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Dr. Diana Tomback and Dr. Elizabeth Pansing interviewed on Whitebark Pine being protected by the Endangered Species Act

Dec. 20, 2022

Dr. Diana Tomback , Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, CU Denver, is a pioneer in research on Whitebark Pine, a widely distributed western forest species in the U.S. and Canada that is facing multiple threats, including exotic disease and climate change. In 2001 Diana became founding director of...

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Dr. Michael Moore interviewed in The Washington Post

Nov. 29, 2022

Dr. Michael Moore was interviewed in a light-hearted article about a serious problem in the November 28, 2022 edition of The Washington Post. The article “Less attractive, less picky; How mating is changing in a hotter world ” (Leave it to climate to teach us that looks aren’t everything), is...

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Peering Into The Invisible Present: How datasets spanning decades and nature apps are expanding our ecological attention span into the long now

Nov. 9, 2022

In this article featured on “ The Long Now Foundation ” website, Michael Moore , Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, CU Denver, talked about his first experience finding data for his research on the iNaturalist app - Not surprisingly, scientists have already published more than 2,800 studies...

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Four recent publications from Dr. Brian Buma and his PhD and M.S. students on graduate education and fieldwork.

Oct. 7, 2022

Supporting graduate field leadership through community-sourced advice, action, and policy" Katherine Hayes, Trevor Carter, Phoebe Cook, Erin Twaddell, Brian Buma (*Hayes, Carter, and Twaddell are all CU Denver grad students) Ecosphere Putting More Fuel on the Fire...Or Maybe Not? The southernmost end point of pre-industrial human expansion found on Isla...

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Picnic Event for Mr. Joe Ricketts Put On By Integrative Biology Faculty Member, Diana Tomback, and Her Students in Yellowstone

Sept. 30, 2022

Joe Ricketts has supported an on-going collaborative research project among University of Colorado Denver, Yellowstone National Park, and Ricketts Conservation Foundation since 2019. He has also supported the production by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology of two spectacular videos about whitebark pine and Clark's nutcracker. The latter will be shown...

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Can The Clark’s Nutcracker Help its BFF, The Whitebark Pine, Recover From Disaster

Sept. 27, 2022

"Clark's Nutcrackers and whitebark pine have deeply intertwined lives. If and when the pine is listed under the Endangered Species Act, the tree's recovery could depend on its birdy best friend”. Dr. Diana Tomback is one of many dedicated people, including Integrative Biology Alum, Elizabeth Pansing , featured in a...

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Dr. Sara Branco part of team receiving funding from Joint Genome Institute/ Dept. of Energy

Sept. 23, 2022

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

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Diana Tomback publishes a landmark special issue of peer reviewed Journal, Forest Ecology and Management

Sept. 21, 2022

Dr. Diana Tomback (Professor, CU Denver Dept. of Integrative Biology) just published, a landmark issue of the peer-reviewed journal (Elsevier) Forest Ecology and Management on “The ecology and restoration of high elevation five-needle white pines.” She was lead editor with colleagues Robert Keane and Richard Sniezko, experts with the US...

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Dr. Cheri Jones, Senior Instructor Emerita

Sept. 15, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Jones on her appointment as Senior Instructor Emerita!

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Mike Wunder Steps In As Interim Chair for the Graduate Advisor Committee

Aug. 26, 2022

As Brian Buma moves on to his new position with the Environmental Defense Fund, Mike Wunder will be taking on the Interim Chair position for our Graduate Advisor Committee. Thank you Mike for taking on that added responsibility.

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