The programme taught at ?offers an exciting opportunity to interact with life scientists from a wide range of biological disciplines. In addition, many of our students and faculty participate in interdisciplinary graduate programs that bring together labs from different departments. We believe that exposure to a wide range of topics sparks creativity, producing integrative, multi-disciplinary thinkers with the breadth necessary to ask big questions.

The students? research takes them to field sites and collaborating labs within Colorado, across the United States, and around the world. They present their work at national and international meetings, and they publish in top scientific journals. The graduate students are the heart and soul of many of our research programs, and they serve critical roles in undergraduate teaching through their roles as Graduate Teaching Assistants. Fostering the success of our graduate students ? building their skills in research, teaching, and outreach ? is a major goal of our department.? The students have gone on to careers at research universities, liberal arts colleges, community colleges, and both public and private high schools.? They are research scientists and consultants in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, and investigators at state and federal agencies.