Exploring the fungi-mentals of genome organization
Andrew Klocko, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, has been awarded an impressive five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. […]
Department of Chemistry and BioChemistry
UCCS students see fungi successfully launched into space
UCCS students and one PPSC student were able to see their research efforts realized when their microgravity experiment on fungi was successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station. […]
Commencement Feature: Helping those in need with healthcare | Brittany Iheomamere
Brittany Iheomamere’s goal since she was young has been to provide healthcare to underresourced communities–and she’s well on her way to making that happen. […]
Commencement celebrates twelve Golden Grads
This year, UCCS will recognize twelve Golden Graduates, each of whom graduated from UCCS in 1976. […]
UCCS student earns prestigious NASA internship
UCCS junior Marin Stevens is one of just 48 students nationwide selected for the 2026 Student Airborne Research Program. […]
LAS Research Highlights podcast | James Kovacs
Catch up on the LAS Research Highlights podcast. This episode’s guest is James Kovacs, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of chemistry, who shares how his path changed from music to chemistry and molecular biology, what his current research entails and the challenges accompanying it. […]
Mushroom in space! UCCS and PPSC multi-disciplinary student team sends new experiment to space
University of Colorado Colorado Springs Students Tristan Dwyer, Evan Martin, Cody Leeper (Pikes Peak State College), William Shimel, and Joseph Bates A collaborative team of five talented students from the UCCS and Pikes Peak State […]