Spotlight

1992 Alum of the English Writing Program, Catherine Wallace Hope, author of the novel Once Again , is pleased to have been selected as a finalist for the Colorado Book Awards . Her on-line reading will take place at 7:00pm on May 5, and anyone interested in attending can register...

The joint English and Philosophy podcast, CultureKlatsch , just released a new episode (Season 2, Episode 4) featuring English Associate Professor Rodney Herring and focused on the changing nature of media discourse around celebrities – particularly as it pertains to the recent NY Times’ documentary on Brittney Spears. Please have a listen and subscribe!

Murphy F. Robinson, III (MA '15 in Political Science, New Directions Program), was recently named to the Denver Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 List for 2021 . Robinson is the Executive Director of the Department of Public Safety and the Deputy Mayor for the City and County of Denver. He...

CU Denver faculty, staff and students are invited to CU’s 2021 Cannabis and Psychedelic Symposium Saturday April 17, via Zoom . Associate Professor and Chair of Anthropology Marty Otañez, the opening plenary speaker, will present “Transformative Cannabis: Exploring Ways to Unite Cannabis Consumers, Weed Workers and Multi-State Operators.” The virtual...

Diane Fritz was recently promoted to the position of Geospatial Data Scientist, a position dedicated to helping the Auraria Library research community. Fritz received her B.S. in biochemistry from University of California, San Diego and her Ph.D. in earth sciences from the University of Colorado Boulder before entering the geospatial...

Dean Jansma reached out to the CLAS Staff Council with a request to obtain feedback from all staff regarding remote work and our return to campus in the fall. The Council created this short survey to collect your input , please take the time to respond by COB tomorrow, April...

Stephen Hartke, Professor of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, recently received the annual University of Colorado Open Educational Resources Champion Award. This award recognizes significant achievements of CU faculty, staff, and students in expanding the use of open educational resources.

Current Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities and Special Assistant to the Provost, Bob Damrauer will take on a new position next month in his home school, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Damrauer will become the college’s director of collaborative research initiatives, where he will mentor...

Chemistry Professors Scott Reed and Doris Kimbrough are excited to announce that the National Institute of Health has funded the Rocky Mountain Summer Research Education Experience (RMSREE), to begin summer 2021 on the University of Colorado Denver campus. All high school STEM teachers from the Front Range are eligible to...

The CLAS Council on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion has an updated Syllabus Review Guide for Equity that they are encouraging all faculty to review here . The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences values and prioritizes equity, justice, and inclusive excellence in its teaching and learning mission. The purpose of...