Mark your calendars! The 20th Annual Atwood Colloquium is happening April 23 & April 24, 2026.

Check back soon for the exciting, full schedule of Atwood 2026.

The two-day Atwood Colloquium marks our 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. 

The Atwood Lecture, annually given by an outstanding senior scientist selected by our graduate students, this year will feature Harvard’s Jeannine Cavender-Bares.

Laura Melissa Guzman (Cornell) is the Atwood’s 2026 Rising Star in Ecology, and James Stroud (Georgia Tech) the 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.

Everyone is welcome, and we promise: you’ll come away inspired.

Atwood Chair: Michelle Su
Atwood Co-Chairs: Dan Yang and May Jagodkin
Atwood Organizing Committee: Alison Hill, Micah Freedman, Tianna Peller