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More than $1 million in funds are available this fall to institutions of higher education and their local education providers through the Open Education Resources (OER) Grant Program. Now in its fourth year, higher education institutions and faculty can apply for grants through this request for proposals . The program,...

The University of Colorado Anschutz Health & Wellness Center is seeking volunteers for the final cohort of the Enhanced Lifestyles for Metabolic Syndrome (ELM) study, a 2-year research study comparing two lifestyle programs with the goal to improve health and reverse the metabolic syndrome. The ELM trial, led by Psychology...

Graduate student in Biological Anthropology, Gabriella Mayne recently published with a team, “ Development and validation of an LC-MS/MS assay for the quantification of allopregnanolone and its progesterone-derived isomers, precursors, and cortisol/cortisone in pregnancy ,” in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry . Neuroactive steroids are potent neuromodulators that play a critical...

Physics alumnus Orrin Shindell, currently an Assistant Professor at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, recently had a paper accepted in the Journal of Mathematical Biology , “Universality in Kinetic Models of Circadian Rhythms in Arabidopsis thaliana.” The paper assembles several published mathematical models for the molecular control of circadian...

CU Denver is engaging in a university-wide reading of Ibram X. Kendi’s How to Be an Antiracist , and we strongly encourage all members of CLAS to participate! CLAS is organizing reading groups for Spring 2022. These book groups will be a meaningful way to make connections and build trust...

The University of Colorado system and campuses will launch the Campus and Workplace Culture (CWC) Survey fall of 2021. The University of Colorado is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all members of our community feel respected, supported, and valued. The purpose of the Campus and Workplace Culture Survey...

The EURēCA! Grant Program (formerly UROP) is a competitive grant program managed by the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities. EURēCA Grants support original student-driven research, creative, and other scholarly activities under the mentorship of a CU Denver faculty mentor. Grants of $500 are administered each October and February...

When the pandemic hit, our CU Denver researchers, creators, and staff demonstrated remarkable resilience and ingenuity in the face of tremendous difficulty. The University is now asking for nominations of those who have gone above and beyond to support Research and Creative Activities (RCA) at CU Denver during the pandemic,...

CLAS Council on Diversity and Inclusion DIIF Grants support projects that encourage people to think about diversity, equity, and inclusion in meaningful ways and to make positive changes in CLAS and the broader campus. Examples of projects related to diversity and inclusion goals that the DIIF will support include but...

Associate Professor of English Rodney Herring’s article “' Money is not a Pledge': Early Financial Genres, the Battle of the Banks, and John Law's Money and Trade Considered ” appeared in the most recent issue of The Eighteenth Century . Co-authored with Mark Longaker, the essay uses rhetorical analysis to...