Awards

CU Denver Faculty awards

1992 Jan Mandel CU Denver Award for Excellence in Research
2010 Jan Mandel CU Denver Award for Excellence in Research
2013 RaKissa Manzanares CU Denver Award for Excellence in Teaching (Instructional, Clinical-Teaching track)
2015 Alex Engau CU Denver Award for Excellence in Teaching (Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty)
2015 Gary Olson CU Denver Award for Excellence in Teaching (Instructional, Clinical-Teaching track)
2018 Gary Olson CU Denver Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service
2021 Steffen Borgwardt CU Denver Award for Excellence in Teaching (Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty)
2023 Fahridzal Omar CU Denver Award for Excellence in Teaching (Lecturer Faculty)
2023 Dmitriy Ostrovskiy CLAS Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activities (Instructional, Clinical-Teaching track)
2024 Department Provost’s Award for Excellence in Practices Related to Instructional, Research, and Clinical Faculty
2025 Pamela Whitten CU Denver Award for Excellence in Teaching (Instructional, Clinical-Teaching track)
2026 Dmitriy Ostrovskiy CLAS Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activities (Instructional, Clinical-Teaching track)

CLAS Faculty Awards

1991 Rich Lundgren CLAS Outstanding Service Award
1992 Jan Mandel CLAS Outstanding Research Award
1992 Bill Cherowitzo CLAS Outstanding Service Award
1994 Rich Lundgren CLAS Outstanding Teaching Award
2002 Jan Mandel CLAS Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activities
2010 Jan Mandel CLAS Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activities
2010 Gary Olson CLAS Award for Excellence in Teaching (Instructional, Clinical-Teaching track)
2012 Julien Langou CLAS Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activities
2012 Mike Ferrara CLAS Award for Excellence in Teaching (Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty)
2013 RaKissa Manzanares CLAS Award for Excellence in Teaching (Instructional, Clinical-Teaching track)
2013 Julien Langou CLAS Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service
2013 Mike Ferrara CLAS Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activities
2014 Lynn Benethum CLAS Award for Excellence in Teaching (Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty)
2014 Diana White CLAS Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service
2015 Alex Engau CLAS Award for Excellence in Teaching (Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty)
2015 Gary Olson CLAS Award for Excellence in Teaching (Instructional, Clinical-Teaching track)
2015 Mike Ferrara CLAS Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service
2016 Stephanie Santorico CLAS Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activities
2017 Julien Langou CLAS Outstanding Faculty Achievement Award
2018 Gary Olson CLAS Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service
2018 RaKissa Manzanares CLAS Award for Excellence in Teaching (Instructional, Clinical-Teaching track)
2019 Audrey Hendricks CLAS Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activities
2020 Audrey Hendricks CLAS Award for Excellence in Teaching (Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty)
2021 Steffen Borgwardt CLAS Award for Excellence in Teaching (Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty)
2021 Pamela Whitten CLAS Award for Excellence in Teaching (Instructional, Clinical-Teaching track)
2021 Stephanie Santorico CLAS Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service
2021 Troy Butler CLAS Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activities
2022 Stephen Hartke CLAS Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service
2022 Audrey Hendricks CLAS Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activities
2022 Adam Spiegler CLAS Award for Excellence in Teaching (Instructional, Clinical-Teaching track)
2023 Stephanie Santorico CLAS Outstanding Faculty Achievement Award
2023 Miriam Venzor CLAS Outstanding Newcomer Award
2023 Troy Butler CLAS Award for Excellence in Teaching (Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty)
2023 Gary Olson CLAS Award for Excellence in Teaching (Instructional, Clinical-Teaching track)
2023 Florian Pfender CLAS Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activities (Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty)
2023 Dmitriy Ostrovskiy CLAS Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activities (Instructional, Clinical-Teaching track)
2023 Julien Langou CLAS Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service (Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty)
2023 Adam Spiegler CLAS Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service (Instructional, Clinical-Teaching track)
2024 Emily Speakman CLAS Award for Excellence in Enhancing Diversity and Inclusion through Research
2024 Kayla Spencer CLAS Award for Outstanding Newcomer Staff
2024 Joshua French CLAS Award for Excellence in Teaching (Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty)
2024 Daniel Klie CLAS Award for Excellence in Teaching (Instructional, Clinical-Teaching track)
2024 Steffen Borgwardt CLAS Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activities (Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty)
2024 Adam Spiegler CLAS Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activities (Instructional, Clinical-Teaching track)
2024 Troy Butler CLAS Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service (Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty)
2024 Daniel Klie CLAS Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service (Instructional, Clinical-Teaching track)
2025 Yaning Liu CLAS Award for Excellence in Teaching (Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty)
2025 Florian Pfender CLAS Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service (Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty)
2025 Pamela Whitten CLAS Award for Excellence in Teaching (Instructional, Clinical-Teaching track)
2025 Gary Olson CLAS Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service (Instructional, Clinical-Teaching track)
2026 Farhad Pourkamali CLAS Award for Excellence in Teaching (Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty)
2026 Dmitriy Ostrovskiy CLAS Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activities (Instructional, Clinical-Teaching track)
2026 Emily Speakman CLAS Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service (Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty)
2026 Adam Spiegler CLAS Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service (Instructional, Clinical-Teaching track)

