The Pigage Natural History Museum preserves a legacy and expands education
The university’s most unusual hidden treasure on the UCCS campus might be the Pigage Natural History Museum and Wildlife Lab located in Osborne. (More)
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The Jon C. Pigage Natural History Museum is stuffed with learning opportunities
Hidden away in the Osborne Center for Science and Engineering is a comprehensive collection of wildlife specimens. Bison, bats, squirrels, deer, big cats and many other creatures lounge on the shelves at the Jon C. Pigage Natural History Museum. (More)
UCCS launches summer UCCS STEM Outreach Program for underrepresented high school students
This summer, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs will launch the UCCS Stem Outreach Program, which will invite 24 high school students from underrepresented backgrounds to experience collegiate-level labs in chemistry, biology, biochemistry and human anatomy. (More)
Olesnicky named 2021 Outstanding Research Mentor
Genia Olesnicky — a developmental biologist, part-time rock star and full-time mentor to dozens of undergraduate and graduate students at UCCS — has been named the winner of the third annual UCCS Outstanding Research Mentorship award. (More)
First-generation student Johnathan Gachuzo: “Joy is helping the people who come up after me”
Johnathan Gachuzo Gonzalez, a first-generation scholar and senior biomedical sciences major at UCCS, is lifting up his community as he prepares for a career in health care. (More)
Student Research Showcase: Hadeel Khammash
How do organisms survive in environments that should kill them? That’s the question at the heart of an Undergraduate Research Academy project conducted by Hadeel Khammash, a senior biomedical sciences major at UCCS, and Amy Klocko, Assistant Professor of Biology. (More)
Student Research Showcase: Naila Tagoilelagi
One day, Naila Tagoilelagi hopes to join the medical field. But along the way, she wants to help other women pursue meaningful careers in STEM, too — and break down the obstacles that women face in STEM careers every day. (More)
Student Research Showcase: Madison Fox
Madison Fox may be trying to break one of the strongest chemical bonds in existence, but she’s not fazed by the challenge. Instead, she’s excited to be part of an Undergraduate Research Academy project that could help millions of people around the world. (More)
Student Research Showcase: Alexis Rayburn
Alexis Rayburn has been bitten by the research bug — and now, as part of an Undergraduate Research Academy project focused on insect studies, she’s working to discover how alpine moths have changed over the last 40 years. (More)
Racing toward success in physical therapy | Kirsten Williams ’17
Kristen Williams has always followed a track toward success. For 10 years, she worked to become a winning indoor track cyclist and now she will pass the finish line in her marathon through the University of Colorado school system to become an expert in physical therapy. (More)