Innovation

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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CU Denver Attends Summit, Sparks Collaboration to Safeguard Yellowstone's Future

Sept. 12, 2025

A remote valley in western Wyoming became the epicenter of bold conservation conversations this August, when scientists, community leaders, and advocates gathered for the inaugural Saving Yellowstone Conservation Summit.

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Sarah Nalley, a PhD student in CU Denver’s Integrative Biology program, studies how wildfires impact dragonflies.

Dragonflies Survived Asteroids—But Wildfires and Climate Change May Push Them to Extinction According to CU Denver Study

Sept. 10, 2025

A new study led by University of Colorado Denver has uncovered how climate change and intensifying wildfires are disrupting dragonfly mating traits—threatening to push some species toward local extinction.

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Communication Expert Contributes to Proposed Federal Legislation

Sept. 5, 2025

Hamilton Bean advances effective emergency alert systems through research, federal legislation, and agency collaboration, addressing public warning failures to improve reliability, clarity, and community trust in crisis communication.

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Picture of the project that works to show that role of water molecules in the toxic plaques, focusing on hydration shells around both native and chemically modified amyloid-beta species.

NIH Awards $467,000 Grant to Study Internal Water Dynamics in Alzheimer's Disease

Sept. 2, 2025

NIH funds $467,000 study led by Vugmeyster and Ostrovsky, investigating hydration shells of amyloid-beta peptides to uncover water’s role in Alzheimer’s plaque formation and progression.

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Chemistry Professor Hai Lin and Master’s Student Julia Roma show their poster at the Fall 2025 American Chemical Society National Meeting.

Chemistry at CU Denver: Real-World Research, Real Impact at the ACS National Meeting

Aug. 29, 2025

At CU Denver's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, we believe in research that matters. We're grounded in work that's accessible, innovative, and rooted in real-world impact. This August, Chemistry Professor and Department Chair, Dr. Hai Lin, along with Associate Professor, Dr. Emilie Guidez, and master's student, Julia Roma, brought...

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UNC, CU Denver Explore How to Align More Courses Towards Colorado’s Quantum Future

Aug. 18, 2025

University of Northern Colorado (UNC) Professors visit CU Denver's Quantum Information Technology Certificate program to explore integrating innovative quantum coursework into its own astronomy and physics programs, preparing students for a rapidly evolving quantum economy.

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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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