Innovation

In the first half of the semester, students in Matthew Jellick’s ENGL 2600 course read Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory by Peter Hessler, finishing the book in mid-October. Soon after, the class had the chance to meet Hessler on Zoom for an hour-long conversation. Before...

We're excited to showcase Hues of Intelligence, an art installation by Michael Pilosov, who earned his PhD in Applied Mathematics from CU Denver in 2020!

Hundreds of learners and employees took Lynx-led tours of key spaces, listened to live music from the College of Arts & Media alumni band Hunters and Gatherers, conversed over lunch and sweet treats from the Housing and Dining team, and shared excitement for the future of the building and what it means for CU Denver.

Hamilton Bean, Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication, is featured in the inaugural issue of "NCA Amplified," a new research-translation publication from the National Communication Association. The feature highlights a study Bean co-authored with Elizabeth J. Carlson, Chelsea Ratcliff, Manu Pokharel, and Joshua B. Barbour, published in the...

The inclusion of transgender athletes, specifically whether trans women and girls should be allowed to compete in women’s sports has spurred a fervent debate in U.S. sports. In a recently published chapter for the anthology How To Watch Sports (NYU Press, 2026), Mia Fischer, Associate Professor in the Department of...

Explore a Degree in Health and Behavioral Science at CU Denver In “Your Good Death,” medical sociologist Karen Lutfey Spencer explores how health care systems shape end-of-life decisions and why those conversations matter at every age. Death may be one of the few experiences every person will eventually share. Talking...

We’re excited to celebrate a new transfer articulation agreement between Community College of Denver (CCD) and University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver) that creates a seamless 2+2 pathway in Data Science.

Some of our retired faculty members are still very much active in research! Associate Professor Emeritus Dr. Burt Simon is a great example. Dr. Simon and coauthors Yaroslav Ispolatov and Michael Doebeli recently published their research, “Evolution of Cooperation in Spatially Structured Group-Selection Models of the Continuous Prisoner’s Dilemma,” in...

Explore a Degree in Communication at CU Denver On Monday August 31, 2026, students in Dr. Mia Fischer’s COMM 4000/5000 Communication and Sport course heard from the Denver Summit FC’s Director of PR Shelby Cravens and Senior Director of Growth and Retention Katie Stiffler about career paths in the sports...

CLAS has officially launched its Health Research Collaborative, with more than 55 faculty members joining the college-wide initiative to connect health research across disciplines — backed by a new website and over $35,000 in first-year funding.