Our state-of-the-art, 130,000-square-foot teaching and research facility is a modern hub for interdisciplinary and collaborative student-faculty research.
Multidisciplinary research and problem solving • Hands-on research • Versatile teaching spaces and research labs • Professional-grade equipment and instrumentation • Technology-rich classrooms • Collaborative study spaces
Where our science students go after Lake Forest
Our students form close bonds with their professors who help guide them into future careers. In addition, the College’s Career Advancement Center helps connect them with alumni, employers, and many career-building opportunities.
- 98% of our recent science graduates had jobs or were in graduate school within nine months of graduation.
- 93% of those graduates completed at least one internship.
Employers can connect with our students for internships, jobs, and mentoring opportunities. Visit lakeforest.edu/careers/employers to learn how.
Graduate Schools
- Cornell University
- Duke University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
- Northwestern University
- Stanford University
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- University of Notre Dame
- Vanderbilt University
Employers
- Baxter Healthcare
- GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceuticals
- John Hopkins Hospital
- Pepsico Research and Development
- AbbVie pharmaceuticals
- WR Meadows manufacturing
- University of Florida
- Georgetown University
- Honeywell
- Oracle
- Lincoln Laser Company
- Fermilab
- Landauer, Inc.
- Fairmount Santrol
- Northrop Grumman
- American Energy Technologies Company
Internships
- Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
- Chicago Botanic Garden
- Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital
- Illinois Bone & Joint Institute
- Horsefeathers Therapeutic Riding
- Horizon Pharma
- Shedd Aquarium
- Loyola Stritch School of Medicine
- Smell and Taste Research Foundation
- Spectrum Center for Integrative Neuroscience
- Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
- A Safe Place Crisis Center
- Misericordia
- Rush University Medical Center
- Great Lakes Naval Base: Human Performance Center
- Field Museum of Natural History
Enhancing our green footprint
Outdoor wetland teaching lab
The McClure Rain Garden is an outdoor classroom featuring three varying-depth ponds planted with more than 100 native species. These wetland micro-environments will offer new research possibilities for both students and faculty.
The McClure Rain Garden is made possible through the generosity of James M. Stuart, Marian S. Pillsbury and Alexander D. Stuart.
1,700-square-foot greenhouse
The new greenhouse will serve multiple purposes on campus. With the new greenhouse, plants will be grown for:
• Faculty and student research
• Classroom demonstration and lab use
• Landscape restoration on campus
• Starting seedlings for the Lake Forest College Student Garden
Rooftop garden
The rooftop garden offers a new opportunity to grow native plants for classroom use and to conduct in-depth research on species development in an artificial environment.
The Green Roof is made possible through the generosity of Katherine and Joseph J. Triolo ’63.
Solar-powered exterior lighting
Faculty and student research
Our size allows us to provide our students with hands-on research experience as soon as their first year as undergraduates with opportunities to work one-on-one with faculty. And our faculty are conducting research on some of the world’s most critical issues:
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Tuberculosis
- Animal Behavior and Addiction
- Granular Dynamics
- Acoustic Levitation
- Sexual Behavior and Mate Choice
- Human Memory
- Quantum Optics
- Cellular Aging
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And much more!
Their research is often supported with grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, the National Institute of Mental Health, the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and that’s just to name a few.
Science News
An interview with President Stephen Schutt appears in the October issue of Catalyst, an Illinois Science & Technology Coalition publication.
Neuroscience research Michael Janeček ’18 conducted this summer in collaboration with Dr. Joanna Dabrowska of Rosalind Franklin University of Science and Medicine (RFUSM) culminated with a published paper.