Christy Briles, Assistant Professor of Geography and Environmental Sciences, recently published a paleoenvironmental reconstruction from northern Vietnam, Late Holocene Anthropogenic and Climatic Impact on a Tropical Island Ecosystem of Northern Vietnam , in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution . The research was made possible through CLAS ORS, CRISP, and UROP...

This year’s theme: Academic Well-Being & Educating the Whole Student. There is a significant body of national research around building a campus culture of wellness, a “well-being university,” as George Mason University calls their ongoing institution-wide effort. 1 Well-being is complex and multifaceted, of course, including but not limited to...

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences had an exceptional showing at the 22 nd annual Research and Creative Activities Symposium on Friday, April 26 th . The award-winning CLAS students were: Social Sciences 1st place: Lxandra Schlessman, Co-Authors: Jamie Nguyen, Caesare Tamag, Mentor: Vivian Shyu “An LGBTQ+ inclusive campus is...

Presented by Dean Jansma on May 3 rd , congratulations to all this year’s winners! Outstanding Bachelor of Arts Nathan Novotny, BA English and BS Integrative Biology Fall 2018 Monica Peniche, BA Psychology Spring 2019 Outstanding Bachelor of Science Owen M.C. Berg, BS Integrative Biology and Psychology Fall 2018 Alex...

Earlier this month, Anna G. Warrener, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, did "Standup Science" with Shane Mauss at The Black Buzzard at Oscar Blues. A collaboration between comedy and science, “Standup Science” kicks off with some of the host’s best material on brainy topics, before bringing on two local scientists to...

Geography and Environmental Sciences is very proud to announce the Spring 2019 winner of the William M. Rodgers Undergraduate Geography Major Scholarship; Matthew Davis will receive $1,000 in award monies. Congratulations Matt!

Junior Achievement has a long standing partnership with the University of Colorado Denver, with many students volunteering in JA classrooms throughout the school year. Through their JA service learning program, CU Denver students get a taste of the lifelong impacts they can make in their communities. “We realized that you...

The Education through Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (EUReCA!) programs are excited to announce the 2019 cohort of EUReCA! Fellows. The EUReCA! Fellows program provides talented students from across the university a paid summer research or creative project under the guidance of a faculty mentor. The majority of Fellows (and...

Roland Andrew Sweet was one of the leaders of the Computational Mathematics Group in the Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences from 1970 to 1996. Sweet was a beloved husband, father and grandfather, born in St. Petersburg, Florida, the youngest of Fred and Blanche (Aubin) Sweet’s five sons. After graduating...

Associate Professor of Integrative Biology Christopher Phiel (and collogues) paper " Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) regulates mRNA methylation in mouse embryonic stem cells ," has been awarded the honor of being featured in a special virtual issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry (one of the top scientific journals in...