February 21, 2020 CU Denver Annual Award for Excellence in Mentoring (One campus-wide award, $1500, contact Betsy Metzger in the Provost’s Office) CLAS Outstanding Faculty Achievement Award (One College award $5000 / year for 3 years, contact Kathleen Bollard in CLAS Dean’s Office) CLAS & CU Denver Awards for Excellence...

Fifty-three cancer researchers from eight different academic institutions around the country (and their federal agency partners) met in Chapel Hill on January 27 and 28 to launch the next five years of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN). Kristin Kilbourn, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, will...

CLAS & CU Denver Awards for Excellence in Teaching (NTTF and TTF, 3 awards of $500 each for each category, and 1 Campus-wide award of $1000) Deadline: February 14, submit to Kathleen Bollard in CLAS Dean’s Office (Hard and electronic copy, via Interfolio) and winners forwarded to Betsy Metzger (by...

Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies Rachel E. Harding’s book Remnants: A Memoir of Spirit, Activism and Mothering (Duke University Press, 2015), was recently selected by Duke University Press editors as among the "Books of the Decade." In addition, Harding gave the keynote presentation, on January 11, at the annual Starr...

Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Professor, Director of Statistical Programs, and Co-director of Graduate Programs of Stephanie A. Santorico has developed a Coursera course on the topic of “Genetic Epidemiology Methods for Medicine and Public Health” (along with Todd Edwards, from Vanderbilt University, and in conjunction with the International Genetic Epidemiology...

Anthropology Professor and Department Chair Tammy Stone’s monograph Point of Pines Pueblo: A Mountain Mogollon Aggregated Community is now in the University of Utah Press catalog.

John G. Swallow, Professor and Chair Department of Integrative Biology, recently had an invited peer-reviewed commentary published in the Journal of Experimental Biology . “The stalk-eyed fly as a model for aggression – is there a conserved role for 5-HT between vertebrates and invertebrates?” represents a synthesis of the PhD...

Philosophy Associate Professor Sarah Tyson recently became a co-host of New Books in Philosophy , a channel with the New Books Network. The podcast interviews philosophers about their new books, giving them a friendly venue to explain their work. Each episode of the podcast currently receives over 8000 downloads.

Sara Yeatman, Associate Professor and Chair of Health and Behavioral Sciences, along with colleagues at CU Boulder, was recently awarded $705,000 from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. This grant will support their ongoing project assessing the long-term impact of expanded access to contraception on women’s education and income.

The second episode of the podcast CultureKlatsch , sponsored by the English Department, focuses on the recent films of Jordan Peele ( Get Out [2017] and Us [2019] ), in the context of the larger history of the horror genre. It features Assistant Professor Andrew Scahill, students in Associate Professor...