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Artwork for INSTAAR's 75th anniversary 1951-2026 showing the aurora over mountains with water in the foreground

75 years of discovery on top of the world

Join us in celebrating INSTAAR's 75 year history of groundbreaking research and education, plus all the amazing people who make it happen.

We also need your help to launch our next 75 years. Please consider donating, in any form or amount, to the people, equipment and resources behind our work.

   INSTAAR's 75th anniversary (1951-2026)

INSTAAR alum and UMass Professor Julie Brigham-Grette to speak on Nov 30th in SEEC

She will give an overview of her career in a noon talk entitled "Serendipity in Arctic Quaternary science leads to new frontiers across Beringia".  See her in person or on Zoom.

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New website for the MRS

The Mountain Research Station is INSTAAR's field research facility dedicated to the advancement of mountain environmental science.

MRS website

 
Spruce Gulch Wildlife and Research Reserve

A 476-acre foothills watershed near Boulder, gifted to CU by Linda Holubar Sanabria, is managed by INSTAAR as a living lab for research, education, and community groups.

The reserveThe gift

 
Martha & John Andrews Grad Scholarship

Supporting the research of INSTAAR grad students studying polar or alpine regions, such as their field or lab work, conferences, and publications.

Their scholarship

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