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Professors Mohrman and Fischer publish article on the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City in American Quarterly

April 8, 2025

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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Faculty and Staff: Get a Fresh Headshot on 4/16 – RSVP Today!

March 19, 2025

Need a fresh, professional headshot? CU Denver CLAS is offering free faculty and staff headshots. When : Wednesday, April 16th | 3:00-5:00pm Where : Student Commons Building's, Spear Gallery Spots are limited—RSVP now to secure your session! Reserve Your 5-Minute Headshot Time Now Sessions already full? We've got you covered...

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Short Survey, Long-Term Impact—CLAS IT Needs Your Feedback!

March 18, 2025

The CU Denver CLAS Information Technology (IT) Committee seeks feedback from those in CLAS about their IT experiences. Please submit your feedback soon! The survey closes on Friday, March 21st.

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How High Schools Can Offer Affordable College Credit to Students

March 7, 2025

For students like Kathleen Carson and educators like Kurt Knierim, the CU Succeed program has been transformative. It’s not just about earning college credit in high school—it’s about opening doors, creating confidence, and building bridges between high school classrooms and university lecture halls.

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CU Succeed Transforms Classrooms, Boosts Student and Teacher Success

March 5, 2025

The CU Succeed Program embodies this vision by bringing university-level coursework into high schools, allowing students to earn college credit while still in their familiar learning environments. But more than just credits, CU Succeed provides opportunities—helping students and teachers discover their potential, build confidence, and step into their futures with a head start.

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Sarah Fields Publishes Sport Photography Book

March 4, 2025

Sarah Fields recently published her co-edited anthology, Sports Through the Lens: Essays on 25 Iconic Photographs (University of Texas Press) . Included in this volume is Fields' chapter “Moment of Victory: Brandi Chastain and the 1999 World Cup.” Featuring photos from across centuries and continents, this book is especially noteworthy...

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Hamilton Bean and Colleagues Publish Cross-National Research on Mobile Public Warning

March 4, 2025

Hamilton Bean and colleagues recently published " Mobile Public Warning in Japan and the United States: A Sister Cities Collaboration " in Frontiers in Communication . As part of a special issue on "Cross-Boundary Disaster Communication: Building Systems Thinking and Breaking Traditional Divisions in the Field," the study described how...

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Meeting the Moment with a Social Justice Mindset in CLAS

March 4, 2025

The CLAS Council on Access and Community Engagement (ACE) is partnering with Christina Dawkins, founder of A4Abolitionist and A4Academy, on a three-part programming opportunity for faculty and staff interested in supporting our core values in concrete ways.

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Six Mathematical and Statistical Science Faculty Earn Award from Colorado Department of Higher Education

March 4, 2025

Congratulations to Dr. Joshua French (lead), Pamela Whitten, Robert Rostermundt, Yaning Liu, Farhad Pourkamali, and Yongxia Kuang from the Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences for being approved for a $63,413 award from the Colorado Department of Higher Education. The following people have won the Mathematics and Data Science Z-degrees...

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Mia Fischer, CU Denver CLAS Professor in Communication

The Oregonian Quotes Mia Fischer in "How Riley Gaines became the right’s darling on anti-trans issues in sports: Analysis"

Feb. 25, 2025

“There’s clearly a lot of media training that these people have received,” says Fischer, noting that the right-wing’s selection of white, traditionally feminine girls and young women is likely intentional. “If we think about traditional gender norms, they fulfill all these signifiers that we traditionally associate with feminine white athletes...

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