Graduate Student Handbook
Graduate Student Handbook Field of Neurobiology & Behavior CORNELL UNIVERSITY Note: This document is meant as a guide for Graduate Study in NBB, however policies and protocols do occasionally change. Please check with Saundra Anderson (W361 Mudd), Graduate Field Assistant, if you have questions about the contents of the handbook. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Department and Field Faculty 3 2. Graduate Student Executive Committee Positions 3 3. Administrative Calendar for Students 5 4. Degree Program Information 7 4.1 Fall, Spring and Summer Registration 7 4.2 Other Registration Statuses and Leaves of Absence 9 4.3 PhD Committee 10 4.4 Degree Milestones 12 4.5 Teaching Requirements and Funding Sources 18 4.6 Holiday and Vacation Time 5 Student Conduct and Support 22 6 Facilities 23 7 Seminars and Social Activities 24 8 Additional Resources 25 2 1. Department and Field Faculty Department Faculty: Andrew Bass, David Deitcher, Ian Ellwood, Joseph Fetcho, Jesse Goldberg, Ronald Harris-Warrick, Christiane Linster, Robert Raguso, Hudson Kern Reeve, Thomas Seeley, Kerry Shaw, Michael Sheehan, Melissa Warden, Michael Webster, Nilay Yapici, Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz, Ben Sandkam Emeriti Faculty: Elizabeth Adkins-Regan, Kraig Adler, Jack Bradbury, Stephen Emlen, Bruce Halpern, Carl Hopkins, Howard Howland, Ronald Hoy, Paul Sherman, Sandra Vehrencamp, Charles Walcott. Field of NBB: (all NBB Department faculty, as well as the following from other Cornell departments): Carrie Adler, Richard Cerione, Thomas Cleland, Ruth Collins, Robin Dando, Timothy DeVoogd, Cole Gilbert, Chun Han, Michael Kotlikoff, David Lin, Linda Nowak, Robert Oswald, Ned Place, Chris Schaffer, David Smith, Katherine Tschida, Maren Vitousek, Gregory Weiland.
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