Spotlight

Join CU Denver alum, wine expert, and culinary author, Simone FM Spinner, for her master class series on wines. The series consists of six unique courses, each presented over four sessions, in which registrants will explore various wine styles from across the globe, learn to taste and evaluate wine like...

CLAS is pleased to announce that the new Director of Digital Initiatives is Professor John Tinnell from the Department of English. In addition, because of the needs of the college, the Office of Digital Education Initiatives with online program development, and the strength of the candidates, we have also created...

Jaimie Carrington, Biology Success Advisor, presented at the Colorado and Wyoming Academic Advising Association 2019 Drive-In conference in Cheyenne, WY on March 29th. Carrington led “Getting to the Why: Defining Purpose to Provide Motivation”, a professional development workshop introducing motivational models.

Esther Sullivan, Assistant Professor of Sociology, was one of seven faculty named by Chancellor Horrell to be the 2019 TIAA Chancellor’s Engaged Scholars.

Adam Lippert, Assistant Professor of Sociology, was one of two CU Denver faculty to be awarded the 2019 Dean’s Master’s Student Mentoring Award from the Graduate School.

Serving as the National Communication Association’s elected delegate, Stephen J. Hartnett, Professor of Communication, attended the annual meeting of the American Council of Learned Societies, in New York City, over April 25-27. Hartnett serves on the ACLS’s Executive Committee of Delegates and, partnering with the NCA’s Executive Director, Trevor Parry-Giles,...

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...