Awards And Accolades

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NSF Awards Michael Moore, CU Denver Integrative Biology Professor, more than $640,000 in New Grant

Sept. 30, 2025

In July 2025, Michael Moore, assistant professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, was awarded more than $640,000 from the National Science Foundation. With this NSF grant, Dr. Moore's lab will use dragonflies to test if low oxygen prevents animal species from moving to higher elevations in response to climate...

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Cameron Blevins, CU Denver History Professor

Mapping Hidden Histories: CU Denver’s Cameron Blevins Wins National Recognition for Groundbreaking LGBTQ+ Research

Sept. 30, 2025

At CU Denver's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, we believe in the power of real stories to drive real change. That's why we're proud to celebrate Dr. Cameron Blevins, Director of Digital Initiatives and Associate Teaching Professor of History, whose innovative research is shining a light on overlooked voices...

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Russell Sage Foundation Grant Awarded for 'The Intergenerational Effects of Import Competition'

Sept. 24, 2025

Economics faculty members Hani Mansour, James Reeves, and Andrea Velasquez, together with Pamela Medina from the University of Toronto, have been awarded a Russell Sage Foundation grant.

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Rachel Gross holds Colorado Book Award

History Professor Wins Colorado Book Award

Aug. 8, 2025

Associate Professor of History Rachel Gross's book, Shopping All the Way to the Woods: How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America (Yale University Press, 2024), was awarded the Colorado Book Award in History. The Colorado Book Awards, a program of Colorado Humanities and the Colorado Center for the Book,...

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Congratulations to Professor Emeritus Jan Mandel

Aug. 8, 2025

Professor Emeritus Jan Mandel has been awarded the prestigious Olof B. Widlund Prize at the 29th International Conference on Domain Decomposition Methods (DD29)

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Jung-Jae Lee from CU Denver's Chemistry Department

CU Denver Chemistry Professor Earns NIH Grant to Advance Cancer Imaging Technology

June 27, 2025

Associate Professor Jung-Jae Lee of the Department of Chemistry has been awarded a prestigious R03 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to push the boundaries of cancer research. His project, “Development of Near-Infrared Photothermal Chemiluminescent Gold Nanoprobes by Utilizing Retro Diels-Alder Reaction of Trapped Singlet Oxygens,” focuses on...

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Josh French (right) receiving the award with a representative from CDHE (left)

Z-Degree Team Wins CO Dept. of Higher Education's 2025 Exceptional Open Educational Resources Project Award

June 26, 2025

The team won the award for its work on creating zero textbook paths for bachelor's of science in mathematics, mathematics minor, and the data science certificate.

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Communication Professor’s Book Earns National Sports History Award

June 24, 2025

Sarah Fields , professor of Communication, is co-editor of Sports Through the Lens: Essays on 25 Iconic Photographs , which received the 2024 Book Award (Anthology) from the North American Society for Sport History . The project was supported in part by CLAS, the Department of Communication, and the Office of Research Services.

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Sarah Hagelin Accepts the 2025 CFDA Faculty Mentoring Award for Excellence in Mentorship

Sarah Hagelin Honored with 2025 CFDA Faculty Mentoring Award for Excellence in Mentorship

May 13, 2025

Flanked by several faculty mentees and by her first mentor—her father—Professor of English and Interim Ethnic Studies Chair Sarah Hagelin was honored March 31 with the CFDA Faculty Mentoring Award for 2025. This award from the Center for Faculty Development & Advancement (CFDA) commemorates Hagelin’s influence as a faculty leader...

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Colleen Donnelly, winner of CU Denver Faculty Assembly 2024-2025 Award

Colleen Donnelly Named 2024–25 CU Denver Faculty Assembly Award Recipient

May 1, 2025

Colleen Donnelly was announced as the Recipient of the 2024/2025 CU Denver Faculty Assembly Award. Colleen has been tirelessly committed to the CU Denver community, particularly through her advocacy for disability awareness and accessibility across campus. Her work has helped ensure that our campus is more inclusive and supportive for...

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