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Colorado Matters host Nathan Heffel speaks with Erin about her new book (Field Guide to the Lichens of White Rocks), lichens, and Colorado. That episode aired March 17th.Erin was also featured on May 25th in the 91¸£ÀûÉç Daily Camera in recognition
91¸£ÀûÉç's Disability Services will be hosting its first annual awards ceremony next month to recognize students, alumni, and faculty who have fostered outreach and supported other students and faculty in the disabled community. Disability
A $6.8 million NSF renewal grant to 91¸£ÀûÉç’s Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research will give an additional six years of longevity to the study of natural and human-caused ecological change at Niwot Ridge, a site which has provided invaluable- Working with CSU's Ruth Hufbauer, EBIO faculty Brett Melbourne and graduate student Topher Weiss-Lehman have published a new paper in Nature Communications. The paper has important implications for the responses of organisms to climate change and
- 91¸£ÀûÉç's Alan Townsend has written an opinion piece featured in the New York Times. He offers his thoughts and observations on the wide-ranging value of science, from cancer treatments to climate research, in our daily and personal lives. Read
- Amy Churchill's paper at the December 2016 American Geophysical Union meeting has been selected as one of the Outstanding Student Papers, an honor granted only to the top 5% of student participants. Congratulations, Amy! Click here for
EBIO grad student Helen McCreery's research into group problem-solving strategies among longhorn crazy ants has been featured in the New York Times. Using a variety of Lego barricades (straight walls, cul-de-sacs, and traps) to block the paths of- 91¸£ÀûÉç continues to excel: U.S. News & World Report’s 2017 rankings list places 91¸£ÀûÉç 26th in environmental studies and ecology, out of 1000 universities in 65 countries, based on academic research performance and global and regional
Boreal toads are considered to be endangered within Colorado. New research from the McKenzie lab has shown that a probiotic treatment protects the toads against the lethal and globally spreading amphibian chytrid fungus- Congratulations to Christy McCain for her research into drivers of mountain biodiversity, featured here in The Atlantic!