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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...

CT Clinical Assistant Professor of History Greg Whitesides recently published his latest book Science and American Foreign Relations since World War II ( Cambridge Studies in US Foreign Relations). From atomic energy and satellites to the green revolution, his book covers scientific advances central to American diplomacy in the early...

Gabriel Finkelstein, Associate Professor of History, has been invited to a history of science conference on "Mechanism, Life and Mind in the ‘Modern’ Era" at the Università Roma Tre, in Rome, Italy, this April. His talk will be on " The Intellectual Origins of the Ignorabimus ."

Integrative Biology Associate Professor Greg Cronin (with Miguel Sague, is a Taino spiritual Leader and author) is co-organizing a special session at the International Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment (IICE) to be held June 11-14 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The session “ Decolonization: Healing the Spirit, Mind, and Land...

Marty Otañez, Associate Professor of Anthropology (withcollaborator Carlos Jimenez) conducted a public screening of digital stories created by day laborers and domestic workers . The event was part of the research project “Self-Documenting the Everyday Lives of Day Laborers in Denver” with funds from the University of Denver Latino Center...

Geography and Environmental Sciences graduate students Morgan Cameron (left), Caroline Hildebrand, and David Smith. Whenever we are asked what we do for work, we usually have to explain that the National Park Service is much more than park rangers, and that Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is much more than a...

The Ethnic Studies Department in collaboration with The Center for Identity & Inclusion are seeking artists with a mixed identity who would be willing to participate in an interactive art project on sharing their experiences with their mixed identity. If you are interested in contributing to the art project, please...

The Only Thing You Need to Know About Wine is What You Like - Are you confused between the difference between Prosecco and Champagne, Pinot Gris and Pinot Grigio, or Garnacha and Cannonau? Think you don’t like Sherry or Port? Think again. In this course, you will be guided through...