A new study from Adam Lippert , Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, and published in the journal Health and Place, found that certain school environments have an impact on electronic cigarette use among teenagers. Lippert’s research showed that students attending schools where e-cigarette use was very common were...
The English Department is proud to announce Grace Wagner is this year’s Richard T. Dillon Scholarship winner. A nontraditional student, majoring in Creative Writing with a focus in Poetry, Wagner maintains a 4.0 GPA and plans on getting her masters and doctorate in Creative Writing. Born in Oklahoma, she has...
The Chemistry Department is now recycling waste acetone that is generated in teaching laboratories. Through conversations between the Chemistry Department and the university’s Department of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), it was discovered that the teaching labs at CU Denver could greatly benefit from reusing their waste acetone. EHS realized...
At the Department of Communication’s seventeenth annual Communication Days celebration, the Department welcomed more than 15 outside experts and guest speakers to classes, ranging from the Nation’s sports editor Dave Zirin to singer-songwriter Josh Fuson and the LGBTQ Resource Center’s Xajés Martinez, and honored outstanding achievements. 2017 Department of Communication...
The recipient of the Richard T. Dillon Award for 2017-2018 is Jesse Anderson . A non-traditional student returning to full time studies as an English Writing Major, he holds a 4.0 GPA. Anderson is a married father of two, and struggling to provide for his family (after losing his job...
Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Sciences Casey Allen was invited to speak at The First International Conference on Applications of Geomatics Engineering in Natural and Cultural Heritage Conservation and Management at Al-al’Bayt University in Mafraq, Jordan. Allen and his two colleagues were the only non-Jordanians invited to speak at...
Assistant Professor of Sociology Edelina Burciaga (along with faculty colleagues from Brown University, California State University-Dominguez Hills and Harvard University) has been awarded a grant from the American Sociological Association’s Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline. The award is “intended to provide opportunities for substantive and methodological breakthroughs, broaden...
Patrick Dodge recently organized an event geared toward current ICB students and alums in Beijing with Weber Shandwick, an award-winning global public relations. This event was the first in a two-part series designed to give students career mentoring.
Rachel Elizabeth Harding , Associate Professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies, recently delivered an invited lecture at Pitzer College in Claremont, California on "Mystic Spirituality in Black Women's Social Justice Activism - Brazil/USA."
