Spotlight

Associate Professor Jung-Jae Lee in the Department of Chemistry received an Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA/R15) grant from the NIH to support research in advance cancer detection and improve surgical precision using innovative glowing nanoprobes inspired by fireflies. The nanoprobes are specifically designed to target head and neck cancers, with...

CU Denver News Feature: William Navarrete Moreno can’t forget a call that would change his life. He was a fifth grader when he got a call from his mother, an immigrant from Mexico, who was at the emergency room.

CU Denver News Featured Assistant Professor Katharine Kelsey, PhD, who leads a research project on how temperature change, flooding, and salinity can change ecosystems worldwide.

From Research.Com: We distinguished University of Colorado Denver for its outstanding achievements in education. This award is a testament to the institution's dedication to academic excellence and student satisfaction with their programs.

Health and Behavioral Sciences welcomes Dr. Laura Sochas for their Fall 2024 Colloquium Series. Dr. Sochas obtained her PhD in Demography from the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics (2020), before doing a postdoc at the University of Oxford, in the Department of Social Policy and...

Dr. Susan M. Schelble, a CU Denver Chemistry faculty member, was named one of the 37 new fellows of the American Chemical Society (ACS) at the Fall 2024 ACS National Meeting in Denver on August 19, 2024. Dr. Schelble was recognized as an impactful 31-year professor of organic chemistry and...

The Chemistry Department at CU Denver recently played a pivotal role in the success of the ACS (American Chemical Society) Kids Zone event that was held on Saturday, 8/17/24 at the Lola and Rob Salazar Student Wellness Center while the ACS National Meeting was being held at the Colorado Convention...

Boulder Weekly highlights Associate Professor Marty Otañez's fascinating study on how the legalization of psychedelics for therapeutic use in Colorado affects BIPOC and low-income populations, as most individuals in clinical trials as well as those profiting from the psychedelic medical industry are white.

To help kick off the fall semester, CU Denver now has a one-stop-shop CU Denver Election website for all things election, public policy discussion, and civic engagement. You can find voter resources, a campus civic engagement calendar, a curated list of CU Denver experts, links to topical CU Denver media...

Hanna Lewis serves as the Director of the Disability Resources and Services office . She began at CU Denver in October 2023. Hanna has extensive experience providing reasonable accommodations and support for students with disabilities, as well as disability/accommodation support for her university partners. Hanna is a licensed social worker,...