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CU Denver Study Reveals BIPOC Fears Over Legal Psychedelics

Sept. 3, 2024

Boulder Weekly highlights Associate Professor Marty Otañez's fascinating study on how the legalization of psychedelics for therapeutic use in Colorado affects BIPOC and low-income populations, as most individuals in clinical trials as well as those profiting from the psychedelic medical industry are white.

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CU Denver Election Resources

Sept. 3, 2024

To help kick off the fall semester, CU Denver now has a one-stop-shop CU Denver Election website for all things election, public policy discussion, and civic engagement. You can find voter resources, a campus civic engagement calendar, a curated list of CU Denver experts, links to topical CU Denver media...

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Meet Hanna Lewis, Director of the Disability Resources and Services office here at CU Denver

Aug. 28, 2024

Hanna Lewis serves as the Director of the Disability Resources and Services office . She began at CU Denver in October 2023. Hanna has extensive experience providing reasonable accommodations and support for students with disabilities, as well as disability/accommodation support for her university partners. Hanna is a licensed social worker,...

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Professor Esther Sullivan Featured in USA Today - Housing Affordability

Aug. 27, 2024

The research team at USA TODAY Homefront analyzed affordable housing statistics and data from organizations associated with homeownership.

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CU Denver News: From CU Denver to Harvard, Scholarships Go Far

Aug. 27, 2024

Why Life-Changing Scholarship Opportunities at CU Denver Were Only the Beginning for Scott Cao ’17

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Hildebrand to Develop 'A.I. Ethics' Course

Aug. 27, 2024

As part of CLAS's A.I. initiative, David Hildebrand will be developing a course entitled "A.I. Ethics" (working title). The course will examine the facts and ethical challenges of algorithms and A.I. as it affects a variety of sectors in society. Since 2020, Hildebrand has written and presented numerous articles, chapters,...

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Nicole Piasecki featured in This American Life

Aug. 27, 2024

The piece is called Dear Alice, and it takes the form of a letter written to Nicole's high school English teacher, whose husband murdered Nicole's father.

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Student Nikketa Burges Publishes Powerful Piece in Deceleration

Aug. 27, 2024

MA student, Nikketa Burges, repurposed her final paper for an ethnographic theory class into a powerful piece published in Deceleration.

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CLAS Psychedelic Research Center Highlighted by Denver Post

Aug. 27, 2024

With this new center, the University of Colorado joins the ranks of Johns Hopkins University, The University of California, New York University, Ohio State University, and others with research facilities dedicated to investigating psychedelics.

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Hodgkins and Orr Interviewed by Business Insider

Aug. 27, 2024

Dr. Jamie Hodgkins and co-investigator Dr. Caley Orr talk about the discovery of a 10,000-year-old female infant burial in Italy.

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