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Marty Otañez Continues Publishing on Cannabis and Spreads the Word on the Dangers of Fentanyl

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that around 100,000 people died... Read more
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Charles Musiba and Team Publish on Recently Re-examined Ancient Footprints

Footprints discovered in 1978 by paleontologist Mary Leakey and her colleagues in Laetoli, Tanzania, have... Read more
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Native American History tied to the Hop Industry by Peter Kopp

The Dawes Act of 1887 distanced Indigenous people from their traditional practices, as it tried... Read more
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Perspective on the State of Parental Choice and COVID Vaccination from Jennifer Reich

“As we watch coronavirus vaccination become widely available to young children in the coming days,... Read more
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Daniel Rees Analysis On Impacts of Marijuana Legalization Cited

Earlier this year, Economics Professor Daniel Rees, with a colleague from Montana State University, performed... Read more
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Reminders of Who is Most Impacted by Climate Change from Catalina de Onís

“People on the front lines of climate chaos have long documented that Black, Indigenous, and... Read more
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Public Health Students Win 2024 RaCAS Awards

May 6, 2024

Congratulations to students in CU Denver’s Public Health BA/BS program who presented research and won awards at The 2024 Research and Creative Activities Symposium (RaCAS) on April 26. Maleeha K. Shah was the recipient of the President’s Sustainability Solutions: Policy, Society and Community Award for a project entitled, “Maternal Mental...

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CLAS Staff Council "Staff Shout Outs" Recognition Program

May 6, 2024

View a list of staff who received Shout Outs here! This year, the CLAS Staff Council put a new program into place to help recognize the contributions of staff across the college. Everyone was invited to submit the name of a staff member who makes the college a great place...

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Undergraduate Climate Justice Research at AAG 2024

May 6, 2024

Undergraduates, majoring in Public Health, Integrative Biology as well as Architectural Studies and Criminal Justice, delivered inspirational presentations (virtual) at the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting in April. A wide range of interdisciplinary topics were presented, including El Niño disaster risk reduction (Stefanie Varghese, Luis Vargas, Ruth Hundie),...

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The Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Doctoral Program

April 21, 2024

The Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences celebrated the 30 th anniversary of its doctoral program on Friday, May 3.

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Faye Caronan and Julien Langou Attend Denver Public Schools Foundation's Achieve Gala 2024

April 21, 2024

CLAS Faculty Faye Caronan (Associate Dean of Faculty and Staff Affairs in CLAS and Associate Professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies) and Julien Langou (Professor of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences) attend the Denver Public Schools Foundation's Achieve Gala 2024. Congratulations to DPS for the successful fundraiser!

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