Spotlight

Peter Anthamatten, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, and his co-authors are a 2019 recipient of the Journal of Geography Award from the National Council for Geographic Education for, “Giant Maps as Pedagogical Tools for Teaching Geography and Mathematics.” The paper was chosen as...

Registration and regalia rental requests close November 10th. Faculty registration is requested even if regalia rental is not needed. Alma mater hoods can be guaranteed through October 21st. Interested in purchasing custom faculty regalia? Please visit academicregalia.herffjones.com . Please allow 8-9 weeks for the product to be created and shipped...

Kevin Masters’ lab is looking for participants for a new study. Metabolic Syndrome is a cluster of conditions that occur together which increase your risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and stroke. You must meet 3 or more of the conditions below for Metabolic Syndrome: Excess Body Fat around...

As part of efforts to enhance outreach and recruitment, Anthony Fontana, Director of Undergraduate Recruitment, Admissions, and Student Success for CLAS, has put together a survey asking what outreach and recruitment activities faculty might be interested in helping with. Please take a minute or two (it is essentially one question...

On September 18, Professor of Integrative Biology Diana Tomback hosted Professor Jessica Young and her graduate class in the Masters in Environmental Management/Global Sustainability program at Western Colorado University. The topic for presentation and discussion was restoration of wolves to Colorado. The class meeting was part of a multi-day tour...

In the latest issue of the journal Sociological Perspectives , Assistant Professor Clinical Teaching Track, and Undergraduate Advisor to the Department of Sociology, Maren Scull expands on her previous research into sugar relationships, also known as “mutually beneficial relationships” or “sponsored agreements.” Although academics have focused on sugaring in various...

For the last few years, Professor of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Jan Mandel (with his colleague Adam Kochanski from the University of Utah ) have been developing the WRF-SFIRE model, which assimilates satellite observations to produce forecasts for fire, weather and smoke . WRF-SFIRE is a "coupled" fire-atmosphere model, which...

Associate Professor of Anthropology Christopher Beekman is participating in a design workshop on the “Synthetic Study of Human Migration as Understood from a Long-Term Perspective,”organized by the Coalition for Archaeological Synthesis , held at the Amerind Foundation in Dragoon , AZ, September 27-30. Beekman was one of 15 researchers selected...

Highlighting the achievements of National History Day in Colorado (NHDC), administered in the History Department, the fall Society of Rocky Mountain Archivists (SRMA) newsletter will educate members about the 24,000 students across the state who participate in NHDC each year. The fall issue also highlights NHDC teacher workshop trainings, research...

Associate Professor Greg Cronin, Applied Ecologist in the Department of Integrative Biology, co-organized (with Spiritual Leader Miguel Saguethe, a Taino Behik) a special session "Decolonization: Healing the Spirit, Mind, and Land" at the International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment over the summer. Cronin was elected Vice President of the Interdisciplinary...