Deans Notes - February 3, 2023

To identify where unemployment claims are decreasing the most, even amid costly inflation, this article compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on changes in unemployment claims for several key benchmark weeks. Broadening the scope, Assistant Professor of Sociology Adam M. Lippert was asked what people can do to prepare for a potential recession, he replied, “Control what you can by investing in yourself and limiting unnecessary spending. Upskilling can help protect your job, and ensuring sufficient cash reserves will help you weather any unexpected economic storms.”

States Where Unemployment Claims Are Decreasing the Most
WalletHub, January 19

Assistant Professor of English Andrew Scahill was interviewed last month by LE FIGARO, the largest and oldest French publication (est. 1826), and one of the three newspapers "of the record" in France. The interview centered around Scahill’s love for holiday movies because he’s taught a class on Christmas movies as a genre, and much of his scholarship focuses on the emotional experience of genre.

A translation of the section featuring Scahill: Charles Dickens, with his grumpy old man character, Scrooge, is the pioneer of the genre. “His recipe: to transform a cynic into a believer in love in the power of Christmas after many tribulations," laughs Andrew Scahill, professor of cinema at the University of Denver. It's the start of looping reruns of classics like Life is Beautiful from Capra. Soon that's not enough. A pioneer, the BBC launched dedicated fiction in the 1960s. Some channels, such as the religious...

Assistant Professor of History Rachel Gross, Clinical Associate Professor of History Cameron Blevins and Associate Professor of English Michelle Comstock all recently won a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant to pursue a digital walking tour and curriculum project related to Auraria's history. Recovering Auraria’s Past: Building a Digital Tour of a Displaced Neighborhood and Reckoning with Campus History is a three-year grant to create digital and curricular materials related to the university's development and impact on its neighborhood.

There are about 700 regularly publishing literary journals in America—and each year a writer and blogger named Clifford Garstang ranks them based on how often work from their pages is reprinted in the prestigious annual Pushcart Prize Anthology. Since the Copper Nickel was relaunched it has been climbing Garstang's rankings, and in 2023 hit number 10 for poetry (up from number 11 in 2022), tied with The Georgia Review (established in 1947 at the University of Georgia). Additionally, for fiction in 2023 Copper Nickel is ranked 34 (up from 35 in 2022), putting us ahead of such prestigious publications as A Public Space, Epoch, Oxford American, Story, n+1, Boulevard, Harvard Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Prairie Schooner, Notre Dame Review, and Southwest Review.

Copper Nickel is edited by CU Denver creative writing faculty. And, unique for a journal at this level, Copper Nickel also receives substantial editorial input from...

The American Philosophy Association (APA) Central Meeting is coming to Denver on March 23-25, 2023. Denver Philosophy Department Chair Sarah Tyson and Professor Candice Shelby will be participating and inviting students to come to take part in their symposiums by listening to their moderated discussions or others discussing a variety of topics. Interested students can email Program Assistant, Sulastri.Carr@ucdenver.edu.

The DMRSEF is an annual research completion for 6th-12th grade students hosted by CU Denver. This year's fair will be held in-person on Friday, February 24th (9a-5p) at the CU Denver Health & Wellness Center and we need YOU to help make the day a success! DMRSEF Judges volunteer their time, enthusiasm, and expertise to help our student researchers get the most out of their fair experience. Anyone with a high school degree or above and a love for all things STEM is encouraged to sign up.

Want to take your science fair volunteering to the next level? Join us for Community Day on Saturday, February 25th too!

Find out more and sign up at our website, and direct questions to denversciencefair@ucdenver.edu

9:00 - 10:00 AM (MST)
Learning Commons, Lecturer Landing Zone (enter at the northeast corner, 3rd floor)
Zoom Register at https://cu-tips.corsizio.com/c/63d19d86a04b8650fe2e28aa

ChatGPT is an Artificial intelligence (AI) system which has the ability to perform tasks that normally require human-level intelligence and has been making headlines in recent months. Join Thinqstudio and TIPS for an overview of ChatGPT and other recent AI advances and a conversation about their implications for teaching in higher education. Hear from a panel of faculty across different schools and departments about the issues and opportunities ChatGPT creates within their disciplines and share your own ideas and concerns about this technology.

10:00 – 11:00AM
Lawrence Street Center Terrace Room or Zoom Webinar

This hybrid session will be offered in person in the Lawrence Street Center’s Terrace Room and on Zoom.

If you are planning on attending virtually, click here to register.

If you are planning to attend in person, click here to register.

Click here to submit a question for the Feb. 8 session.

We understand the importance of connecting with our campus community throughout this process. These sessions are an opportunity for campus leaders to provide updates and answer questions.

In anticipation of the volume of questions expected, we encourage faculty and staff to first review the FAQ on the ...

2:00PM
Student Commons 1600

CU Denver Environmental Stewardship of Indigenous Lands, the Fourth World Center, and Native American Student Association presents Winona LaDuke is an internationally renowned indigenous environmental leader and scholar. She is the founder and Executive Director of Honor the Earth, an indigenous-women led organization that has been successful in advancing environmental protection of indigenous peoples’ territories and in incubating grass roots economic self-sufficiency projects on her White Earth Anishinaabe reservation in Minnesota and in other indigenous peoples’ communities across Turtle Island (North America). Read more at this website.

12:30PM
CU Denver Learning Commons 3207

Join the Community of Practice: Designing Learning Spaces to Promote Success Among CU Denver First-Generation Low-Income Students of Color. What skills, practices, and technologies do faculty members deploy and/or need to design learning spaces that promote success among first-generation low-income students of color at CU Denver? Marty Otañez, Associate Professor in Anthropology and first-generation college graduate of color (Ph.D., 2004), will facilitate a series of three community of practice meetings among CU Denver faculty members in fall 2022 and spring 2023 with the intent to share experiences in and out of the classroom that contributes to the achievement of CU Denver first-generation low-income students of color. Discussion topics will be determined by faculty members who participate in the community of practice. We imagine topics may cover ways faculty members strengthen relationships with first-generation low-income students of color, apply culturally responsive and...