Student News

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...

CU Denver Dept. of Integrative Biology Graduate Student Thesis Defense ALEX ROMERO Integrative Biology M.S. Candidate in Dr. Chris Miller’s Lab WHEN: May 7, 2021 at 2:30p—4:30p WHERE: Seminar will be presented via Zoom. Please contact Jacki Craig for the Zoom Link. Characterizing the Gut Microbiome of Golden Retrievers Using...

Nick Bard (MS, 2018) recently published his M.S. thesis research in Conservation Genetics with co-authors Associate Professor Chris Miller and Professor Emeritus Leo P Bruederle ( https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10592-020-01326-x ). Using ddRADseq, they document higher than expected population genomic diversity and paraphyly in the imperiled and narrowly distributed edaphic endemic sedge Carex...

The Department would like to congratulate Jacob for successfully defending his thisis! Job well done Jacob! CU Denver Dept. of Integrative Biology Graduate Student Thesis Defense Jacob Carson Integrative Biology M.S. Candidate in Dr. Michel Greene’s Lab WHEN: April 16 th , 2:00pm WHERE: Seminar will be presented via Zoom...

The Department would like to congratulate Kyle for successfully defending his thisis! Job well done Kyle! CU Denver Dept. of Integrative Biology Graduate Student Thesis Defense Kyle Turchick Integrative Biology M.S. Candidate in Dr. Brian Buma’s Lab WHEN: April 16 th , 1:00p WHERE: Seminar will be presented via Zoom...