Steve Fenster and Erin Lehmer, associate professors of Biology, recently spent some time at an abandoned mine in the San Luis Valley studying white-nose syndrome among Mexican free-tailed bats.

Inside Dazzling Mountains, edited by Anthropology Professor David Kozak, was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2014 by the American Library Association.

Tony Holmquist, assistant professor of Art & Design, won first prize at the 3rd International Open Submission Printmaking Show at Art at Wharepuke, in New Zealand.

Southwest Studies and History Professor Andrew Gulliford won a 2015 Colorado Book Award for his book Outdoors in the Southwest: An Adventure Anthology.