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The Denver Post Features Insights from Dr. James Walsh on Colorado's Labor Peace Act

Jan. 31, 2025

Indeed, the passage of the Labor Peace Act more than 81 years ago was not the result of a grand bargain between unions and businesses, said James Walsh, a University of Colorado Denver political science professor who specializes in labor history. “If you look at the notes from the Colorado...

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NPR's Planet Money Interviews Dr. Chloe East on the "Chilling Effect" of Deportations

Jan. 31, 2025

"Chloe East is an associate professor of economics at University of Colorado Denver, and she has spent many years studying deportations. And she says it's worth noting that so much of the attention this week has been around these raids, and raids are just one strategy that the government uses...

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Scientific American Cites CU Denver Biologist in Recent Article, "Migrating Birds Sing to Team Up with Other Species"

Jan. 31, 2025

Flying in the dark presents challenges to airborne cooperation, notes biologist Allison Pierce, who studies plover migration at University of Colorado Denver and was not involved in the new paper. For example, visual cues such as another bird’s flight path are absent. “If we could take it from this big...

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POLITICO Refers to Dr. Chloe East's Research in Article: "Americans hate high prices. Mass deportations could spark new surges."

Jan. 20, 2025

Earlier research led by University of Colorado Denver Professor Chloe East found that the suppression of undocumented workers led to spillover effects that weakened demand for U.S.-born laborers within local economies.

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NYT Features Research by Economic Professors Velasquez, Mansour, and East

Dec. 10, 2024

Expelling noncitizens on a mass scale is likely to raise prices on goods and services and lower employment rates for U.S. workers, many economists say.

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Jennifer Reich Featured In WalletHub's 'Most Caring Cities in America'

Dec. 10, 2024

When we need a helping hand, we sometimes need to seek assistance from our local government and community. We asked a panel of experts for their ideas on how cities can provide the care that residents need and address other significant challenges.

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Dr. Esther Sullivan lends expertise to NBC News' report on Latino mobile home park residents denouncing conditions and alleging discrimination

Dec. 10, 2024

"However, these houses are not classified as real estate but as personal property, and that means they have fewer protections,” said Esther Sullivan, an associate sociology professor at the University of Colorado in Denver and author of the book “Manufactured Insecurity: Mobile Home Parks and Americans’ Tenuous Right to Place.”...

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Dr. Kristin Kilbourn speaks to NBC News about high rates of depression in people with cancer

About a third of cancer patients struggle with depression, anxiety and other psychiatric disorders, although these conditions often go undetected and undiagnosed. Kristin Kilbourn, a clinical psychologist at the University of Colorado Denver, said oncologists often don’t want to open up this “can of worms,” not to mention that mental...

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Wall Street Journal cites research by CU Denver Economics Professors Velasquez, Mansour, and East in article on post-election inflation

Nov. 8, 2024

Economists at the University of Colorado Denver, studied the deportations carried out by the Bush and Obama administrations between 2008 and 2014. They found that, for every one million unauthorized workers expelled from the U.S., 88,000 American workers lost their jobs. That is because immigrant workers in certain industries such...

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Sarah Fields weighs in on 'Fairness in sports'

“Maybe it’s because of the nice, sanitized way in which we consume sport as an audience,” says Sarah Fields, who studies how sports intersects with American culture. She says sports thrive on “our innate, maybe human desire — but certainly American desire — for fairness.” “It’s a standardized field with...

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