Deans Notes - July 2023

Associate Dean for Research and Creative Activities and Economics Professor Laura Argys said the City of Golden’s change to a four-day work week might increase worker retention and productivity. She also says that employees are unlikely to exploit their employer's largess, noting employees will not risk this attractive opportunity through poor work habits.

Same pay, fewer hours: Golden will try a four-day workweek starting this summer
Denver Post, May 22

Associate Professor of Communication Amy Hasinoff, author of Sexting Panic: Rethinking Criminalization, Privacy, and Consent, explains why some common concerns about sexting are misinformed. Hassinoff also makes sense of unclear and varying legal issues, especially when it comes to sexting for people under the age of 18.

The Art of Safer Sexting with Confidence and Consent
WUNC, June 30

“The city is wholly unprepared,” Associate Professor in the Political Science Betcy Jose said referring to Khartoum. “People went to bed Friday night in a peaceful country and woke up to war, and despite the challenges, difficulty, heartache, violence and unpredictability, the people of Sudan have come together to help each other out, going on social media — sharing food, medical supplies and safe rides out of Sudan.”

Sudanese Coloradans ask local politicians for help with refugee resettlement, humanitarian aid
Colorado Sun, June 1

English Senior Instructor Julie Vick did a Q&A about her book, Babies Don’t Make Small Talk (So Why Should I?), a humorous advice manual for introverted parents navigating the early years of parenthood.

Julie Vick had explored parenting humor. Next she added advice.
Colorado Sun, May 21

Chloe N. East, Assistant Professor in Economics, has a working paper out that is very relevant to debates related to work requirements for SNAP, The Effect of Means-Tested Transfers on Work: Evidence from Quasi-Randomly Assigned SNAP Caseworkers.

Honors ACS Certified BS in Chemistry 2020 Alum, current PhD Candidate in Planetary Science at UC Berkeley, and NSF GRFP Fellow Tanja Kovačević was recently featured in a Vox video profiling the National Ignition Facility explaining her work on the giant laser being used to replicate a planet’s core.  

Political Science Associate Professor Tony Robinson’s second book on Korean studies to come out in the last year, A Flying Dragon, is the only English-language biography of the founding King of Korea’s 500-year Choson dynasty. The book was recently highlighted by Hankyoreh, one of Korea’s leading newspapers. His previous book, Sustainable, Smart, and Solidary Seoul: Transforming an Asian Megacity is available through Springer Publishing.

Philosophy Professor Candice Shelby presented a paper on June 9 entitled "Biological Coding in Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy," at the Ninth International Code Biology Conference in Guimaraes, Portugal.  This conference brought together an international collection of biologists, neuroscientists, mathematicians, and linguists to highlight the role of codes in biology, from the molecular level to the cellular, to the neural, to the network and higher systems levels.

On May 25, the University of Chicago Press published Associate Professor of English John Tinnell’s new book, The Philosopher of Palo Alto: Mark Weiser, Xerox PARC, and the Original Internet of Things. In June, Tinnell delivered talks about his book at Stanford University, Books Inc., the Palo Alto Research Center (formerly Xerox PARC), and to user experience researchers at Google.

Diana F. Tomback, Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, recently accepted a nomination to be one of a dozen people on the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Whitebark Pine Recovery Team.  Tomback is now on four working groups associated with this effort (Restoration, Nutcracker, Monitoring, Indigenous) and co-chair the largest and key working group, the Restoration Working Group. 

12:00 noon – 3:00 pm
Lawrence Street between Speer Blvd. and 14th

Now entering its 11th year, and anticipating more than 3,500 participants, the CU Denver Block Party has rapidly become a must-attend event for anyone who lives, works or studies downtown. The Block Party showcases the endless opportunities that CU Denver has to offer in business, arts and media, public affairs, architecture, and education. Some of Denver’s most popular food trucks will be serving up delicious options for lunch. The entertainment line-up is still being determined, but previous years have featured up-and-coming Denver acts such as The Burroughs, Wildermiss, Air Dubai, Petals of Spain, Bop Skizzum and My Body Sings Electric.

Kick off the academic year with your fellow students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni and community friends at the annual CU Denver Block Party.

• Lunch available for purchase from some of Denver's favorite food trucks
• Exciting
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11:00 am
640 Tivoli.

CLAS MixTape will present a monthly gathering of CLAS stakeholders for lively presentations and conversation about CLAS research, teaching, creative works, service, and other professional activities. Conceived as a compilation of CLAS’s greatest hits, CLAS MixTape seeks to showcase CLAS faculty, staff, students and alumni; build community; and foster connections across our college, campus, and beyond. Like the creations after which it is named, CLAS MixTape represents a love letter to our students and community consisting of artfully curated CLAS content. We seek scientists, poets, artists, writers, and musicians alike, folx who represent a full spectrum of CLAS roles and expertise.

For our fall programming, we need your recommendations for dynamic and interesting presenters whose work (research, teaching, service, professional development, musical gifts and talents, etc.) touches on the following areas and themes:

• Racial justice/racial equity
• Climate change/climate justice
• Democracy’s challenges (a special election
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