Awards And Accolades

Associate Professor Diana White and Senior Instructor Pamela Whitten have been awarded a $20,000 Spring 2026 CU System AI Sprint Grant: AI for Teaching & Learning.

CU Denver Health and Behavioral Sciences doctoral student Laura Meyer was selected as a PEO Scholar for 2026–2027 to support dissertation research on end-of-life communication and aging.

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at CU Denver is proud to celebrate Kayley Smiley, recipient of the Maurice Davies Award from the Colorado-Wyoming Chapter of the American Statistical Association.

CU Denver professor Soumia Bardhan earned WSCA’s Distinguished Teaching Award for inclusive, innovative teaching that connects classroom learning to global contexts.

For the second year in a row, a CU Denver chemistry professor has claimed Colorado's top chemistry honor.

The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is proud to highlight the latest books authored and co-authored by our distinguished faculty. Browse their work and support CLAS scholarship. Escaping Denver by Teague Bohlen View Book Life Undocumented: Latinx Youth Navigating Place and Belonging by Edelina M. Burciaga View Book Rhetorics...

Dr. Michael Moore, Associate Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Colorado Denver's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been named the 2026 recipient of the George A. Bartholomew Award by the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. This national honor recognizes Dr. Moore's career-spanning...

Amy Wachholtz, PhD, MDiv, MSCP, has been named Educator of the Year by the American Psychological Association (APA), Division 55—recognizing her leadership in developing and launching CU Denver’s post-doctoral Master of Science (MS) in Clinical Psychopharmacology.

Graduate scholarship in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences reaches far beyond the classroom—and this year’s Outstanding Graduate Award recipients exemplify that impact. Jessica Loeffler, Indira Saha, and Alyssa Hohorst were named Fall 2025 honorees for graduate work that advances scientific understanding, centers community voices, and strengthens teaching and...

Dr. Emilie Guidez , Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, received the 2025 Love of Learning Award from the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi , the nation's oldest and most selective academic honor society spanning all disciplines. Since joining CU Denver in 2017, Dr. Guidez has built a...