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Department of Integrative Biology Graduate Thesis Defense CONGRATULATIONS to Erin Twaddell who successfully defended her MS Thesis on April 5th! Erin is a MS student in Dr. Brian Buma's lab, she plans to use her degree in the environmental/spatial modeling fields, hopefully, related to disturbances in some capacity. In the...

Congratulations to the 2023 Spring Integrative Biology Student Excellence Award recipients. The Department recognizes outstanding graduate and undergraduate students for their accomplishments in teaching or research. Teaching can include any formal teaching-related activities (e.g., teaching assistants, learning assistants, tutors, supplemental instructors, etc.). Research can include scholarly activities that make an...

Alyssa Davidge, CU Denver Integrative Biology Master’s candidate was featured on page 15, in Denver Field Ornithologist’s January publication, The Lark Bunting . Alyssa, will be giving a public presentation, “How Historical Redlining Led Denver’s Cooper”s Hawks to Live Where They Do”, during the DFO’s Winter/Spring Program. Alysia is a...

Are you an undergraduate looking for an opportunity to conduct research at CU Anschutz over Summer 2023? Join these upcoming info sessions to learn the specifics about different programs available, upcoming deadlines, and tips for your applications. Monday, December 5, 2022 | 4:00 - 5:00 pm | Register in Handshake...

Congratulations to Laurel Sindewald (Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Diana Tomback's lab) and Ryan Jones (Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Paula Cushing's lab) for each receiving a $250 Dissemination/Travel Grant. The Integrative Biology Awards, Scholarships, and Outreach (ASO) Committee selected Laurel and Ryan for the grants to help fund conference attendance and...

Congratulations to Zoe Erkenbeck on being named CLAS Outstanding MS Graduate for Fall 2022. Zoe will be recognized at the fall commencement and at the CLAS reception in Spring, 2023

The Department is happy to announce that Zoe successfully defended her M.S. Thesis! Zoe is going to graduate this December and then seek employment in a research based position to continue similar work with a Federal Agency such as USGS. Department of Integrative Biology Graduate Thesis Defense Zoe Erkenbeck M.S...

Department of Integrative Biology Graduate Thesis Defense Emily Orr M.S. Degree Candidate CU Denver Department of Integrative Biology Dr. Jennifer Neale Lab When: November 16, 2022, 9:00a-10:00a Where: Zoom – Join Zoom Meeting https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/94528312467 Meeting ID: 945 2831 2467 Population genomic analysis of the rare, narrow endemic, Astragalus microcymbus. The...

Katherine Hayes , PhD student in Dr. Brian Buma’s lab, has been awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Science Foundation for her submission , “ Investigating fire-biotic disturbance interactions and their sensitivity to climate in the North American boreal biom” . Katherine was one of 24 awardees for the...

Department of Integrative Biology Graduate Dissertation Defense Katherine Hayes Ph.D. Degree Candidate CU Denver Department of Integrative Biology Dr. Brian Buma’s Lab When: November 7, 2022, 3:30p-5:30p Where: Student Commons Building, Room ACAD 1401 Short-interval reburning changes forest composition, carbon, and fire behavior of boreal forests If you want to...