Spotlight

Alexis Dennise Catala, Integrated Biology, and Vincent Craig Herr, Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, have been selected to receive a 2018 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Fellowship .

Geography and Environmental Sciences is proud to announce Tristan Boyd has been selected as the Rodgers Undergraduate Geography Major Research Opportunity Scholarship recipient for this spring 2018; he has been awarded $750.00.

David Hildebrand, Associate Profesor and Chair of Philosophy, is spending part of his sabbatical in Paris, where he is the "Invited Professor" this spring term at École Normale Supérieure Department of Philosophy in Paris. Between March 22 and April 21 he'll be offering a four-lecture series entitled "Pragmatism in Times...

In the first week of March, Associate Professor of Anthropology Marty Otañez was an invited speaker discussing digital youth storytelling at the Youth Pre-Conference Workshop at the 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) in Cape Town, South Africa. Also, he presented "A Labor Rights-Based Approach to Tobacco Control"...

On March 19, the US News & World Report announced its yearly rankings of graduate programs and the Department of Integrative Biology ranked #98, and the Department of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences ranked # 117 in Mathematics and #83 in Statistics. Congratulations!

Associate English Professor and Director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Gillian Silverman has been awarded the distinction of CU President's Teaching Scholar. From Chancellor Hornell's announcement: "Your CU Denver colleagues join me in celebrating you and in thanking you for being such an inspirational example of excellence—to your...

Betcy Jose and Christoph Stefes recently published a working paper titled, " Russian Norm Entrepreneurship in Crimea: Serious Contestation or Cheap Talk " with the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) in Hamburg. In it, the authors explore how powerful autocratic regimes such as Russia and China have...

Sociology Professor Jennifer Reich's book Calling the Shots: Why Parents Reject Vaccines was overwhelmingly selected as the 2018 Winner of the Distinguished Scholarship Award by the Pacific Sociological Association. She will be honored at the Pacific Sociological Association’s 89th Annual Meetings/Conference at the end of the month in Long Beach,...

A recent NSF S-STEM award (to PI David Mays in Civil Engineering) will provide scholarships (up to $10,000 per year for up to 5 years) for Indigenous students to receive their BS from CU Denver in biology, GES, or civil engineering concurrent with their completion of the new CLAS certificate...

In 2018-2019 the CU Denver Center for Faculty Development (CFD) is rolling out the ACUE Course in Effective Teaching Practice . This 25 module, online course will prepare college educators to use the research-based techniques shown to help students succeed. Benefits to faculty include: Earn a nationally recognized Certificate in...