The Mission of the Biological Sciences Division is to discover and create new knowledge of living systems, to preserve and communicate knowledge through education, and to nurture and sustain a community of scholars. These scholars pursue this mission through research; through education of basic scientists, physicians, and others interested in living things; and through enlightened and compassionate care of patients in a humane, academic environment.
The Biological Sciences Division is unique in American higher education in that no other American university combines the delivery of undergraduate biological sciences education with graduate, medical and postgraduate education. This is made possible by a compact, integrated Divisional organization in which all elements of academic medicine - basic and translational research, education, and patient care - are consolidated in a single campus in Hyde Park.
This integration gives rise to and sustains another differentiating aspect of the Division - a rigorous commitment to interdisciplinary effort in all mission areas. This commitment in turn generates unique research collaborations, educational partnerships, and cross-disciplinary clinical programs.
