NB&B offers a broad range of courses and research opportunities for undergraduate students, making it the most popular biology concentration at Cornell.
The associated graduate field of Neurobiology and Behavior encompasses all aspects of neuroscience and behavioral research on Cornell’s Ithaca campus. The graduate program's goal is to advance the understanding of neurobiology and behavior by training the next generation of scientists working at this exciting interface.
Academic Resources
Spotlight on BIONB2210/2220
Our teaching mission is to integrate research themes into two flagship courses, BioNB 2210 (Introduction to Behavior) and BioNB 2220 (Introduction to Neuroscience), and to explore them in greater depth in our upper level courses. In the videos below, NBB faculty instructors give an overview of the structure and significance of these two keystone courses:
Student Spotlight: Eliza Baird-Daniel '15
A recent Cornell graduate with a concentration in NBB, Eliza Baird-Daniel fondly remembers her time participating in research in the lab of Professor Jesse Goldberg:
"Dr. Goldberg, in particular, has been an incredible source of encouragement and guidance. I am so honored to have worked with someone who is such a remarkable teacher, and has allowed me the intellectual power and freedom to design experiments and explore scientific questions."
Profiles of Recent NBB Alums
NBB News
Zhao wins Simons Foundation Fellows-to-Faculty award
A former Klarman Fellow in neurobiology and behavior in the College of Arts & Sciences (A&S), Zhao is continuing his research into the neural mechanisms of parrot vocalizations in the Goldberg lab with this support.
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Neuroscientist Azahara Oliva receives Packard Fellowship
The unrestricted fellowship funds enables Oliva and the 19 other fellows named this year to “test novel ideas and lead research that drives real-world impact,”
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Google DeepMind claims ‘historic’ AI breakthrough in problem solving
Frank Rosentblatt, former associate professor of neurobiology and behavior in the Division of Biological Sciences aided in the creation of one of the early breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence.
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Simons Foundation Announces Recipients of 2025 Fellows-to-Faculty Awards
Zhilei Zhao is a recipient of 2025 Fellows to Faculty award.
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Adaptive role(s) for floral humidity in squash plants
Some plant traits are so unusual that they compel physiological or even behavioral comparisons to animals.
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Screaming into the Void
"Musicians have told me it sounds like a - a didgeridoo", quoted by Andrew Bass, Horace White Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior in the neurobiology and behavior department at Cornell University. Andrew Bass is being interviewed on the Little Island in NYC about a fish that sings in the night a...
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2025 Nexus Scholars talk about academic growth, transformation
Ten students who participated in this summer's Nexus Scholars Program share their stories..
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Neurobiology professor named Pew Scholar
Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz, assistant professor and Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a biomedical sciences grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts.
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