Spotlight

Graduate fieldwork requires leading and managing a team, often in unique circumstances (including long hours, remote regions, etc.), and therefore can be challenging even for those with previous leadership or field experience. Recent research from Graduate Integrative Biology Students Katherine Hayes, Trevor Carter, Erin Twaddell (under the supervision of Associate...

We are really excited to launch the college’s Inclusive Excellence Strategic Plan . As part of university-wide discussions about equity, last spring the administration asked CLAS units to develop strategic plans for DEI, due Fall 2022. Instead of requiring CLAS units to create their own individual plans from the ground...

The Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) is sponsoring seats (covering the costs) for the Creative Commons Certificate . This opportunity is for faculty, librarians, instructional designers, or staff members who may benefit from this training. The Certificate program offers in-depth courses about CC licenses, open practices, and the ethos...

Marjorie Levine-Clark, Professor of History and Associate Dean for Diversity, Outreach, and Initiatives, recently published a four-volume collection of British primary sources on Work and Unemployment, 1834-1911 (New York: Routledge, 2022), with extensive editorial commentary. The volumes explore the interdependent meanings attached to work and unemployment, working-class men’s and women’s...

Assistant Professor of Integrative Biology Sara Branco (along with a team of scientists at Duke University and the University of Wisconsin) received funding from the Joint Genome Institute/Department of Energy to develop the project ‘ Functional Roles of Secondary Metabolites in Ectomycorrhizal Fungi ’. The study will be led by...

The Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at now has its own mural in the office suite in Student Commons Building. The artist Drew Horton, PhD student in the department, completed the design in Spring and the painting over two weeks in Summer. Each section represents a research group in...

Through a detailed analysis of wear on the beads and pendants, a team working with Jamie Hodgkins, Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, found evidence that they were worn well before the infant was born and passed down to her. Publishing in the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory...

Assistant Professor of English Kari Campeau recently published new findings from a study where she interviewed adult participants in phase three clinical trials for a Covid vaccine. The study aimed to understand participants' motivations and experiences related to clinical trial participation, as well as their conceptions of science and the...

Sara Branco, Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, published a Tansley review in the leading journal in the plant sciences (with impact factor of 10.32) New Phytologist , Mechanisms of stress tolerance and their effects on the ecology and evolution of mycorrhizal fungi . This work documents how...

LynxConnect and the Office of Alumni Relations is launching the Alumni-in-Residence (AIR) program to connect students with accomplished alumni for one-on-one or small group career and industry advice. Students can sign up for a 30-minute in-person or Zoom appointment in a dedicated working space to ask specific career questions or...