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CLAS Dissemination Grants provide support to faculty = engaging in activities that promote their research and creative work and enhance the profile of the College and University. The CLAS Dissemination Grant is a competitive program that provides an opportunity for tenure-track, tenured, and clinical teaching track faculty to obtain up...

Philosophy Research Assistant Professor Mark Bauer’s new article "Ahistorical Teleosemantics: An Alternative to Nanay," was recently published in The Southern Journal of Philosophy (2017, 55, 158-76). In addition, Bauer is presenting the paper "Nonfunctional Semantics in Plants," at the Southwestern Philosophical Society Conference in Waco, Texas, on Nov 3-5. At...

In September, continuing his collaboration with Aalborg University, Philosophy Professor and Chair David Hildebrand traveled to Copenhagen and Aalborg, Denmark, where he presented two papers and guest lectured. The first paper, "Pragmatist Aesthetics and the Experience of Technology" concerns the impact of mobile technology on human conversation and experience. It...

Anthropology Assistant Professor Jamie Hodgkins' research on taphonomic processes on bone has recently been published in the Journal of Archaeological Science . Her research in middle and upper Paleolithic archaeology in Italy recently received funding from Wenner-Gren.

Associate Professor Timberly Roane has received funding from the National Science Foundation for the project Building a Network for Education and Employment in Environmental Stewardship of Indigenous Lands . This project will foster recruitment, training, and employment for indigenous STEM students, where the term "indigenous" comprises the terms Native American,...

Last spring, with the support of the higher education community the Denver Center for Performing Arts was able to host moderated discussions following every performance of the play Disgraced . This year, DCPA will be bringing Smart People to the stage (October 13 through November 19) and would like to...

The CU Denver Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program had an amazing 6 students earn travel scholarships to present their scientific research at the 2017 SACNAS National Diversity in STEM conference in Salt Lake City, Utah in October: Odalis Castro is a Public Health major working in Clyde Wright's...

Sociology Associate Professor Stacey Bosick was recently awarded a grant from the Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline, from the American Sociological Association. The award provides additional funding to a project that she is conducting with the Denver DA’s office entitled, "The Power of Discretion: Racial Disparities in Criminal...

CU Denver is searching for a new Commencement Marshal. Anyone who is interested in serving can reach out to Kelly Mason at 303-315-0403 or kelly.a.mason@ucdenver.edu by September 29 th . Potential candidates will be interviewed in October – and the new marshal will shadow Charlie Ferguson (esteemed outgoing Marshal) in...

Andrew Boddicker , M.S. Graduate student advised by Annika Mosier, received a travel award from the Department of Integrative Biology to attend the American Society for Microbiology's international meeting, Microbe, in New Orleans, LA. He presented a poster at the meeting on his research involving the cultivation and whole-genome sequencing...