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Explore a Degree in Health and Behavioral Science at CU Denver In “Your Good Death,” medical sociologist Karen Lutfey Spencer explores how health care systems shape end-of-life decisions and why those conversations matter at every age. Death may be one of the few experiences every person will eventually share. Talking...

Learn More About Anthropology at CU Denver Last week showed the full breadth of Anthropology at CU Denver, from student outreach to hands-on public education to research presentations across the Front Range. Connecting with future graduate students On Tuesday, Anthropology graduate students represented the department at the Graduate Program Fair...

Some parents in Colorado are uncertain about the safety and necessity of vaccines given to their children. They also question how the vaccines are timed.

Shandra Brown Levey, Molly Sullan, and Laura Washington bring clinical research, health care and program-building experience to CU Denver’s growing Center for Psychedelic Research.

Some of our retired faculty members are still very much active in research! Associate Professor Emeritus Dr. Burt Simon is a great example. Dr. Simon and coauthors Yaroslav Ispolatov and Michael Doebeli recently published their research, “Evolution of Cooperation in Spatially Structured Group-Selection Models of the Continuous Prisoner’s Dilemma,” in...

CLAS has officially launched its Health Research Collaborative, with more than 55 faculty members joining the college-wide initiative to connect health research across disciplines — backed by a new website and over $35,000 in first-year funding.

Retired CU Denver chemist Larry Anderson continues global, student-connected research, most recently publishing Fulbright-based work on air quality near geothermal plants.

Soumia Bardhan, associate professor of Communication and director of International Studies at CU Denver, received the 2026 Anita Taylor Outstanding Article Award from the OSCLG.

The University of Colorado Denver mourns the passing of Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Harding. Rachel was Associate Professor (Emeritus) in the Department of Ethnic Studies in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (CLAS). She passed away on May 25, 2026 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, surrounded by her family and her beloved Candomblé community, Terreiro do Cobre.

CU Denver helped launch a national meeting on nature and cognition and is advancing new research through a 2026 Psychonomic Society symposium.