Spotlight

Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Associate Professor Troy Butler was recently awarded $375,400 by the National Science Foundation for the project, " Advancing the Data-to-Distribution Pipeline for Scalable Data-Consistent Inversion to Quantify Uncertainties in Coastal Hazards ” Coastal hazards are a persistent threat to citizenry, industry, and governments worldwide. Of particular...

The CoorsTek Denver Metro Regional Science and Engineering Fair (DMRSEF) completed their 2022 season by sending five students to the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Atlanta, GA. Aditi Avinash - Rock Canyon High School, Highlands Ranch, CO - Douglas County SD Wilson Moyer - Lakewood High School, Lakewood,...

For four weeks, graduate students from CU Denver will be analyzing faunal material from the Arma Veirana caves site in Italy , blogging about the experience , and posting videos to YouTube . The group is led by Anthropology Associate Professor Jamie Hodgkins and Associate Professor in the Department of...

This spring, the CU Denver Learning Assistant (LA) Program celebrated its 10th Anniversary of supporting STEM student success . The LA Program was started in spring 2012 by Laurel Hartley, Associate Professor of Integrative Biology, and Robert (Bud) Talbot, Associate Professor of STEM education in the School of Education &...

Dani Slabaugh, current student in the Geography, Planning, and Design PhD program, is the recipient of the Graduate School 2022 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award .This award goes to a current graduate student or student organization who has made significant contributions to improving the climate of diversity, equity and inclusion...

Associate Professor of Philosophy Gabriel Zamosc recently published a piece on Nahua philosophy in the American Philosophy Association (APA) Hispanic Newsletter . His essay is a 2021 APA Essay Prize Honorable Mention titled, “Reconsidering the Epistemological Problematic of Nahua Philosophy.”

Health and Behavioral Sciences Alum Channing Tate recently spoke with 144 older Black adults while conducting research for her doctoral dissertation about hospice care – what they knew about it, whether they’d consider it, what their experiences with hospice had been. She is undertaking this work as part of her...

Associate Professor of Integrative Biology Timberley Roane and her colleagues recently published, “ Application of the Indigenous evaluation framework to a university certificate program for building cultural awareness in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics .” This paper presents a case example of the Indigenous Evaluation Framework as applied to a...

Congrats to Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Professor Florian Pfender for receiving an NSF Focused Research Groups in the Mathematical Sciences award. The title of the award is " Generalized Turan Problems ." This is a collaboration with University of Illinois and Iowa State University. The CU Denver award is $370,085.

Christopher S. Beekman, Professor in the Department of Anthropology, recently published an edited volume titled, Waves of Influence: Pacific Maritime Networks Connecting Mexico, Central America, and Northwestern South America ( Dumbarton Oaks ). The Pacific Coast of the Americas linked Pre-Columbian complex societies from Mexico to Peru, facilitating exploration, communication,...