Date

April 23–24, 2026

Time

9:00 am - 6:00 pm

Location

Koffler House, 569 Spadina Crescent

The two-day Atwood Colloquium marks the department’s major event of the academic year. Students, postdocs, and faculty from all three campuses, as well as the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), will gather to offer a glimpse into their work and latest findings. In addition to our own biologists, three guest speakers round out the cutting-edge program each year. 

• Jeannine Cavender-Bares (Harvard), 2026 Atwood Lecturer (outstanding senior scientist selected by our graduate students)
• Laura Melissa Guzman (Cornell), 2026 Atwood Rising Star in Ecology
• James Stroud (Georgia Tech), 2026 Atwood Rising Star in Evolutionary Biology 

Join us for this fantastic opportunity to learn about the latest research in ecology & evolutionary biology at U of T and beyond, and get the chance to meet the people behind it all.