English Associate Professor Wayne Miller’s 2016 poetry collection, titled Post- (Milkweed Editions, 2016), has won the Rilke Prize —a $10,000 national award given by the University of North Texas to the best poetry collection published by a "mid-career" poet in the previous calendar year.

Associate Professor of Sociology Jennifer Reich ’s book Calling the Shots received honorable mention for the 2017 Eastern Sociological Society’s Mirra Komarovsky Book Award . This award honors the memory of Mirra Komarovsky (February 5, 1905 – January 30, 1999), a pioneer in the sociology of gender.

The Department of Communication is pleased to announce that Shyann Reichard has become first CU Denver earner of the national " Certificate in Principles of Public Relations " from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). The Certificate in Principles of Public Relations is an entry-level certificate designed to demonstrate...

Amber Carver, PhD student in Integrative and Systems Biology, recently published a paper in Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation that quantifies the effect of severe storms on mortality in breeding bird populations. Amber's study demonstrates how weather radar data can be used to quantify intensity of hailstorms and the...

Rebecca Hunt, Clinical Associate Professor (C/T) of History, recently celebrated releasing her latest publication, Casper Chronicles II . Hunt traveled to Wind City Books in Casper, Wyoming for a special book signing on December 17th.

Jamie Hodgkins, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, recently published research reviewing fossil human ancestors currently known from Bulgaria and discussing how to frame hypothesis for the migration of human ancestors into and out of Europe. In the latest issue of Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology , Hodgkins and colleagues emphasize that Bulgaria...

In December, Pam Laird, History, published " How business historians can save the world—from the fallacy of self-made success " as the lead article in a special issue on narratives in the British journal Business History . She tracks the history of the self-making concept from its original sense of...

Michael Wunder, Associate Professor of Integrated Biology, is proud to announce the accomplishments of students in his lab: Colin Woolley , MS graduate from Wunder lab was recently hired as an ornithologist with Point Blue , a conservation science non-profit based in California. Ryan Parker , MS student in the...

Now is a great time to get an Office of Equity (formerly Title IX) training scheduled for your department, student staff, and/or classes. Those who attended training last semester to learn about the recently updated policies, pressing issues on our campus, and what the obligation to report as a "Responsible...

The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) is a competitive grants program designed to financially support faculty-mentored research, creative, and other scholarly activities undertaken by undergraduates at CU Denver and CU AMC. As such, UROP provides an opportunity for students to extend learning beyond the traditional classroom, laboratory, and studio. New...