Current News & Events
Congratulations to our fall graduates!
2012 Distinguished Visiting Ecologist Series: Emily Bernhardt, Rising Star (March 7-8), Jim Clark (March 28-29), John Pastor (April 11-12)
Our Program
The Graduate Degree Program in Ecology (GDPE) at Colorado State University is one of the leading programs in graduate ecology education in the U.S. and the world. We have an internationally-recognized faculty, outstanding students and an ongoing tradition of research excellence, publication and post-graduate placement. Our faculty are among the most published in the field of ecology, ranking in the top five in research productivity among federally funded U.S. Universities in Ecology and Environment, and our students consistently earn recognition for their scholarship and academic achievement. [More]
Winner of the Best Overall Photo in the FRSES 2010 Photo Contest – Julie Kray's photo of the San Luis Valley, Colorado, where an unusually wet spring in 2009 flooded areas.
Showcasing Student Research
The Front Range Student Ecology Symposium offers students in environmental science, conservation biology, ecology, and related fields an opportunity to present their work, share ideas and meet other participants from across the front range. The symposium is structured as a traditional scientific meeting with a supportive atmosphere.
The Best in Ecology
GDPE ranks among the nation's top Ecology & Evolutionary Biology programs! According to the National Research Council's recently released Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States, CSU ranks as high as #7 in overall program quality and #4 in faculty research productivity among the 78 public and 18 private university programs (many much larger) included in the assessment. This report confirms the GDPE's excellence and further solidifies our (inter)national reputation as a leading program of education and research in ecology. We take great pride in the outstanding contributions of our many students and faculty from all across CSU, as well as our federal/state agency cooperators - this diverse and extended community has enabled the GDPE to excel, and it insures our ongoing commitment to excellence. (Read the whole story here.)
Students working on a tracer experiment as part of the MCM LTER in Taylor Valley, Antarctica
GDPE Recognized as a Program of Research and Scholarly Excellence
The Graduate Degree Program in Ecology is recognized by Colorado State University as a Program of Research and Scholarly Excellence (PRSE). Programs are awarded this designation because they have achieved great distinction and set a standard for excellence that may serve as a model for programs throughout the institution. [More...]
Our students and faculty are engaged in research across all levels of ecology, from the physiology of individuals to the dynamics of species populations to the interacting species in communities to energy and material flux in ecosystems to landscape determinants of ecological organization. Strong threads cut across these traditional ecological levels, evidenced by the growth in evolutionary (molecular and genetic) and behavioral approaches to ecology and integrating ecological principles in human-dominated ecosystems. [More...]
