Jennifer Brady, a Ph.D. candidate and graduate teaching assistant in the Department of Biology, and a group of undergraduate students are working to digitize and update the department’s collection of taxidermized and articulated specimens.
Colorado State University’s Department of Biology recently received a collection of taxidermy specimens to assist with the education of students, thanks to the generosity of a donor with ties to the University.
The Colorado State University LIFE sciences faculty members demonstrate this through their willingness to adapt to changing student needs.
Priya Krakker, a biology student at Colorado State University, is learning, researching, and hoping to teach genetics.
Darrell Whitley, current professor and former chair of the Department of Computer Science at Colorado State University, received a Pioneer Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Humeyumptewa is a fourth-year student majoring in Clinical and Counseling Psychology with a minor in Indigenous Studies, in the Department of Ethnic Studies. Humeyumptewa is an enrolled member of the Hopi Tribe sun clan, based in Arizona.
Liliana Gallegos is a Ph. D. student in CSU’s Department of Chemistry. She is researching ways to use computer modeling to make organic chemistry reactions more efficient and has also been awarded a Frontera Computational Science Fellowship.
Three Ph.D. students at CSU received an award from the Office of Science Graduate Student Research to continue their research at national laboratory facilities around the country.
Alex Hopkins found community through the Native American Cultural Center and Academic Advancement Center when she started at CSU. By the time she graduated, Hopkins was a peer mentor in both centers, as well as an accomplished alumna.
Ryan Volkert and Dawson Eliason both followed a unique opportunity to be among the first class to graduate from Colorado State University’s Data Science major.