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Chris Beekman of the Department of Anthropology worked with colleagues from the Museum of Northern Arizona and El Colegio de Michoacan to reconstruct changing lake levels and their relationship to patterns in archaeological settlement in the Magdalena Lake Basin, Jalisco, Mexico. Magdalena Lake was drained in the 20th century, and...

Student Affairs is actively monitoring the recent measles outbreaks across the United States. While there is no outbreak on campus and the risk remains low, campus health officials are urging students, faculty, and staff members to verify their immunity. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report on April 7,...

In today’s world of rapid change, uncertainty has become part of everyday life—especially for public servants navigating shifting responsibilities, policies, and expectations. This uncertainty can leave many people feeling unsettled or anxious, and it’s not always clear how to regain a sense of control. To support state employees during these...

Adam M. Lippert, Associate Professor of Sociology at CU Denver, shares expert insights on how the rise of remote work is transforming where people live, how they commute, and who gets left behind. His commentary in WalletHub’s national report highlights both the opportunities and deepening inequalities shaped by this evolving...

On Saturday, March 8, 2025, the SIAM student chapters of Colorado hosted the 21st annual regional student conference on applied mathematics for all schools along the Front Range. (Named "FRAMSC: Front Range Applied Mathematics Student Conference".) This event allowed undergraduate and graduate students from different universities in the area to...

Dr. K. Mohrman (Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies) and Mia Fischer (Associate Professor, Department of Communication) publish “‘As-Salaam-Alaikum, Bitches!’: The Biopolitics of Secularism, Neoliberal Multiculturalism, and The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City ” in American Quarterly (Volume 77, Number 1: 105-131), the journal of record for American...

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The Alzheimer’s Association has awarded a prestigious three-year, $200,000 research grant to Dr. Ronica Rooks, professor in the Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences at CU Denver. Using national, secondary data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the Census-enacted HRS (linking the HRS to United States' business information),...

Published recently in American Anthropologist , Emma Bunkley examines how weight loss caused by Type II diabetes can trigger harmful rumors and social isolation for women in Senegal. Her article, “The Weight of Rumor,” reveals how stigma surrounding weight loss not only delays diagnosis but also deepens the emotional and...

As Steven Goldzwig writes in his opinion piece, "We must push back against the assault on free speech," for the Arizona Daily Star . "As scholar Stephen Hartnett has explained, there is a distinction to be made between the fascist assault on elites and democratic dissent in that “democratic dissent...