Michael Rossi

Education

B.S., Biology, Xavier University, 1983
Ph.D., Biology, University of Kentucky, 1990
Post-doctoral training, University of Florida, College of Medicine

Other

The first priority of the faculty at the University of New Haven is excellence in teaching. I have been responsible for modernizing the undergraduate courses in Cell Biology, Developmental Biology and Cells and Tissues (Histology). In all of these courses, I teach current techniques in the context of small research projects and exercises. At the graduate level I teach Cellular Biology and the Biochemistry series. I developed and implemented a M.S. program in Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of New Haven. The program was licensed by the State of Connecticut Department of Higher Education in January of 1995. People employed in the New Haven area's growing biotechnical and pharmaceutical industries make up most of our part-time enrollment. Many of our current students attend part-time taking advantage of the "evening only" schedule of classes and allowing them to continue their full-time employment in the field. The entire graduate program at the University of New Haven is on an accelerated schedule with three full trimesters a year. This allows part-time students in the Cellular and Molecular Biology Program to complete the degree in three years and full-time students in about 16 months. For more information on the M.S. program, contact the current program director, Dr. Eva Sapi (esapi@newhaven.edu), or you can get the catalog description on-line.