Department of Ecology, Evolution,
and Environmental Biology (E3B)
The new Department of Ecology,
Evolution, and Environmental Biology (E3B) at Columbia
University was established in 2001. In creating E3B, the
university recognized that the fields of ecology,
evolutionary biology, and environmental biology
constitute a distinct subdivision of the biological
sciences with its own set of intellectual foci,
theoretical foundations, scales of analysis, and
methodologies. The educational programs in the
department were previously administered by the Center
for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC), with
which the department continues to maintain strong ties.
Faculty involved in the programs held appointments in
various other university departments. Now, however,
those programs, the students enrolled in them, and the
faculty that teach them are all anchored in E3B. At
Columbia, E3B is thus the home of biological study at
levels of integration from the organism up.
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