Integrative Biology News

William Navarrette Moreno, MARC Scholar and Public Health Major

William Navarette Moreno—MARC Scholar with Public Health Major, Behavioral Cognitive Neuroscience and Biology Minor—Selected as Voyager Scholar

Aug. 30, 2024

Funded by the Obama Foundation, the Voyager Scholarship Program is a two-year, leadership development and scholarship program. William is the only student in the state of Colorado to receive the scholarship this year.

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CU Denver News: From CU Denver to Harvard, Scholarships Go Far

Aug. 27, 2024

Why Life-Changing Scholarship Opportunities at CU Denver Were Only the Beginning for Scott Cao ’17

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Sara Branco Awarded Federal Funding to Support SPORES

Aug. 27, 2024

Sara Branco (Assistant Professor, Integrative Biology) received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute for Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) to support SPORES, a mentorship program for underrepresented undergraduate students. This project is a collaboration with Clark University, Purdue University, and...

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Diana Tomback Explains Whitebark Pine Restoration

Jan. 27, 2024

Diana Tomback, Professor of Integrative Biology, explains the effects of climate change and blister rust on whitebark pine restoration in an article by popular environmental writer Jim Robbins for Yale Environment 360 . Yale Envionment 360 , Jan. 11

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Michael P. Moore Weighs in on Species Evolution Due to Climate Change

Dec. 1, 2023

Some species have been able to meet the challenge with rapid evolutionary adaptation and other changes in behavior or physiology. Dark-colored dragonflies are getting paler in order to reduce the amount of heat they absorb from the sun. Mustard plants are flowering earlier to take advantage of earlier snowmelt. Lizards...

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Flying Insects Dying at Faster Rates, According to Michael Moore

Sept. 28, 2023

Michael Moore, Assistant Professor of Integrative Biology, led a study analyzing data on 800 species of insects around the world and discovered that flying insects (many of them pollinators) are migrating at slower rates than their non-flying counterparts and appear to be dying at faster rates. That includes many insect...

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Brian Buma on Wildfires and Wildfire Mitigation in Colorado

April 12, 2023

"Fire is a perfectly normal thing in Colorado," said Brain Buma, Associate Professor of Integrative Biology. "It's been here for tens of thousands of years, and it will be... our forests are quite adapted to those fires.” But Mother Nature's job is getting harder. "The fires that we're getting now...

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Diana Tomback on the Positive Side to Whitebark Pine’s Endangered Listing

April 12, 2023

“The listing of whitebark pine provides authority, coordination, additional funding sources, and soon, a roadmap for restoration,” says Diana Tomback, Professor of Integrative Biology and Policy and Outreach Coordinator for the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation. Whitebark Pine Tree Gets Endangered Species Act Protection All About Birds , April 5

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Diana Tomback and Students Speak at Colorado Wildlife Commission Meeting

March 16, 2023

Integrative Biology Professor Diana Tomback, along with Summer Merrell and Chariss Thexton (Biology undergraduate independent study students in the Tomback Forest Ecology Lab), attended the February Colorado Wildlife Commission meeting, at the Adams County Fairgrounds. This meeting was the last opportunity for public comment on the Draft Colorado Wolf Restoration...

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Mike Moore Chats Climate Impacts on Animal Mating Pressures

March 16, 2023

Showy traits like dark pigmentation on a dragonfly’s wings or a lion’s big, dark mane play a key role in how some animals choose a mate. New research suggests that climate change is making some classically attractive traits more difficult to pull off. Evolutionary Ecologist and Assistant Professor of Integrative...

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