As we get towards the fall break and colder months, the campus food pantry is typically more frequently visited by our students. As a result, there are times when the food pantry must limit the amount of food taken from the pantry. To prevent this from happening, CLAS staff have...

Sarah Horton, Professor and Graduate Program Director for the Department of Anthropology, recently published an article based on interviews conducted with undocumented Mexican immigrants about their pandemic eldercare burdens. “ Praying for More Time: Mexican Immigrants’ Pandemic Eldercare Dilemmas ,” published in Medical Anthropology Quarterly , details how they struggled...

Communication Department, Professor Sarah K. Fields, was inducted as a Fellow in the National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK) on October 1. Fields became the 616 th domestic Fellow since the NAK was founded in 1926, and only 200 active fellows may exist at any time. A standout in her induction...

Cameron Blevins, Associate Professor Clinical Teaching Track in History, and Professor John Tinnell of English, are part of an inter-campus team that received the CU Next Award for their project, Data Advocacy for All. The $300,000 grant, received in May, will soon provide students with the opportunity to learn how...

In July, Integrative Biology Professor Diana F. Tomback, representing the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation (WPEF) and the University of Colorado Denver, held a picnic event to celebrate and thank Joe Ricketts for his on-going support for the Yellowstone Clark's Nutcracker Research Project. This project is a collaboration among Yellowstone National...

Gabriel Finkelstein, Associate Professor of History, was recently interviewed about his motives for engaging with science and society by Ilja Bohnet for his blog Spannungsfeld . Bohnet (a particle physicist who works as a Chief Research Manager at the largest scientific organization in Germany, Helmholtz Association) became interested in Finkelstein’s...

New research from a team including Integrative Biology Associate Research Professor Brian Buma reports on finding the world's southernmost archaeological site, a hunting camp from between 260–460 years BP, that represents the furthest south extension of humanity prior to the industrial age. Published in the Cambridge journal Antiquity , “...

Graduate fieldwork requires leading and managing a team, often in unique circumstances (including long hours, remote regions, etc.), and therefore can be challenging even for those with previous leadership or field experience. Recent research from Graduate Integrative Biology Students Katherine Hayes, Trevor Carter, Erin Twaddell (under the supervision of Associate...

We are really excited to launch the college’s Inclusive Excellence Strategic Plan . As part of university-wide discussions about equity, last spring the administration asked CLAS units to develop strategic plans for DEI, due Fall 2022. Instead of requiring CLAS units to create their own individual plans from the ground...

The Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) is sponsoring seats (covering the costs) for the Creative Commons Certificate . This opportunity is for faculty, librarians, instructional designers, or staff members who may benefit from this training. The Certificate program offers in-depth courses about CC licenses, open practices, and the ethos...