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Professor Esther Sullivan Featured in USA Today - Housing Affordability

Aug. 27, 2024

The research team at USA TODAY Homefront analyzed affordable housing statistics and data from organizations associated with homeownership.

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CU Denver News: From CU Denver to Harvard, Scholarships Go Far

Aug. 27, 2024

Why Life-Changing Scholarship Opportunities at CU Denver Were Only the Beginning for Scott Cao ’17

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Hildebrand to Develop 'A.I. Ethics' Course

Aug. 27, 2024

As part of CLAS's A.I. initiative, David Hildebrand will be developing a course entitled "A.I. Ethics" (working title). The course will examine the facts and ethical challenges of algorithms and A.I. as it affects a variety of sectors in society. Since 2020, Hildebrand has written and presented numerous articles, chapters,...

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Nicole Piasecki featured in This American Life

Aug. 27, 2024

The piece is called Dear Alice, and it takes the form of a letter written to Nicole's high school English teacher, whose husband murdered Nicole's father.

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Student Nikketa Burges Publishes Powerful Piece in Deceleration

Aug. 27, 2024

MA student, Nikketa Burges, repurposed her final paper for an ethnographic theory class into a powerful piece published in Deceleration.

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CLAS Psychedelic Research Center Highlighted by Denver Post

Aug. 27, 2024

With this new center, the University of Colorado joins the ranks of Johns Hopkins University, The University of California, New York University, Ohio State University, and others with research facilities dedicated to investigating psychedelics.

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Hodgkins and Orr Interviewed by Business Insider

Aug. 27, 2024

Dr. Jamie Hodgkins and co-investigator Dr. Caley Orr talk about the discovery of a 10,000-year-old female infant burial in Italy.

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Sara Branco Awarded Federal Funding to Support SPORES

Aug. 27, 2024

Sara Branco (Assistant Professor, Integrative Biology) received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute for Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) to support SPORES, a mentorship program for underrepresented undergraduate students. This project is a collaboration with Clark University, Purdue University, and...

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Chemistry Prof. Marino Resendiz Receives Grants from NIH

Aug. 27, 2024

In fall 2023, Dr. Resendiz was granted a renewal of his R15 grant (2R15GM132816-02) to pursue projects on the impact of 8-oxoG on the structure of RNA.

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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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