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Undergraduate degree institutions
Reaffirming our Commitment to Recruiting Diverse Students
The PhD graduate programs in the Biological Sciences Division at the University of Chicago remain deeply committed to our mission of recruiting talented students who align with our goal of educating diverse PhD students of exceptional promise to be rigorous and independent thinkers, innovators and future leaders in the biological sciences.
In addition to holistic recruitment efforts led by our graduate program admissions committees, we also remain deeply committed to ever expanding DEIJ efforts across the entire Biological Sciences Division At the University of Chicago, we consider diversity to be a strength—and, indeed, foundational to our academic success. Advancing rigorous inquiry requires welcoming a diversity of perspectives and ideas, as well as a diversity of life experiences. Bringing together people from the broadest possible range of backgrounds is often the first step toward realizing field-defining scholarship and providing a transformative education for our students by fostering a culture that reveres open discourse and constant questioning.
Letter from the Dean
Read letter from David Kovar, PhD, Associate Dean for Basic Science Research, Graduate Education, Biological Sciences Division
The University of Chicago famously embraces inquiry and impact. Through graduate and postdoctoral education, we celebrate the transformative power of ideas and the opportunity to enrich human life here in Chicago and around the globe through basic, translational, and clinical research.
Biosciences Events
For upcoming events including student talks, lectures, seminars and symposia on our event page.
The Howard Taylor Ricketts Prize is given annually in recognition of extraordinary achievement in any area of biomedical and biological sciences. The 2025 lecture will be given by Ana Maria Cuervo, MD, PhD on May 7, 2025 at 4pm (more details to come). Dr. Cuervo is co-director of the Einstein Institute for Aging Research, and is a leader in the field of autophagy. Her group has linked alterations in lysosomal protein degradation with neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s disease. The 2024 Prize was awarded to Charles Zuker, PhD, known for his studies of the molecular biology of the senses and his recent work on the neuroscience of taste.
