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Political Science Prof. Michael Berry weighs in on Congress threatening to use its power of the purse to save a key Department of Agriculture research lab.

Visit the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at CU Denver CU Denver's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is proud to celebrate English Professor Wayne Miller, who has been named an Honorary Member of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society. This prestigious recognition, awarded by unanimous vote...

The University of Colorado Denver's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is proud to announce the launch of the Center for Advanced Computational Molecular Science (CACMS), a bold new hub for research, education, and workforce development in the heart of Denver. Advancing Science, Empowering Students CACMS, inaugurated in November 2025...

The funding will help expand the successful College of Liberal Arts and Sciences program within the College of Engineering, Design and Computing. Abigail Hollmann was headed for a career in health care when she first came to CU Denver—but she was dreading the physics classes she’d have to take as...

Katie Schultz was in middle school when she first saw a model of an atom, the building block that makes up everything around us. Her curiosity led her to enroll in honors and AP chemistry classes in high school—and eventually to CU Denver for a master’s degree.

Researcher Jung-Jae Lee and students pioneer tools to guide cancer surgery, stop eye diseases, and diagnose infection in hours, not days. Inside CU Denver’s Chemistry Department, a small lab is doing big work: developing a “Surgical GPS” to guide cancer removal, engineering a therapeutic contact lens to prevent blindness, and...

Professor Andrea Velasquez writes for Vox Dev about her research in El Salvador. In El Salvador, extreme heat loweres agricultural productivity, and rural incomes, pushing farmers - espescially those with strong migrant networks - to use international migration as a climate adaptation strategy. Learn more about her research here: https://voxdev.org/topic/energy-environment/climate-change-and-rural-livelihoods-how-extreme-heat-drives-international

Discover how Dr. Soumia Bardhan and CU Denver’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences are redefining inclusion by elevating introversion and quiet leadership on campus.

This year marked the eleventh consecutive year of collaboration in hosting a delegation of visiting Chinese scholars and administrators (representing 16 universities) alongside the National Communication Association’s (NCA) annual convention. The Preconference, our Eleventh Scholars Summit, served as a platform to elevate community building efforts, celebrate ongoing partnerships, foster international...

Dr. Jenny Vermilya, Associate Teaching Professor in Sociology, was interviewed by Atmos Magazine on the growing online trend of anthropomorphic AI-generated animal imagery. Vermilya has a forthcoming chapter in Edward Elgar's Research Handbook on Animals and Society on anthropomorphism and the challenge of representing animals. Read the interview