Spotlight

Associate Professor of Integrative Biology Timberley Roane is the recipient of the 2020 Chase Faculty Community Service award, recognizing her unrelenting support of the Native American/American Indian community in the education of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).The Chase Faculty Community Service Award is presented annually to a full-time CU...

Susan Rivera will retire at the end of October from the Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Department. She joined the university in fall 2015, and has worked tirelessly to make CU Denver a welcoming place to our students, visitors, staff and faculty. The Math Department wishes Susan a well-deserved and a...

Jennifer Boylan, Assistant Professor of Health and Behavioral Sciences, and Kevin Masters, Professor of Psychology, recently received a new grant from the John Templeton Foundation . The project aims to test important aspects of religion and spirituality as they naturally change within-individuals over time and in response to life events,...

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning knows that student success doesn't just happen in the classroom. We know student health matters and can impact student success, which is why CU Denver is committed to supporting student well-being, including student mental health. On behalf of our partners in Health,...

The Auraria Sustainable Campus Program (ASCP) is a student fee-funded program designed to reduce the Auraria Campus’ ecological impact through projects and programs , events , and educational opportunities within our 7 pillars . Sign up for the ASCP newsletter​ or follow us on Facebook or Instagram @aurariascp to receive...

Faye Caronan, Director of Ethnic Studies, was recently selected by Chancellor Michelle Marks to serve as an advisor to the chancellor and her leadership team on issues concerning underrepresented and diverse students, faculty, and staff. “In addition to her stellar teaching, service, and scholarship record, Dr. Caronan’s personal experience and...

Assistant Sociology Professor Brenden Beck (along with coauthor Adam Goldstein) recently won the American Society of Criminology's Petersilia Award for Best Paper, for “ Governing Through Police? Housing Market Reliance, Welfare Retrenchment, and Police Budgeting in an Era of Declining Crime ” ( Social Forces , 96(3):1183-1210). The Joan Petersilia...

The Department of Communication is pleased to announce that it awarded two Community Health Education and Retention Scholarships (CHEARS) to fall 2020 recipients Julie Guest and Rafaella Darquea Reyes. This scholarship is intended to help defray tuition costs of learners interested in health broadly construed. Guest, a communication major, has...

The English department’s podcast, CultureKlatsch, will be partnering with the philosophy department and welcoming a new cohost: Associate Professor of Philosophy and Affiliated Faculty of Women and Gender Studies, Sarah Tyson. The first interdisciplinary episode of season two will launch on October 14 th and will focus on race, police...

Mia Fischer, Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication, recently received the 2020 Diamond Anniversary Book Award from the National Communication Association (NCA). The award recognizes the most outstanding scholarly book published during the previous calendar year, and Fischer is receiving the award for the book, Terrorizing Gender: Transgender Visibility...