UPDATE
Dr. Jaelyn Eberle to Serve as Interim Director of CU Museum of Natural History
Effective July 1, 2022
CU Boulder has named Dr. Jaelyn Eberle interim director to succeed Dr. J. Patrick Kociolek who has directed the museum for 14 years. “I am excited to take on the role of interim director during a pivotal time in the Museum’s history and I’m looking forward to working with our team of faculty, staff and students,” said Eberle. “Thanks to Dr. Kociolek’s distinguished leadership over the years, the Museum has seen considerable growth in its collections, programming, and the number of people we’ve reached across the state and the country.”

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ROLE CHANGE
Kociolek to Stay on at CU Boulder as Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Faculty Member
National Search Begins for New Director

When Dr. J. Patrick Kociolek first came to the CU Museum of Natural History in 2008, visitor numbers were low: only 20,000 people a year came through its doors and only 1,500 were University of Colorado students.

Kociolek and his colleagues set out to change that. During his tenure, the museum has grown to hold nearly 5 million objects in its collections. Kociolek oversaw the launch of the popular BioLounge and in recent years, the museum also expanded its digital offerings, including virtual tours and educational webpages in both English and Spanish. Today, roughly 50,000 people visit the museum every year, including about 15,000 CU students.

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