Thank you diversityUMN for hosting a wonderful Equity and Diversity Breakfast yesterday! Dean DeWalt and members of the CBS community enjoyed the chance to hear about the incredible people and work advancing DEIJ efforts on campus and beyond.

Today is Give to the Max Day! Our goal is to raise $11,500 for the Dean's Research Program which provides paid research opportunities to students. Your gift will be matched 1:1! Gifts of any size can make an impact, it all adds up! Visit buff.ly/478uBC4. @umn_give

Join the CBS Student Board, Events Board, and staff from 12:30-2 p.m. on Nov. 16 outside MCB. All students who stop by to participate will get a slice of pizza!

Congrats to Dr. Sarah Huebner (Ph.D., EEB, '23) on being named one of this year's Innovation Impact Case Award winners for her work on Snapshot Safari! buff.ly/477pCRN #umnproud

For the third year in a row, University of Minnesota was ranked in the top 3 globally and number one in the U.S. in ecology in the Shanghai Rankings 2023 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects! Read more below! #umnproud cbs.umn.edu/blog-posts/u-m…

Call for artists! Apps to serve as artist-in-residence at @cedarcreekesr and CBS Conservatory are now open! Through this cooperation, you can apply to to work at Cedar Creek, the Conservatory, or both! Applications are due January 17, 2024. More info: buff.ly/3SrgROd

CBS alums, we want to know what you've been up to! Send us a class note for the college's BIO magazine! Visit buff.ly/3FOGqAZ #UMNProud University of Minnesota Alumni Association

Including #umncbs faculty Jannell Bazurto!

Chronicle Journal article on salting our roads in the winter featuring Emilie Snell-Rood

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CBS Advancement is hiring! Apply for the Alumni Relations and Annual Giving Manager (Job ID358263) and Advancement Associate and Campaign Logistics Coordinator (Job ID358264) today! Find position descriptions at buff.ly/46MYE1G #umn

Coming up Oct. 25. Get tickets at z.umn.edu/wild-girls

Hear CBS faculty member Emilie Snell-Rood (Emilie Snell-Rood) join a panel on biomimicry as part of this year's Kusske Lecture & Dialogue hosted by College of Design, featuring biologist and author Janine Benyus. Register today! events.tc.umn.edu/design/event/1…

Thanks to everyone who came out to the @bellmuseum last night to hear #umncbs faculty member Craig Packer of the @umnlioncenter speak on his experiences in the field and ways to conserve these iconic cats in the future.

Alumni weekend + Itasca Booster club ⁦Itasca Biological Station & Labs⁩ = magic. ⁦Saara DeWalt⁩ here with us, a joy. ⁦UMN CBS⁩ on point with helping our own Heather et al. organize, graceful people for collaboration. Northern lights. Fires. Loons. S’mores. Birds. Bugs. All of it. Lovely.

Mapping tools can protect forests from devastating disease says UMN CBS prof Cavender-Bares whose #UMNResearch team is developing spatially explicit disease maps to help park managers know where to treat sick trees to prevent disease spread. MN Invasive Terrestrial Plants & Pests Center twin-cities.umn.edu/news-events/ma…

If a seed falls in a prairie, and no one is around to see it, does anyone really know where it lands? How a seed falls—and how global stressors affect its dispersal, is something Neha Mohanbabu aims to model for research at @cedarcreekesr. Learn more: buff.ly/3LldLa2

#UMN research Natalia Mossmann Koch wants to see how clean the air is inside MN city parks & help park visitors use lichens as their own kind of air monitor. UMN CBS
#UMN Research startribune.com/university-of-… Chloe Johnson

Welcome back, Gophers! Campus is buzzin' again and we love to see it. Have a great first day of classes! #UMNproud

Drum-roll please… Our new dean, Dr. Saara DeWalt, has officially arrived on campus! Dr. DeWalt most recently worked as a tenured professor and chair of biological sciences at Clemson University. Welcome to CBS, Dr. DeWalt! We’re so thankful to have you here.

This summer, @cedarcreekesr partnered with the @bellmuseum for several wonderful outreach and summer camp offerings. There’s nothing like getting up close and personal with nature at Cedar Creek!