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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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Breaking Stigmas: Art and Cannabis in North America - Book Launch

March 5, 2025

This in-person and virtual event includes presentations in Spanish and English from over a dozen contributors to the set of four books called Breaking Stigmas: Art and Cannabis in North America.

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W. E. B. Du Bois – From Theory to Action - Event

March 4, 2025

Thursday, Mar 13, 12:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) Du Bois (1868-1963) was one of America’s foremost Black intellectuals and activists. His work on topics of race, society, and civil rights has enduring impact, as does the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which he co-founded...

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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 award is titled "Mathematics and Data Science Z-degrees at CU Denver."

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Students Participate in 100-Hour Modeling Competition

March 3, 2025

Seventeen undergraduate students were part of six teams who participated in the COMAP's Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) and Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM), supported by the Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences.

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Prof. Chloe East on Next with Kyle Clark

March 3, 2025

CU Denver Economics Professor Chloe East spoke with Angeline McCall on Next with Kyle Clark about the “Day Without Immigrants” protests and the impact migrants and deportations have on the economy.

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