Members of the IGCB University of Michigan team travelled to Minnesota to meet up with current and future collaborators at the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve and the B4Warmed Forest Warming Experiments in Clouquet and Ely. 

The IGCB hosted an Open House and Mini-Symposium in October 2023 to welcome the IGCB community to our new space in the Samuel T. Dana Building and to showcase research from 2023 IGCB Research and Graduate Fellows. 

The IGCB hosts a monthly seminar series throughout the academic year on the 3rd Monday of each month @ 11:30 in Dana 1024. So far (as of March 2024) we have heard from an array of speakers including Meghan Duffy, Peter Reich, Brian Weeks, Nate Sanders, Lacey Knowles, Jacob Allgeier, Aimee Classen, Mohammed Ombadi, and Jennifer Head. 

The IGCB Postdoc+ community held a 3-day writing retreat to work on a joint cross-disciplinary review paper. More to follow on this paper soon. 

The IGCB, along with the Biological Sciences Initiative, hosted an Ideas Lab in October 2023 for early career faculty from across UM campus to work together to come up with exciting and novel research ideas. 3 of these projects have been funded and are ongoing. 

The IGCB, along with the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS), hosted a symposium to provide a unique platform for researchers from diverse backgrounds to come together and delve into the significant role that data science plays in understanding and conserving biodiversity during climate change. This symposium involved high-quality speakers from around the world including, Thomas Crowther, Noah Fierer, Ruth Oliver, Robert Guralnik, Ben Weinstein, and Amy Zanne.