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Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Student Drew Horton Won OR/MS Tomorrow Contest

Jan. 19, 2023

Drew Horton won first prize for the recent OR/MS Tomorrow mini poster competition . His poster is titled, ``The Impact of Considering Equity in Optimization for Urban Planning.” This equity related research was advised by Emily Speakman. The OR/MS Tomorrow mini poster competition, supported by the Seth Bonder Foundation, seeks...

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Theo Edmonds Named to Americans for the Arts Board of Directors

Jan. 19, 2023

This month, Americans for the Arts welcomed Theo Edmonds, Directing Co-Founder of the Imaginator Academy and Research Associate Professor in the Masters of Humanities and Social Sciences, to its board of directors. Edmonds is a Culture Futurist™ and innovator with 25 years of senior-level strategic national and international leadership experience...

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Philosophy Department Looking for Student Volunteers

Jan. 19, 2023

The Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy (SAAP) will be holding its annual conference this year in Denver, from March 9 th - March 11, 2023, and the Philosophy Department at CU Denver is looking for students to participate and volunteer at the conference. Interested parties can contact the...

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Wayne Miller Poem Featured on the US Poet Laureate’s Podcast

Dec. 13, 2022

Professor, Chair of English, and Editor of Copper Nickel, Wayne Miller, recently had his poem " Parable of Childhood" featured as the "encore" on the podcast The Slowdown , hosted by US Poet Laureate Ada Limón (episode 559).

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Philosophy Sponsored Ethics Bowl Team is Back

Dec. 13, 2022

The CU Denver Ethics Bowl team is rebuilding after a two-year hiatus brought on by COVID. The team competed on November 12, against sixteen teams in the region, and our students acquitted themselves admirably. Ethics Bowl debate is a civil, nuanced discussion by teams prepared to take a position on...

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Congratulations to Outstanding Students Selected for Fall 2022 Awards

Dec. 13, 2022

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences selected the following students for the Fall 2022 Outstanding Awards: Yusura Ali, BA Anthropology Christian Olivencia, BS Psychology Marisa Westbrook, PhD Health and Behavioral Science Chantelle Wilkerson, MA Political Science Zoe Erkenbeck, MS Integrative Biology

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Charles Musiba’s Laetoli Work Continues to Impact our Understanding of Bipedalism

Nov. 17, 2022

Impactful research done by Anthropology Graduate Program Director and Professor Charles M. Musiba on the evolution of bipedal walking and the Laetoli footprints was recently featured in Scientific American: Fossils Upend Conventional Wisdom about Evolution of Human Bipedalism .

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Kari Campeau Continues Publishing on COVID Vaccination of Pregnant and Breastfeeding People

Nov. 17, 2022

Assistant Professor in English Kari Campeau recently published a new article reporting on findings from a study supported by her New Faculty Grant from the Office of Research Services. This article, “Vaccination double bind: A study of pregnancy and COVID-19 vaccine decision-making.” (in Rhetoric Society Quarterly ), comes from the...

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Carolina Jaime and Ivan J. Ramírez to Study Ecosyndemics in Perú

Nov. 17, 2022

Ivan J. Ramírez, Clinical Assistant Professor of Health and Behavioral Sciences (HBS), and Carolina Jaime, HBS PhD student, recently traveled to Perú to reconnect and establish research collaborations with universities (Universidad del Pacifíco) and governmental institutions, such as the Ministry of Health (CDC Perú) and Geophysics Institute of Perú (IGP)...

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Chemistry Department Receives a 2022 Jean Dreyfus Lectureship for Undergraduate Institutions

Nov. 17, 2022

The Jean Dreyfus Lectureship for Undergraduate Institutions program recently announced seven new grantees, and the CU Denver Chemistry Department was among the winners. The awards provide an $18,500 grant to bring a leading researcher to a primarily undergraduate institution to give at least two lectures and to substantively interact with...

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