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Vivian Shyu, PhD, director of education and training at CU Denver’s Center for Psychedelic Research, speaks to new faculty.

New State-Approved CU Denver Psychedelic Facilitator Training Program Now Accepting Applications

Aug. 4, 2025

The University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver) is now accepting applicants for Colorado’s first and only public university-based, state-approved psychedelic facilitator training program.

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Dr. Kathryn Hamilton and Dr. Julien Langou present at the 2025 NSF CSSI PI Meeting

Aug. 8, 2025

Good job to these two for representing CU Denver at the NSF CSSI PI meeting!

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CU Denver Shines at CHAOSS Data Science Hackathon 2025

Aug. 8, 2025

This collaborative event brought together curious minds and passionate problem-solvers to explore pressing issues in the open-source ecosystem.

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Hartnett and Dodge publish essay celebrating Taiwan's Free Speech Hero

Aug. 8, 2025

Drs. Stephen J. Hartnett and Patrick Shaou-Whea Dodge, from the Department of Communication, have published "'Choose the Good and Be Stubborn': Celebrating Nylon Cheng, Memory Activism, and the Fight for Democracy in Taiwan."

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Doctoral Student Fayelynn Scheideman Featured in Museum of Natural History Tour

Aug. 8, 2025

Integrative Biology Doctoral Student Fayelynn Scheideman's research on bison conservation was recently including in tours given at the Museum of Natural History, where tour guides explain, "Conservation has brought [bison] numbers back to close to half a million, in many small herds on a variety of preserves, commercial ranches and...

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Professor Scott Reed from CU Denver's Chemistry Department

Scott Reed Advances AI Reliability in Chemistry Research

July 1, 2025

Professor Scott Reed , from CU Denver's Chemistry Department, introduced a groundbreaking approach to improving artificial intelligence (AI) reliability in chemical research. Large Language Models (LLMs) have the potential to assist scientists, but they often generate misleading or incorrect information, a challenge known as "hallucination." In his latest study, Professor...

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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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Jim Grigsby Research featured in 5280 Article on Psychedelics

June 26, 2025

Jim Grigsby, CU Denver neuroscience and neuropsychology professor, put together a team of medical doctors, psychologists, researchers, and other scientific professionals from throughout the UCHealth system.

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Carlock on the video screen behind CU Denver’s Kyle Danforth, Shana Medah, Sean Mueller, Regina Rodriguez, Stephen Hartnett, and Roxy New.

CU Denver's Prison Education Program Turns Academic Advising into Social Justice

June 25, 2025

On Friday, May 30, CU Denver Prison Education Program (PEP) Academic Advisor, Shana Medah , and CU Denver PEP alum, Sean Mueller , delivered a presentation entitled, “Hope and Redemption: Advising Incarcerated and Recently Released Students for a Transformational Education.” They spoke before a packed conference room at the University...

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