Maryland School of Medicine
  • April 14 –
  • April 21 –
  • April 28 –
  • May 5 – Midterm break; no seminar.
  • May 12 –
  • May 19 –
  • May 26 –
  • June 2 –

Other Seminar Series of Interest: