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In Memoriam: The University of Colorado Denver suffered a great loss this summer with the passing of Dr. Candan Duran-Aydintug. Candan was Associate Professor (Emeritus) in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (CLAS). She was a valued member of the CU Denver and broader Denver metropolitan community for more than three decades. Her impact on students, the department, College, and community was profound and lasting

Homo naledi—a small-brained hominin featured in Netflix’s Cave of Bones—has sparked global debate over claimed intentional burial. Dr. Jamie Hodgkins, reviewer #1 on both rounds of peer review, challenged the behavioral claims made in the preprint and documentary. In the revised paper, she noted that only two original reviewers agreed to re-review, and just one supported the burial hypothesis. Hodgkins refuted the team’s public claim of unanimous reviewer support, calling their social media posts misleading and harmful to open science.

Please join us on Oct 9th in the Student Commons Building room 1600 5:30-7:30 as we celebrate the launch of the Colorado Labor Education Collaborative

Dr. Christopher Beekman of Anthropology and his colleagues have published "A collaborative synthetic view of migration in archaeology: Addressing challenges for policymakers" in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. This article presents the latest results of a collaborative project that seeks to develop recommendations for policymakers on migration by drawing upon...

The EURēCA! Grant Program is a competitive grant program managed by the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities. EURēCA Grants support student-initiated research, creative, and other scholarly activities under the mentorship of a CU Denver | Anschutz faculty mentor. Grants of $500 are awarded each October and February to...

Huge thanks to everyone who joined our Julia Programming Workshop!

In July 2025, Michael Moore, assistant professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, was awarded more than $640,000 from the National Science Foundation. With this NSF grant, Dr. Moore's lab will use dragonflies to test if low oxygen prevents animal species from moving to higher elevations in response to climate...

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...

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...

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.