Spotlight

In May and June, David Hildebrand , Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy, heads to Scandinavia to present a workshop paper entitled “Educating for Pluralistic Conflicts." The paper offers a pragmatic, philosophical toolkit for addressing the challenges posed to democracies by individual and cultural pluralism. The workshop is entitled "Pluralism"...

A team led by Humanities and Social Sciences Instructor Jordan Hill has launched North/East Denver Change , a website dedicated to nonpartisan information about developments and the neighborhoods being affected. An interdisciplinary group of graduate students taking the “Critical Public Humanities” course launched the organization they have been creating for...

Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology Jamie Hodgkins ’ latest papers is now available online in the Journal of Human Evolution , “Climate-mediated shifts in Neandertal subsistence behaviors at Pech de l'Azé IV and Roc de Marsal (Dordogne Valley, France).” Neandertals are our closest fossil relatives, but they went...

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...

Donna Martinez , Professor of Ethnic Studies, has a new book in-press, Urban Indians: Reclaiming Native Space (Praeger, August 31, 2016).

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."

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...