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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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"CU Denver Professor Andy Scahill's Rainbow Cult Is Off to See the Wizard" Writes Westword

Jan. 31, 2025

University of Colorado Denver film professor Andy Scahill has a lot to say about the 1939 movie classic The Wizard of Oz. "I teach a whole class on it," says Scahill. "Italy's University of Turin did a study about what the most-often-quoted film in history is, and it turns out...

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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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Hamilton Bean's Research Cited in FCC Report and Order on Multilingual Emergency Alerting

Jan. 31, 2025

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau's January 8, 2025 Report and Order advances the availability of Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) for persons with limited English proficiency. The Report and Order requires commercial mobile service providers that participate in WEA to implement multilingual templates that alert...

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Join Us Feb 12 for CLAS MixTape's '24-25 Final Event Celebrating CLAS Research and Creative Works

Jan. 30, 2025

A Chorus of Knowledge: Celebrating CLAS Research and Creative Works Wednesday, February 12th, 2025 | 3–5:00pm Jake Jabs Event Center CU Denver Business School 1475 Lawrence Street, Denver, CO 80202 Brief formal program begins at 4:00pm! Celebrate CLAS faculty achievements at our second annual MixTape research and creative works showcase...

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Upcoming Lecture with Dr. Davarian L. Baldwin—"Confronting Higher Education’s Legacy on and Displacement in Urban Communities"

Jan. 28, 2025

Please join us on Thursday, February 27th from 12:30-2:00p.m. for a special lecture open to the campus and public, “Renewal: Confronting Higher Education’s Legacy of Demolition and Displacement in Urban Communities” presented by Dr. Davarian L. Baldwin. Dr. Baldwin is the Paul E Raether Distinguished Professor of American Studies and...

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English Professor, Dr. Mahmoodi-Shahrebabaki, Publishes Article in Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education

Jan. 28, 2025

Dr. Masoud Mahmoodi-Shahrebabaki from the CU Denver English Department recently published an article, " Relationships Between Reading Attitude, Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies and Reading Motivation " in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education . The article examines the connections between reading attitudes, motivation, and metacognitive awareness of reading...

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Chemistry Students Present Protein Folding Research at the Colorado Proteinopathy Symposium

Jan. 28, 2025

CU Denver Chemistry undergraduate students Bailey Frazier and Karan Basaves presented their recent research in a poster at the Colorado Proteinopathy Symposium in December 2024. Their poster is titled "Hydration Water Dynamics in Globular Villin Headpiece and Amyloid Fibrils, Using Deuterium and Oxygen-17 Solid-State NMR." Bailey and Karan worked in...

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Transforming Lives Through the International College Beijing Program

Jan. 28, 2025

The ICB program is a beacon of opportunity for students who aspire to navigate the increasingly interconnected global landscapes.

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Dr. Chloe East Speaks to Denver 7 on Mass Deportations Following Inauguration

Jan. 21, 2025

Chloe East, a professor at the University of Colorado Denver, said though the possibility of large-scale operations in the area seems unlikely, the community could expect to see smaller-scale raids more quickly, much like the ones during the first Trump administration. "One thing that's important to note is mass deportations...

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