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Oscar and mentor
Former BSI Scholar co-author on recent scientific paper

Nov. 7, 2018

Oscar Whitney, left, and the paper's co-first author, Thomas Vogler, in the Olwin lab. A former BSI Scholar is a co-author on a new paper published recently in Nature. Oscar Whitney, who works in Dr. Brad Olwin's lab in the Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB) department at CU Boulder,...

Lior
Summer 2017 BSI Scholar, ecology and evolutionary biology BA/MA candidate, studies biocrusts across the West

Oct. 10, 2018

Pushing Boundaries: Student works to restore fragile veneer of biocrust in the American West Lior was a student in the BSI Scholars program during the summer of 2017, funded through the program to conduct biocrusts field research across the American West with Dr. Barger's lab. Published: Oct. 4, 2018 •...

Emma
Former BSI Scholar Emma Simmerman awarded prestigious Astronaut Scholarship

Oct. 5, 2018

Emma Simmerman, a senior physics major, has been awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF). NASA astronaut Joe Tanner will present with the award during a ceremony at 1:15 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, in Andrews Hall. Tanner is an instructor at CU Boulder. The event is free...