As part of the Fourth European Pragmatism Conference, August 2-5, at the University College London, Professor David Hildebrand organized a four-paper panel entitled “ Philosophy, Technology, and Assaults on Democracy .” His contribution, “ John Dewey and the Viability of Digital Democracies ,” described how new combinations of technology are...

9News recently released a video and post following up on the issues the emergency response system had during the Marshall Fire in December, the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history. They worked with Associate Professor of Communication, Hamilton Bean, author of the award-winning book Mobile Technology and the Transformation of...

Integrative Biology students Trevor Carter and Katherine Hayes, under the supervision of Professor Brian Buma, recently published in Landscape Ecology , “ Putting more fuel on the fire… or maybe not? A synthesis of spruce beetle and fire interactions in North American subalpine forests .” Large scale native spruce beetle...

Aurora native Ahja Fox, English Department Creative Writing alum, was recently selected as the city's new Honorary Poet Laureate . She was selected out of six candidates after an extensive application process, which included a written application, in-person interview and performance of an original work. Fox was sworn in August...

The Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated the annual list of the Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Business and two CLAS alumni were in the ranks. Lorena Zimmer MA ’00 in Anthropology, now at Denver Health; and Adrienne Mansanares BA’02 Political Science, now working at Planned Parenthood of...

The Orientation Office is gearing up for the first on-campus orientation sessions in three years. The related Student Success Days will focus on social engagement and student resources, and during these conference style events students will select workshops to attend. This is where you come in. We need campus volunteers...

In June, Professor of Philosophy David Hildebrand presented an invited, sponsored keynote entitled “Democratic Habits and the Challenges of Information Technologies” at the conference “Democratic Education Revisited” at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. His paper argued that new, algorithmic and “big data” technologies are tracking and changing the nature...

Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Associate Professor Troy Butler was recently awarded $375,400 by the National Science Foundation for the project, " Advancing the Data-to-Distribution Pipeline for Scalable Data-Consistent Inversion to Quantify Uncertainties in Coastal Hazards ” Coastal hazards are a persistent threat to citizenry, industry, and governments worldwide. Of particular...

The CoorsTek Denver Metro Regional Science and Engineering Fair (DMRSEF) completed their 2022 season by sending five students to the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Atlanta, GA. Aditi Avinash - Rock Canyon High School, Highlands Ranch, CO - Douglas County SD Wilson Moyer - Lakewood High School, Lakewood,...

For four weeks, graduate students from CU Denver will be analyzing faunal material from the Arma Veirana caves site in Italy , blogging about the experience , and posting videos to YouTube . The group is led by Anthropology Associate Professor Jamie Hodgkins and Associate Professor in the Department of...