In the News

Ross McCauley, professor of Biology, conducted studies in the Galápagos Islands, looking at groups of closely related species that originated very quickly from a single ancestral species that arrived on the islands. His paper "The Radiation of Darwin’s Giant Daisies in the Galápagos Islands" was published in Current Biology.

Associate Professor of Sociology Benjamin Waddell participated in a debate on Colorado Public Radio about Colorado Proposition 113 and the National Popular Vote Compact.

Skyhawks cycling alumna Sofia Gomez Villafañe (Exercise Science, '16) has been busy this month competing in elite women's mountain biking races in Europe, coming away with 14th in the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup XCC race and 26th in the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships XCO race.

Archaeological and paleoenvironmental data suggests that inhospitable environmental conditions, specifically the absence of mature woodland ecosystems, substantially delayed the human colonization of Ireland, compared to the rest of Europe. Assistant Professor of Anthropology Jesse Tune had his paper on these findings published in Quaternary Science Reviews.