SPRING 2025
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 |