Integrative Biology

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CU Denver's Diana Tomback Talks White Bark Pine in Explore Big Sky

May 23, 2025

Dispatches from the Wild: Novel solutions to save the federally protected whitebark pine

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CU Denver Biology PhD Alum Michelle DePrenger-Levin Talks Drone-Powered Plant Conservation on National Podcast

May 14, 2025

Dr. Michelle DePrenger-Levin, a CU Denver Integrative Biology PhD graduate and Manager of Conservation Programs at Denver Botanic Gardens, joined the In Defense of Plants podcast to share how her team is transforming plant conservation through drone technology. In Episode 521, she discusses the challenges of monitoring rare plant populations...

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Preserving the Hidden World: Goran Shikak’s Journey Through CU Denver’s Biology Master’s Program

April 1, 2025

Explore an Integrative Biology Masters Degree From Kurdistan to Colorado: How One Student Followed His Fascination with Arachnids into a Career in Taxonomy Goran Shikak didn’t always know he’d become a taxonomist. But looking back, the signs were there. Born in Miami and raised in Kurdistan, Goran spent his childhood...

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Scientific American Cites CU Denver Biologist in Recent Article, "Migrating Birds Sing to Team Up with Other Species"

Jan. 31, 2025

Flying in the dark presents challenges to airborne cooperation, notes biologist Allison Pierce, who studies plover migration at University of Colorado Denver and was not involved in the new paper. For example, visual cues such as another bird’s flight path are absent. “If we could take it from this big...

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William Navarrete Moreno Awarded $50,000 Voyager Scholarship for Public Service by the Obama Foundation to Pursue Public Health Passion

William Navarrete Moreno can’t forget a call that would change his life. He was a fifth grader when he got a call from his mother, an immigrant from Mexico, who was at the emergency room. Her thyroid cancer had progressed to the point where she was having trouble breathing, and...

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