Plant science holds a special place at Connecticut College. Here, botany is its own department, distinct from biology. Major in botany and you have unparalleled study and research opportunities.

Thanks to our low student-faculty ratio and ample funding for undergraduate research, nearly any student who wants to do research with a botany faculty member can. In recent years students have worked ...

DURING recent years many books on botany have been published, specially for the use of students preparing for examinations. In these a few types and phases of plant life have been described somewhat ...

David Tank, a botany professor and director of UW’s Rocky Mountain Herbarium, examines a specimen of Wyoming paintbrush. Herbarium specimens are central to his research program. (UW Photo) Thanks to a ...

Assistant Professor of Genetics/Plant Biology/Biostatistics Cat Clarke examines willow leaves on the Alfred University campus. Clarke uses pigment in the leaves to make dyes in her Botany class. Cat ...