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Describing the World with Data- How to Start a Career in Data Science

May 7, 2025

Discover how CU Denver student Philip Candleana is turning curiosity into career through the Data Science program. Learn about his journey, tips for success, and why this growing field might be your future.

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History Professor Wins Colorado Book Award

Aug. 8, 2025

Associate Professor of History Rachel Gross's book, Shopping All the Way to the Woods: How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America (Yale University Press, 2024), was awarded the Colorado Book Award in History. The Colorado Book Awards, a program of Colorado Humanities and the Colorado Center for the Book,...

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Congratulations to Professor Emeritus Jan Mandel

Aug. 8, 2025

Professor Emeritus Jan Mandel has been awarded the prestigious Olof B. Widlund Prize at the 29th International Conference on Domain Decomposition Methods (DD29)

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Assistant Professor Carlos Martínez Mori Attends ACM EC'25 at Stanford

Aug. 8, 2025

Assistant Professor Carlos Martínez Mori attended the 26th ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC’25) at Stanford University, where he presented his co-authored paper, “Cooperation and the Design of Public Goods,” written with Alejandro Toriello.

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Assistant Professor Carlos Martínez Mori Attends ACM EC'25 at Stanford

Aug. 8, 2025

Assistant Professor Carlos Martínez Mori attended the 26th ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC’25) at Stanford University, where he presented his co-authored paper, “Cooperation and the Design of Public Goods,” written with Alejandro Toriello.

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Professor Wayne Miller Publishes New Poetry Collection in the US and Selected Poems in Poland

July 15, 2025

In March, English and Creative Writing Professor Wayne Miller published his sixth full-length poetry collection, titled The End of Childhood, with US independent literary press Milkweed Editions.

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Tale of two cities whets the appetite for adventure

July 14, 2025

Teaching at a STEM university in Shenzhen, I had a front-row seat to the altering landscape of not only tertiary education, but by extension, to a vibrant high-tech community, which by all accounts, is nurtured in that southern megalopolis.

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Eighteen CU Denver Faculty Among the Most Cited Researchers in the World

July 8, 2025

Eighteen CU Denver researchers are among the top 2% of highly cited scientists in the world, according to Stanford University and Elsevier. 

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"The Real Show Is Solidarity": The Romero Troupe's 20 Years of Theater, Truth, and Transformation

June 24, 2025

Celebrate 20 years of the Romero Troupe at CU Denver-an organic, community-driven theater collective empowering students and spotlighting untold stories through performance and solidarity.

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Lee Tafoya, CU Denver graduate in Psychology and Philosophy, smiles in scrubs.

Redefining the Healthcare Frontier: How Lee Tafoya, CU Denver grad in Psychology and Philosophy, Is Engineering the Future of Patient-Centered Innovation

June 9, 2025

Lee’s professional journey did not begin in a boardroom or a laboratory. It began at the bedside of patients in distress. Armed with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The George Washington University and a dual degree in Philosophy and Psychology from the University of Colorado Denver, Lee entered...

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