Pushing Boundaries
- Three ²ÊÃñ±¦µä students in the Masters of the Environment graduate program teamed up with Vail Resorts Inc. to help the industry leader reach its commitment to send no waste to the landfill by 2030.
- The Golden Buffalo Battalion Army ROTC mentorship program provides freshman and sophomore cadets with leadership opportunities to learn from junior and senior cadets.
- Graduate student K. Woodzick created an online repository of monologues for non-binary, transgender and gender non-conforming actors.
- Jamie Principato designs instruments for particle astrophysics, and she's inviting students from physics, astrophysics, engineering physics and computer science with interest in research to join her.
- Student Lior Gross, who's doing a concurrent bachelor's/master's degree in ecology and evolutionary biology, studies ways to reintroduce biocrust back onto depleted land.
- Side by Side is a community art and science event focused on barn swallows, a declining songbird species that nests exclusively in human-made spaces.
- Honeybees fan their wings to cool down hives when temperatures rise, but a new study suggests older honeybees influence the fanning behavior of younger bees.
- As a way to engage youth in the climate change conversation, Beth Osnes created "Shine," a musical performance about how energy, climate and humans are interrelated.
- The new Animals and Society Certificate is for students wanting careers related to wild or domesticated animals, but who are not necessarily interested in becoming biologists, zoologists or veterinarians.Â
- A new instructor who was part of a White House task force is guiding students to help solve the world's pollinator problem. Her approach involves native bee species and parking lots.