More awards by the College, Campus, System

2009 Weldon Lodwick CU System, Faculty Council Distinguished Service Award
2013 Rob Rostermundt International College of Beijing Distinguished Faculty
2016 Mike Ferrara CU Denver, Graduate School, Dean’s Students Mentoring Award
2018 Stephanie Santorico CU Denver, Award in Faculty Mentoring
2018 Mike Ferrara CU Denver, Rosa Parks Diversity Award
2019 Jan Mandel CU Denver, Graduate School, Dean’s Master’s Students Mentoring Award
2019 Stephanie Santorico CU Denver, Chancellor's Distinguished Lecture
2019 Stephanie Santorico CU Denver, Graduate School, Dean’s Doctoral Students Mentoring Award
2021 Stephen Hartke CU Denver, OER Champion
2022 Maria Rase CU Denver | Anschutz, Employee of the Month
2023 Troy Butler CU Denver, OER Champion

Denver Campus Outstanding Dissertation Award

2014 Bradley Lowery Denver Campus Outstanding Dissertation Award.
2020 Chase Viss Graduate School Dissertation Award

CLAS Outstanding Graduate Student Award

Fall 2020 Jessica Murphy CLAS Outstanding MS Graduate
Fall 2020 Emileigh Willems CLAS Outstanding PhD Graduate
Fall 2021 Ian Arriaga MacKenzie CLAS Outstanding MS Graduate
Fall 2021 Wenjuan Zhang CLAS Outstanding PhD Graduate
Spring 2022 Drew Horton CLAS Outstanding MS Graduate
Fall 2024 Megan Duff CLAS Outstanding PhD Graduate
Spring 2025 Drew Horton CLAS Outstanding PhD Graduate
Spring 2026 Kayley Smiley CLAS Outstanding PhD Graduate

Maurice Davies Award from the Colorado-Wyoming Chapter of the American Statistical Association

Spring 2019 Lauren Hall  
Spring 2026 Kayley Smiley  

3MT

21-22 Adelle Price Campus winner, intercampus winner, state-wide winner

MCM

2022
Team Xu Yilei, Xu Tianyang, Xu Luru
Problem C: Trading Strategies
Honorable Mention
This problem had over 10,000 participating teams. The Honorable Mention Award put them in the top 30%.
https://www.comap.com/undergraduate/contests/mcm/contests/2022/results/2022_MCM_Problem_C_results.pdf
2022
Team Hua Jing, Kirsten Soules, Yueqian Zhou
Problem B: Water and Hydroelectric Power Sharing
Successful Participant
2022
Team Em Gibbs, Jeffrey Quick, Nikole Scribner Trout
Problem B: Water and Hydroelectric Power Sharing
Successful Participant
2024
Team Aaron Sullivan Stremel and Aksel Andreassen
Problem D: Great Lakes Water Problem
Successful Participant
2024
Team Kyle Cunnigham and Annie Ha
Problem C: Momentum in Tennis
Successful Participant
2025 (supervised by CAU faculty)
Xin Cheng (CAU only), Xinwen Yuan (ICB), Sisi Shen (CAU only) – mixed team: some are CAU only, some are ICB
Outstanding Participant, SIAM award
2025 (supervised by CAU faculty)
Sun Zhihao, Liu Jing, and Li Peilin – mixed team: some are CAU only, some are ICB
Honorable Mention
2025 (ICB Team supervised by Thomas Dunn)
Zhang Fengrui, Qi Zihang, and Zhao Yunxuan
Successful Participant
2025
Annie Huppenthal, Ella Addison-Taylor, John Pflugh
ICM Problem F: Cyber Strong?
Successful Participant
2025
Baoyue Xing, Kyle Cunningham
MCM Problem B: Managing Sustainable Tourism
Successful Participant
2025
Xinge Li, Xiaoxi Gao, Dingkai Luo
MCM Problem B: Managing Sustainable Tourism
Honorable Mention
2025
Xiping Zhang, Zizhe Zhou
MCM Problem C: Models for Olympic Medal Tables
Honorable Mention
2025
Shunye Wang, Yiluan Chen, Jichen Cai
MCM Problem A: Testing Time: The Constant Wear On Stairs
Honorable Mention
2026
Ella Addison-Taylor, Trenton Garren, John Pflugh
Successful Participant