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Rebecca Safran and her team of researchers have shown that Colorado male barn swallows with certain artificially colored feathers and shorter tail feathers were more successful in reproduction.

Andy Martin , professor in EBIO has been awarded as one of this year's Presidential Teaching Scholars at CU Boulder! The President's Teaching Scholar Program recognizes and honors faculty whom have demonstrated exemplary efforts in teaching, creative work, scholarship and research. To read more about the program visit the Teaching...

William Bowman and collaborators work on the effect of air pollution on plant diversity is profiled in the Denver Post.

Congradulations Deane Bowers ! Deane was selected as an Outstanding Graduate Mentor by the Graduate School for 2015/2016. Her nomination came from current graduate students and recent graduates in her lab. The award reflects the long standing dedication and demonstrated excellence Deane has for training her own students, but also...

Congratulations to Megan Blanchard, recent recipient of a Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award. These awards recognize graduate student instructors who demonstrate outstanding teaching efforts within the classroom. Congratulations to Megan and all graduate students in the department for their excellent overall teaching!

Congratulations to Lauren Shoemaker, Amanda Hund and Christine Avena. Lauren was recently awarded a one-semester fellowship form the graduate school. Amanda has just been awarded a Carol Lynch Fellowship award from the graduate school. Christine was awarded a Fullbright Fellowship to do bat research in Switzerland. Congratulations EBIO Graduate Students!

Jane Bock and David Norris use plant evidence to solve crimes and document the locations and movements of suspects and victims.

Noah Fierer , Associate Professor in EBIO was recently featured on NPR's Science Friday. In this segement, Noah talks about microbes in soil and their lifecycle during the spring time. Listen on NPR!

Sheela Turbek - Graduate student in Dr. Safran's lab has been awarded one of the NSF's prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships! NSF fellowships are generally awarded early in graduate careers, recipients of the award compete against a pool of very competitive applicants. Congratulations Sheela!

Students in the Baker RAP program survey bumblebee populations around Boulder. Students have found that the 'white-rumped bumblebee' thought to be going extinct has been making a comeback in the Colorado Front Range system. Read the full story .