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Advancing Quantum Chemistry: CU Denver’s Emilie Guidez Brings Global Minds Together in Colorado

Sept. 30, 2025

This spring, Assistant Professor Emilie Guidez co-organized and hosted the international workshop, “ From ab initio Computations to Conceptual Insights into Bonding ,” in Telluride, Colorado, from May 27–31, 2025. The workshop brought together quantum chemistry scientists from leading universities and national laboratories across Europe, Asia, South America, and the...

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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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Rankings: CU Denver No. 1 in Colorado for Social Mobility

Sept. 29, 2025

CU Denver highlights top rankings in research (R1 status), social mobility, online and in-state program quality, and military friendliness — reinforcing its role as an equity-serving, high-impact urban university.

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CU Denver Chemistry Professor, Scott Reed, Awarded Fulbright Specialist Grant to Advance AI-Powered STEM Teaching in Estonia

Sept. 25, 2025

Denver, CO – The University of Colorado Denver is proud to announce that Dr. Scott Reed , a CLAS faculty member and researcher in chemistry and molecular informatics, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Specialist Program grant by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Dr...

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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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Whitebark Pine Faces 80% Decline in Current Habitat by 2050: What That Means for Bears, Birds, Farmers, and Ranchers

Sept. 23, 2025

A new study, led by federal agencies in collaboration with the University of Colorado Denver, shows that the whitebark pine tree could lose as much as 80 percent of its habitat to climate change in the next 25 years.

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Publication Achievement: PhD Student Courtney Franzen’s Paper Accepted for Oral Presentation at the Prestigious IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA)

Sept. 22, 2025

The Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences is proud to announce that PhD student Courtney Franzen has had her paper accepted for an oral presentation at the prestigious IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA).

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Faculty Dr. Emily Speakman Attends Stockholm Global Optimization Workshop (STOGO) 2025

Sept. 22, 2025

We are proud to share that Dr. Emily presented her research "On the Convex Hull of the Graph of the Simple Monomial", at the Global Optimization Workshop (STOGO) at Stockholm, Sweden!

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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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