Student News

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...

CU Denver Dept. of Integrative Biology Graduate Student Thesis Defense Clark G. Olds Integrative Biology M.S. Candidate, Dr. Andrew Wilson, Advisor WHEN: Sept. 1 2021, at Noon WHERE: Seminar will be presented via Zoom Zoom Meeting: You can email Jacki Craig for the Zoom Link Information preferably before 11:45 on...

"Assessing Effects of Exposure to Complex Environmental Mixtures Using Integrated Chemical, Organismal, and Molecular Analyses" The department is pleased to announce that David successfully defended his thesis on July 14, 2021. This fall David will be joining the faculty of Adams State College as a Tenure-Trace Assistant Professor! Congratulations David!

The Department is pleased to announce that Lahari successfully defended her thesis on July 15, 2021! Congratulations Lahari! Lahari Gadey Integrative Biology M.S. Candidate in Dr. Greg Ragland’s Lab WHEN: July 15, 2021, 1:00p WHERE: Seminar will be presented via Zoom Zoom Meeting: You can email Jacki Craig for the...

Dr. Diana Tomback and Laurel Sindewald , PhD Candidate, have been awarded grant funding by the National Park Service for research on limber pine in Rocky Mountain National Park. The study will estimate the relationship between elevation and viable limber pine seed production at high elevations in the park through...

Jacob Jacobo , BS Biology 2020, was accepted into New York University College of Dentistry (NYUCD) 4 year Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS), class of 2025. Jacob was also awarded a $100,000 Dean’s Scholarship based on past academic achievements as well as on the anticipation of future accomplishments at the...

ESA Selects 2021 Graduate Student Policy Award Recipients The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is honored to announce the Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA) 2021 cohort. This award provides graduate students with the opportunity to receive policy and communication training before they meet lawmakers. ESA selected 23...

Tiffany wrote to the Department about her exciting news of receiving the Alice Eastwood Scholarship and Fellowship Program and, her acceptance into the Integrative Biology Graduate Program in the fall. Tiffany will be working with Dr. Jennifer Ackerfield and Dr. Leo Bruederle for her thesis research and her Graduate Program...

The Department encourages students to apply for this scholarship. Faculty, please invite your students to apply as well. You are invited to apply for the CU Denver Phyllis Weisheit Schultz Scholarship. The scholarship will be awarded to students who show great promise and demonstrate academic excellence. Scholarship awardees will receive...