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It is the Department’s great pleasure announce our M.S. and Ph.D. students who successfully defended their thesis and will be graduating this semester. Congratulations on achieving your goals and for all your hard work. Our best wishes for every success in your future endeavors! Dr. Lamya’a Dawud – March 30th,...

The 2020 Spring Semester Seminars and Graduate Student Seminars have drawn to a close for the semester. The Department would like to thank all the speakers who shared their presentations with our students and faculty especially in light of this unusual semester of Zoom and remote meetings! Thank you to...

Jessica (Weber) Hoffman shared some good news with Dr. Cheri Jones. Jessica, a student of Dr. Jones, has been accepted to the M.S. Modern Human Anatomy Program at Anschutz Medical Campus. Congratulations Jessica !

The Department is pleased to announce the 2020 Spring Smilodon and Outstanding Student awardees. These students were nominated by faculty, staff, and students for their scholarly achievements, ethics, and contributions to the Department. The Awardees will be honored at a reception (to be announced at a later date) and, will...

Who: Dr. Isabel R. Schlaepfer. Title: CPT1A: An old Actor in Metabolism Auditioning for New Cancer Roles. When: Friday, May 8, 2020 at Noon. Where: Seminars are being presented at noon via Zoom: https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/434850347 , Meeting ID: 434 850 347. Dr. Isabel R. Schlaepfer University of Colorado School of Medicine...

When: Tues. April 28 th , 12:30p Where: ZOOM: https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/96053642226 Dr. Jantina Toxopeus Postdoctoral fellow Department of Integrative Biology, University of Colorado Denver Challenging the hallmarks of insect diapause: A case study in Rhagoletis pomonella Most temperate insects overwinter in diapause, a dormant state characterized by developmental arrest, metabolic rate...

Who: Dr. Matthew Kauffman. Title: " Ecology and Conservation of Ungulate Migrations in the American West" When: Friday, April 24, 2020 at Noon. Where: Seminars are being presented at noon via Zoom: https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/434850347 , Meeting ID: 434 850 347. Matthew Kauffman U.S. Geological Survey Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research...

The Department would like to congratulate Marianne on successfully defending her thesis. Job well done! Marianne Davenport Masters Candidate in Dr. Ragland’s Lab "Variability in Adult Reproductive Diapause of the Spruce Beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis" Organisms modify their life history strategies in highly variable environments, such as seasonally cycling temperature and...

Event Information Who: Kyle Turchick. Title: " Investigating the role of relative differences in disturbance frequency on old-growth forest biomass stocks in the temperate rainforest of southeast Alaska". When: Tuesday, April 14th, at 12:20p. Where: Zoom: https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/837666569 . Kyle Turchick Masters Candidate, CU Denver Department of Integrative Biology The mountain...

Who: Dr. Katherine Kelsey * Title: Ecological and biogeochemical responses to climate change, land management, and herbivory * When: Friday, April 10, 2020 at Noon * Where: Seminars are being presented at noon via Zoom: https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/434850347 , Meeting ID: 434 850 347. * Dr. Katherine Kelsey Assistant Professor Geography &...