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==Educational programs==
[[File:Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory sign.jpg|thumb|Sign at the entrance at 500 Sunnyside Blvd.]]
In addition to its research mission, CSHL has a broad educational mission. The School of Biological Sciences (SBS), established in 1998, awards the Ph.D. degree and fully funds the research program of every student. Students are challenged to obtain their doctoral degree in 4–5 years.  The Undergraduate Research Program (URP) for gifted college students (established in 1959), and the Partners for the Future Program for advanced high school students (established in 1990) are now hosted at the SBS.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

The CSHL Meetings & Courses Program brings over 8,500 scientists from around the world to Cold Spring Harbor annually to share research results – mostly unpublished—in 60 meetings, most held biannually; and to learn new technologies in 30 to 35 professional courses, most offered annually.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>  The Cold Spring Harbor Symposium series, held every year since 1933 with the exception of three years during the Second World War, has been a forum for researchers in genetics, genomics, neuroscience and plant biology. At the Banbury Center, about 25-30 discussion-style meetings are held yearly for a limited number of invited participants.<ref>{{cite web|title=Banbury Center, A Division of CSHL|website=Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (cshl.edu)|url=https://www.cshl.edu/banbury/}}</ref> As of 2016, a two-week course at CSHL costs between $3,700 and $4,700 per student and three-day conferences cost about $1,000 per attendee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://meetings.cshl.edu/courseshome.aspx|title=CSHL Courses|website=meetings.cshl.edu}}</ref>

The DNA Learning Center (DNALC), founded in 1988, was among the early pioneers<ref>See early DNALC annual reports: 1985: [http://www.dnalc.org/files/pdf/annreppdf/annrep1985.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327031538/http://www.dnalc.org/files/pdf/annreppdf/annrep1985.pdf|date=March 27, 2016}}; and 1988: [http://www.dnalc.org/files/pdf/annreppdf/annrep1988.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305165041/http://www.dnalc.org/files/pdf/annreppdf/annrep1988.pdf|date=March 5, 2016}}. For the educational milieu at the time hands-on learning caught on nationally, see: Kyle, Jr. W.C., Bonnstetter, R.J., McClosky, J. & Fults, B.A. (1985). "What Research Says: Science through discovery: Students love it," ''Science and Children'', 23 (2), 39-41; Lumpe, A.T. & Oliver, J.S. (1991) "Dimensions of Hands-on Science," ''The American Biology Teacher'', 53 (6), 345-348; Rutherford, F. J. & Ahlgren, A. (1990), ''Science for All Americans'' (New York: Oxford University Press), p. 186ff.; Schmieder, A.A. & Michael-Dyer, G. (1991)., "State of the scene of science education in the nation," Paper presented at the Public Health Service National Conference, Washington, D.C.</ref> in developing hands-on genetics lab experiences for middle and high school students.  In 2013, 31,000 students on Long Island and New York City were taught genetics labs at the DNALC and satellite facilities in New York. Over 9,000 high school biology teachers have participated in DNALC teacher-training programs.<ref>DNA Learning Center, 2013 Annual Report, in press.</ref>

The [[Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press]] has established a program consisting of seven journals, 190 books, laboratory manuals and protocols, and online services for research preprints.<ref name="cshl.edu"/>