Associate Professor of Chemistry Jefferson Knight has been named a 2018 Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. This competitive award recognizes faculty from undergraduate-centered departments for their outstanding accomplishments in research and education in the chemical sciences. Knight joins Professor Hai Lin as CU-Denver faculty who...

New research from Integrative Biology Associate Professor Christopher Phiel (and colleges) Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) activity regulates mRNA methylation in mouse embryonic stem cells describes an intersection between these components in the regulation of m6 A by GSK-3. The research found that that protein levels for the RNA demethylase, FTO...

Lead investigator Rudi Hartmann, Professor C/T, and Designer Meron Ayele, GES Administrative Assistant, constructed a 22 page volume documenting the history of the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences (GES). The work spans from the hiring of the first geographer in 1963 (when CU-Denver was the Denver Extension Center with...

Communication Professor Stephen Hartnett and Chair Lisa Keranen delivered lecture/seminars at the Advanced Summer Institute on Media and Communication at SooChow University in Suzhou, China in late June. Hartnett spoke about Trump’s rhetoric and digital culture, as well as the networks of the Russian election interference campaign, and Lisa spoke...

A team of faculty from the University of Colorado Denver (along with partners at Texas A&M University) has received a $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the recovery of mobile home parks in the Houston metropolitan area following Hurricane Harvey. Assistant Professor of Sociology Esther Sullivan...

The STEAMposium will be held on Friday, October 12, 2018 (~9:00 - 2:00) – a joint effort between CU Denver Admissions and K-12 Outreach. This event is aimed at showcasing Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics to hundreds of high schoolers, including many accepted students and their families. We hope...

In a relaxed, supportive atmosphere: the kitchen—where else? Cooking en Español: Tapas and Wine with Amigos del Sur creates a sabrosa opportunity for a Denver audience already aware of the value of the culinary arts and the Spanish language. At basic through advanced Spanish levels, with English translators at the...

Communication Associate Professor CT Patrick Dodge and Professor Stephen Hartnett co-planned a summer international conference, the National Communication Association-Communication University of China Conference on "Communication, Media, & Governance in the Age of Globalization" with Zhi Li and Qingwen Dong at the Communication University of China in Beijing, June 20-23. The...

Assistant Professor of Communication Mia Fischer published "Queer and Feminist Approaches to Transgender Media Studies," in the Palgrave-McMillan book, Feminist Approaches to Media Theory and Research .

Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences, or CUREs, are designed to integrate a research project into a science laboratory course, thereby providing a large number of students in introductory courses with a research experience. Laurel Hartley, Associate Professor of Integrative Biology, and Leo P. Bruederle, Professor of Integrative Biology, co-hosted one of...