Congratulations to Margaret Tanner, a student in Dr. Ben Greenwood’s lab, for being awarded the CLAS Outstanding PhD Graduate Award for Spring 2022. Margaret will be recognized at the Spring commencement and at a rewards reception also in the Spring. Many best wishes Margaret, from the Department of Integrative Biology.

The Integrative Biology (IB) Awards, Scholarship and Outreach (ASO) Committee is soliciting self-nominations and faculty/staff nominations for students that have excelled in their programs. We recognize students in the following categories: • Integrative Biology Graduate Student Excellence in Research Award ($250 from Smilodon) • Integrative Biology Graduate Student Excellence in...

CU Denver Dept. of Integrative Biology Graduate Student Thesis Defense We are pleased to announce that Michael's thesis defense was a success! Congratulations Michael! Michael Kain Integrative Biology M.S. Candidate in Dr. Annika Mosier’s Lab WHEN: Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021 at Noon WHERE: Seminar will be presented via Zoom Zoom...

CU Denver Dept. of Integrative Biology Graduate Student Ph.D.Dissertation Defense KATHERINE FU Integrative Biology Ph.D. Candidate in Dr. Rebecca Hufft’s Lab, Denver Botanic Gardens WHEN: Nov. 17, 2021 at 9:30 am MDT WHERE: Seminar will be presented via Zoom Zoom Meeting: You can email Jacki Craig for the Zoom Link...

CU Denver Dept. of Integrative Biology Graduate Student Thesis Defense ADAM DUSTER Integrative Biology Ph.D. Candidate in Dr. Hai Lin Lab WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021, at 10:00 am WHERE: Seminar will be presented via Zoom Zoom Meeting: Please email Jacki Craig for the Zoom Link Information but preferably before...

Annelise Rue-Johns, a Ph.D. student in Dr. Brian Buma's lab (CU Denver Integrative Biology) has a recent publication in Northwest Science. In this paper, Annelise and coauthors develop ways to estimate understory biomass in the forest floor, an important but very poorly constrained pool of carbon in temperate rainforest ecosystems...

CU Denver Dept. of Integrative Biology Graduate Student Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam ALLISON K. PIERCE Integrative Biology Ph.D. Candidate in Dr. Michael Wunder’s Lab WHEN: Sept. 30, 2021, at 9 am MDT WHERE: Seminar will be presented via Zoom Zoom Meeting: You can email Jacki Craig for the Zoom Link Information...

Dr. Lamya’a Dawud, 2020, Ph.D. Graduate in Integrative Department and former student in Dr. Sondra Bland’s lab, has officially become an NIH T32 Post-Doctoral Fellow! This training program aims to recruit, select and retain outstanding trainees, promote inclusive excellence, provide high quality training, educational, and career development experiences to prepare...

Katherine Hayes received a presentation award at the International Boreal Forest Research Association in August. Her presentation was titled “ Biomass and soil carbon in reburned stands burnt in short-intervals in Interior Alaska” and she presented results from the third chapter of her dissertation, looking at the recovery of carbon...