Alumni

Dr. Michelle DePrenger-Levin, Integrative Biology PhD Graduate featured on In Defense of Plants

CU Denver Biology PhD Alum Michelle DePrenger-Levin Talks Drone-Powered Plant Conservation on National Podcast

May 14, 2025

Dr. Michelle DePrenger-Levin, a CU Denver Integrative Biology PhD graduate and Manager of Conservation Programs at Denver Botanic Gardens, joined the In Defense of Plants podcast to share how her team is transforming plant conservation through drone technology. In Episode 521, she discusses the challenges of monitoring rare plant populations...

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Isabella Luna, CU Denver Sociology Student and Graduate

How This First-Generation Student Found Her Passion for Learning at CU Denver

May 13, 2025

Isabella Luna , who is graduating with a BA in sociology this spring, has accomplished a lot during her time at CU Denver. She’s a TRIO McNair scholar and has presented her research and pedagogical work in both Hawaii and San Francisco, to name just a few of her accomplishments...

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Spring 2025 graduates Faith Solter and Jose Carbon.

Spring Grads Showcase How CU Denver Makes Education Work for All

May 13, 2025

For more than 50 years, CU Denver has offered higher education that fits every stage of people’s lives and careers, whether they’re working parents, transfer students, first-generation students, mid-career strivers, and so much more. As CU Denver celebrates its newest graduates on May 17, in the mix will be two...

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Nolbert Chavez speaks to 9News on the history of the 9th Street Park Houses

CU Denver CLAS Grad and CU Regent, Nolbert Chavez, Gives Input on Auraria's 9th Street Houses

Feb. 25, 2025

University of Colorado Regent and CLAS alum, Nolbert Chavez, was recently interviewed by Denver's 9News on the history of Auraria's 9th Street houses—including his own perspective.

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Dr. Allison Pierce holds a bird and smiles

Scientific American Cites CU Denver Biologist in Recent Article, "Migrating Birds Sing to Team Up with Other Species"

Jan. 31, 2025

Flying in the dark presents challenges to airborne cooperation, notes biologist Allison Pierce, who studies plover migration at University of Colorado Denver and was not involved in the new paper. For example, visual cues such as another bird’s flight path are absent. “If we could take it from this big...

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The National WW II Museum in Louisiana where Chandler Stark was appointed historian

History graduate, Chandler Stark, appointed the Gary Sinise Foundation Oral Historian

Chandler Stark, who graduated in 2022 with an MA from the History Department, has been appointed the Gary Sinise Foundation Oral Historian at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. As an MA student at CU Denver, Chandler focused on the histories of US Foreign Policy and the...

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