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CU-Boulder’s Biological Sciences Initiative (BSI) passionately pursues opportunity in science for all and a scientifically literate global citizenry. Diverse perspectives are key to scientific advancement, just as diversity is key to survival in biological systems.

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Undergraduate co-authors publish scientific journal article on a new downside to opioid use

April 17, 2018

Two students, Kaci Corrigan and Erika Galer, were supported by BSI while they were undergraduate researchers in the Maier-Watkins lab of CU's neuroscience department. After graduation, Galer remained in the lab to work as a professional research assistant. Read the CU Boulder Today article about the research below or at... Read more »
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Teachers turn out for professional development workshop Microbes and Mental Health

March 1, 2018

On Saturday, February 24, Colorado middle and high school teachers came to the CU Boulder main campus to attend a Biological Sciences Initiative (BSI) workshop. The workshop, Microbes and Mental Health: Getting the Dirt on Your Health, is one of the most popular workshops BSI has recently developed. Participating teachers... Read more »
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Ready... Set... Science! workshop series wraps up for the year

Feb. 8, 2018

On February 3, middle and high school teachers from around the Denver metro area gathered in the Biological Sciences Initiative (BSI) Classroom on the CU Boulder main campus for the third of three BSI workshops focused on science teaching strategies. The 2017-18 workshop series consisted of three Saturdays where teachers... Read more »