May 24, 2024 Spring Microbiology CURE class partners with Zoetis for animal health

This spring semester, the MIP401 CURE lab, taught by assistant professor Grace Borlee, partnered with Zoetis, the animal health biotechnology company, to tackle CRISPR and flow cytometry.
May 3, 2024 Journal for Microbiology & Biology Education Live!: CUREs increase student’s scientific self-efficacy, scientific identity, and self-assessed skills

MIP CURE instructors Grace Borlee and Carolina Mehaffy presented on their study evaluating the benefits of Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) by measuring gains in self-efficacy and science identity in students that completed upper-level CUREs.

February 28, 2024 Microbiology instructor Traci Kinkel named a 2024 “Best Teacher”

Traci Kinkel, Ph.D., an instructor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, has been recognized as a 2024 Best Teacher at Colorado State University, for her commitment to student success, passion for Microbiology, and ongoing community contributions.
December 15, 2023 Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education: Increasing student’s scientific self-efficacy, scientific identity, and self-assessed skills

MIP CURE instructors published a study that evaluates the benefits of Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CURE) and asserts their importance in undergraduate education.
May 10, 2023 Undergraduate researchers end the semester real-world ready

Five students in in Assistant Professor Carolina Mehaffy’s laboratory research course highlight how the CURE lab allows students to learn a suite of crucial laboratory skills.
July 29, 2022 CUREnet: Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria abundance and diversity in response to climate change

Carolina Mehaffy submitted this CURE project on NTM (Non-Tuberculosis Mycobacteria) to CUREnet. It has been offered for three consecutive semesters at CSU.
April 26, 2019 Dream Lab: Undergraduate research transforms students into scientists

The department will launch MIP 401, a course-based experience that will allow students to take a scientific project from hypothesis to data analysis in a dedicated lab space.