SPRING 2025

Awards & Jobs Recognition Ceremony: Submissions Open!

Date 

 Event

January 1 Wednesday – New Year’s Holiday – University Offices Closed
January 20 Monday – Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday – University Offices Closed
January 21 Tuesday – Classes Begin
January 22 Faculty Meeting
January 24 Friday – End Restricted Course Drop
January 26 Sunday – Add Without Override
January 27 Monday – Add With Override Begins
January 30 Graduating Senior Info Session – Dr. Tanya Dewey & Abbie Reade, ASC
February 3 Spring Creek Laundry Service | Bio Movie Mondays: Movie Night, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
February 4 Departmental Seminar – Marek Borowiec, CSU, Department of Agricultural Biology, “Using Deep Learning to Study Biodiversity
February 5 Census | Registration Closes | GDPE Distinguished Ecologist Seminar – Paul Caradonna
February 7 Biology Social: My Bloody Valentine
February 11 Founder’s Day | PhD Exit Seminar – Talia Head, “Expression and Function of cGMP-Dependent Protein Kinase in Molt Regulation in Two Decapod Crustaceans, Gecarcinus lateralis and Carcinus maenas
February 14 PhD Exit Seminar – Marina Rodriguez, “Integrating Genomics and Telomere Dynamics to Understand Climate Adaptation in the Yellow Warbler
February 19 Faculty Meeting
March 3 Spring Creek Laundry Service | Bio Movie Mondays: Movie Night, “The Wild Robot
March 4 Departmental Seminar – Sarah Swygert, “3D Chromatin Architecture in ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Quiescent Cells
March 7 Biology Social
March 11 Departmental Seminar – Luis Briega, The Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico
March 12 Faculty Meeting
March 15 Spring Recess Begins – No Classes
March 24 Monday – Classes Resume
April 2 GDPE Distinguished Ecologist Seminar – Jennifer Marlon
April 4 Biology Social
April 7 Spring Creek Laundry Service
April 8 Departmental Seminar – Laura Dee, CU Boulder
April 11 The Grand Give Away: Submission Deadline
April 14 Bio Movie Mondays: Movie Night, “The Martian
April 16 Faculty Meeting
April 18 End Course Withdrawal Deadline | Repeat/Repair Deadline
April 21-25 The Grand Give Away
April 22 Departmental Seminar – Carmela Rosaria Guadagno, University of Wyoming
April 23 GDPE Distinguished Ecologist Seminar – Timothy Bowles
May 2 Bio Social
May 5 Spring Creek Laundry Service
May 6 Departmental Seminar – Murray Grant, University of Warwick
May 7 Research Seminar – Dr. Douglas Robinson, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
May 9 Last Day of Classes | Semester Withdrawal Deadline
May 12-16 Final Exams Week
May 16 University Commencement
May 17 CNS Biology Commencement, Canvas Stadium
May 20 Tuesday – Grades Due

SUMMER 2025

Date 

 Event

May 19 Monday – 1st 4 Week, 8 Week, and 12 Week Terms Begin
May 26 Monday – University Holiday, Memorial Day – Offices Closed, No Classes
June 13 Friday – 1st 4 Week Term Ends
June 16 Monday – 2nd 4 Week Term and 8 Week Terms Begin
June 19 Thursday – University Holiday, Juneteenth – Offices Closed, No Classes
June 25 Wednesday: Census
July 4 Friday – University Holiday, Independence Day – Offices Closed, No Classes
July 11 Friday – 2nd 4 Week and 1st 8 Week Terms End
July 14 Monday – 3rd 4 Week Term Begins
August 8 Friday – 3rd 4 Week, 2nd 8 Week and 12 Week Terms End
August 12 Tuesday – Grades Due

FALL 2024

Date 

 Event

August 12-18 Ram Welcome
August 15 Biology All-GTA Meeting
August 16 Biology Welcome & Ice Cream Social
August 19 Monday – Classes Begin
August 23 Friday – End Restricted Course Drop
August 25 Sunday – Add Without Override Deadline
August 26 Monday – Add With Override Begins | Zoology Club Meeting
August 27 Departmental Seminar – Dan Sloan, CSU, Department of Biology – “Causes and Consequences of Extreme Organellar Mutation Rates
August 29-30 Biology Donut Worry
September 2 Monday – Labor Day, Holiday – University Offices Closed – No Classes
September 4 Wednesday – Registration Closes
September 6 Biology Social
September 9 Zoology Club Meeting
September 13 The Biological Artist’s Guild – Orientation Meeting #1
September 16 Space Committee Meeting | Bio Movie Mondays: Movie Night “GATTACA” | The Biological Artist’s Guild – Orientation Meeting #2
September 18 Faculty Meeting
September 23 Zoology Club Meeting
September 27 Biology Open House
September 30 Departmental Seminar – Aditya Kunjapur, University of Delaware – “New Cellular and Interkingdom Functions Afforded by the Biosynthesis of Non-standard Amino Acids
October 2 Faculty Meeting – Department Code Discussion
October 4 Biology Social
October 7 Zoology Club Meeting
October 8 Departmental Seminar – Tai Montgomery, CSU, Department of Biology – “Formation and Regulation of the RNA Silencing Machinery
October 9 GDPE Distinguished Ecologist Seminar – Kevin Gurney
October 14 Bio Movie Mondays: Movie Night “Strange World”
October 16 Faculty Meeting
October 21 Space Committee Meeting | Zoology Club Meeting
October 22 Departmental Seminar – Jacob Goheen, University of Wyoming – “A Game of Thorns: How Plant Defense Shapes Predator-Prey Interactions in African Rangelands
October 28 Monday – Spring 2025 Registration Begins
October 30 Faculty Meeting – Department Code Discussion
November 1 Biology Social
November 4 Zoology Club Meeting | Spring Creek Laundry Service
November 5 Departmental Seminar – Tim Whitehead, CU Boulder – “Computational Design and Engineering of Ligand Binding Proteins
November 6 GDPE Distinguished Ecologist Seminar – Liba Pejchar
November 8 Friday – End Course Withdrawal Deadline & Repeat/Repair Deadline
November 11 Bio Movie Mondays: Movie Night “Oppenheimer”
November 12 Departmental Seminar – Brian Trainor, University of California, Davis – “Effects of Social Stress on Oxytocin Neurons and Behavior in Male and Female California Mice
November 13 Faculty Meeting (T&P)
November 18 Space Committee Meeting | Zoology Club Meeting
November 20 Faculty Meeting | SACNAS Imposter Syndrome Panel
November 23 Fall Break Begins
November 25-29 Biology Main Office Closed
November 28-29 Thanksgiving Holiday – University Offices Closed
December 2 Monday – Classes Resume | Zoology Club Meeting | Spring Creek Laundry Service
December 3 Departmental Seminar – Lise Aubry, CSU, Fish, Wildlife, & Conservation Biology | Giving Tuesday
December 6 Last Day of Classes & Semester Withdrawal Deadline | Biology Social
December 9-13 Final Exams Week
December 10 Biology Holiday Party Potluck with an Ugly Sweater Contest & White Elephant Gift Exchange
December 13 Biology Commencement Reception
December 13-15 Commencement
December 16 Biology Main Office Hours – Winter Break
December 17 Tuesday – Grades Due
December 18 Faculty Meeting
December 25-27 Holiday – University Offices Closed