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The University of Colorado wishes to recognize outstanding efforts toward continuing the leadership and legacy of sustainability at CU Boulder. Since 1997 the Annual Campus Sustainability Awards have recognized individuals, departments, and offices that have made a significant contribution to reducing the ecological footprint and increasing the resilience of campus...

Congratulations to Sheila Turbek who was selected for the American Society of Naturalists' Student Research Award! Her research program "Explaining mismatches between genetic and phenotypic divergence in a rapid radiation of finch-like birds" was lauded for its advancement of the conceptual unification of ecology and evolution. The American Society of...

Congratulations to graduate students for the following grant awards. Recipients of the John W. Marr award are provided grants of $300 to $1,000 for Ph.D. candidates doing field research in plant ecology in the Rocky Mountains or the Arctic and attending one of the specific universities listed below. *John W...

Pinedrops is a parasite on the roots of pines, but the relationship is neither as simple nor as direct as that. The basal portion of pinedrops becomes associated with mycorrhizal fungi attached to the roots of pine trees. Ectomycorrhizal fungi and many species of trees are mutualists, partners in a...

Since 1992, the Hazel Barnes Prize has been awarded each year to a CU Boulder faculty member who exemplifies the enriching interrelationship between teaching and research, and whose work has had a significant impact on students, faculty, colleagues and the university.

A far-reaching global study led by CU Boulder scientists has found that climate is a critical determinant of microbial diversity on amphibian skin, with colder, more variable temperatures producing richer bacterial communities than warmer, more stable environments.

Please congratulate Tim.He won the CU-wide (all campuses) Chase Community Service Award. In the award letter to Tim from President Benson he quotes from one of the supporting letters: “As a faculty member, researcher, mentor, colleague, and community member, Tim is exemplary in his commitment to service in the greater...

Nine EBIO Graduate Students were awarded funding from the Graduate School through the Beverly Sears Grants. The Bev Sears endowment fund was created to honor Bev Sears in recognition of her longstanding loyalty and efforts on behalf of the Graduate School. Bev Sears grants are intended to provide outstanding PhD...

Our very own Mike Breed is finishing up his role with Baker RAP at the end of the semester and will be retiring at the end spring.

In species with territorial defense systems, such as red-winged blackbirds, brilliant colors have been shown to signal good health and vigor. Why then are American rubyspots's colored wings limited to just the base?