Pinnacle Undergraduate Student Feature

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From the Rockies to the Ivies - HHMI fellows join researchers at Harvard and Columbia University

Aug. 31, 2018

Two CU Denver students are among the 58 top-performing students chosen nationally for the prestigious 2018 Howard Hughes Medical Institute's (HHMI) Exceptional Research Opportunities Program, which matches undergraduates with the nation's leading researchers. Nicolette Moya and Matthew Mitchell spent 10 weeks this summer at Columbia University and Harvard University respectively,...

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Assistant Professor of Integrative Biology Christopher Phiel teaching students in Molecular Biology

What is CRISPR

May 10, 2016

Phiel connects undergrads with the very latest technology In the Molecular Biology lab class of Christopher Phiel, PhD Even if you aren't a biomedical researcher, you may already have a passing familiarity with the easy-to-remember acronym CRISPR from recent news reports: "CRISPR'S unprecedented ability to edit genetic code will make...

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Geography Students Conduct Groundbreaking Climate Studies in Remote Patagonia

March 8, 2016

New Winterim program seeks climate secrets on the Northern Patagonian Ice Field Colonia glacier terminus and lake. This year, CU Denver students spent a purposeful and picturesque New Year's eve viewing glittering constellations in the southern sky around the campfire at Palomar Ranch (or Camp 2) on the very remote...

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William Mundo will be the Type of Doctor the World Needs More Of

Dec. 16, 2014

From a young age, William Mundo knew he wanted to help and heal people. William watched his father administer care and advice to others in his community, believing when he was young that his father was a doctor. It wasn't until William was much older that he discovered his father...

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