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Lia Plankenhorn was awarded the Alice Hamilton Scholarship Fund to travel to Italy with Dr. Jamie Hodgkins to conduct research on material excavated from the Arma Veirana Cave site. Alongside analysis of the faunal material from this modern human site, she will be viewing similar collections housed in regional museums...

CLAS faculty and students are invited to use the NSF funded High Performance Computing cluster Alderaan. The cluster, funded by NSF grant 2019089 CC* Compute: Accelerating Science and Education by Campus and Grid Computing , already has users from several departments. Interested faculty can fill the form linked at this...

The Search Committee for the next CLAS Associate Dean for Student Success is pleased to announce the three finalists and dates of the public Zoom meetings for CLAS staff and faculty to engage with them. Devin Jenkins, May 3, 3-4pm https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/92946022849 John Swallow, May 4, 9-10am https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/92741558493 Stephen Hartke, May...

Associate Professor of Political Science Sasha Breger Bush’s article on food security and food deserts in Denver recently won the Editor’s Choice Award in the Journal of Economic Issues . In addition, Breger Bush had an opportunity to address food prices and food security earlier this month in her lecture...

Anthropology undergrad major Sarah Manassee recently won third place for outstanding academic achievement with the XLVII Senior Scholarship. The CU Denver chapter of the Lambda Alpha National Anthropology Honors Society, Zeta Colorado (sponsor of the contest) was founded by Assistant Professor Anna G. Warrener in 2020 to provide scholarship and...

Gabriel Finkelstein, Associate Professor of History, now on sabbatical as a visiting fellow, published an interview with Bordeaux Neurocampus , the neuroscience Department of Bordeaux University. Finkelstein is working with the Neuroscience, Humanities and Society team of the Institute of Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Assistant Professor of Health and Behavioral Sciences Ivan Ramírez recently published, “Geography of Disparity: Connecting COVID-19 Vulnerability and Social Determinants of Health in Colorado” , featured in the Special Issue on COVID-19 and Adverse Social Determinants of Health in Behavioral Medicine . Using an exploratory geospatial approach and syndemic lens,...

Ericka Wills, New Directions Lecturer for Labor Leadership, recently received the Robert F. Kennedy Labor Champion Award at the Southern Colorado Labor Council dinner in Pueblo in recognition of her contributions to the labor movement.

Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Sciences Gregory Simon was recently selected for the EPA’s Office of Research and Development Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC), a federal advisory committee. Members of the BOSC constitute a distinguished body of non-EPA scientists, engineers, and economists who are experts in their respective fields...

Preterm birth is a leading cause of neonatal mortality and is characterized by substantial racial disparities in the US. Despite efforts to reduce preterm birth, rates have risen and racial disparities persist. Recent Anthropology alum Gabriella Mayne and other researchers recently published "Understanding and Reducing Persistent Racial Disparities in Preterm...