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    Professor Jingchun Li and postdoctoral researcher Julienne Ng were both awarded in CU Â鶹ӰԺ's 2017's Outstanding Postdoc and Mentor awards. 
  • Social insects - those insects that rely on communication to gather, build and survive. Mike Breed reflects on his favorite social insects and research over the past years. 
  • Students in EBIO 4660, Insect Biology are featured in CU Â鶹ӰԺ Today. Cochineal bugs are found in nature to have a coloring defense mechanism. Before synthetic dyes were invented, cochineal bugs, among other plants and insects, were used to
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    Hotspots, unearths the stories of people from all backgrounds and challenges viewers to view the world through a different lens. Carley Rutledge, built the Hotspots project with the aim to create a safe and
  • The annual U.S. News & World Report on global University rankings has placed CU Â鶹ӰԺ in the top 25 for Environment/ Ecology subjects. Globally, CU retained it's number 2 ratings for geosciences and ranks in the top 50 universities
  • painted lady butterfly refuels nectar stores during migration - photo by Jeff Mitton
    Painted ladies, Vanessa cardui migration continues through Colorado their 70-mile swarm was detected by weather radar. Professor Jeff Mitton shares insight and photos of the migration.
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    Each year, Provost Faculty Achievement awards are presented to select faculty members who have offered recent significant publications or creative contributions in their academic fields. Noah Fierer, Associate Professor has been awarded a Provost Faculty Achievement Award this year!
  • Max Wasser studies pikas near Mountain Research Station west of Â鶹ӰԺ
    Undergraduates Max Wasser and Grace Kendziorski discuss their summer research experience at the Mountain Research Station
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    Noah Fierer, studies microbial communities that exist in the common household. Noah and research associate Matt Gerbert, are specifically interested in exploring what microbial communities might exist in shower heads. Using citizen science to
  • Aerial shot of the fairy circle landscape - photo by Lauren Shoemaker
    EBIO Graduate Student - Lauren Shoemaker, recalls her time spent in Namibia investigating  the formation of the famed Namibian Fairy Circles. Lauren, Nichole Barger and Holly Barnard spent half a month in the NamibRand Nature Reserve. Fairy
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