The biological sciences, including biotechnology, biomedicine and environmental science, encompass the most rapidly developing areas in science today. The Clarkson Department of Biology itself is growing rapidly in number of faculty and students — both undergraduate and graduate — and our reputation for excellence in teaching and research continues to expand.

Our faculty members are internationally known as leaders in research and education. We are interdisciplinary, collaborating with colleagues in engineering, chemistry, the health science professional programs and other fields across campus and around the world.

We conduct state-of-the-art research and scholarly work that provides an exceptional learning environment for undergraduate and graduate students. We also offer and help students participate in off-campus learning experiences during the academic year and in the summer. A distinctive and differentiating feature of our BS programs is a unique symbiosis between graduate and undergraduate research and learning.

Many undergraduates get involved in cutting-edge research projects alongside MS and PhD students. All of our students complete at least one professional experience, and many pursue multiple research, teaching, clinical and other professional experiences.

Our students actively discover, innovate and learn, working closely with faculty mentors on projects that address both fundamental and practical challenges.

Clarkson University is proud to be a top-employer in St. Lawrence County. Clarkson offers eligible faculty and staff a wide-range of comprehensive benefits that support the needs of employees and their families.

The majority of benefits start on an employee’s date of hire. Benefit eligibility is determined by job category and hours worked per week.

In addition to their compensation, employees are eligible to participate in the standard fringe benefits available to them in their classification. These are described in the Clarkson University Operations Manual. Employees can view the fringe benefits section of this document online. 

General Information

• ALL benefits begin on date of hire unless noted differently.
• New Employees must elect benefits within two weeks of start date. If an employee fails to elect benefits, he or she will need to wait until the next annual open enrollment or a life-changing event to elect benefits.
• Life Changing Events – employees have 30 days to submit a life-changing event; once the 30 days have passed, employees need to wait for annual open enrollment. (example:  marriage, divorce, birth/adoption of baby)
• Fiscal Year – July 1st to June 30th (benefit plan year)
• Paid Bi-weekly on Fridays
• All employees are required to have a CU issued ID card and parking permit sticker for Potsdam campus. Contact Campus Safety for questions.
• Clarkson University is self-insured.