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Jami Helmig’s path to success was anything but conventional. A first-generation college student, a single mother, and a determined scholar, Jami’s story is one of resilience, resourcefulness, and an unwavering commitment to making a difference.

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.

CLAS Staff Council Presents: Collaborative Workshop #3: Budget and Finance CLAS Staff Council is hosting the CLAS Collaborative Staff Workshop Series for the 2024-2025 school year. Workshop #3 will focus on departmental budgeting and finances, including budget tracking, running CU data reports, professional development funds, and more! Wednesday, March 12,...

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.

Dr. Rudi Hartmann, from the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, will be facing reviewers and critics of his new book, Tourism, Memorials and Landscapes of Violence: Remembering the Holocaust and the Pacific War , at the upcoming Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Hybrid Panel Session at...

With the completion of the 90-Day Action Plan at the end of Fall 2024, CLAS MarCom began a 90-Day Operational Plan at the start of the Spring 2025 semester— testing our new workflows, policies, and bandwidth.

Dr. Pamela Jansma, the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS), has agreed to serve as interim provost beginning Feb. 1, 2025.

CU Denver will once again acknowledge our hard-working, talented staff with five campus-wide excellence awards this spring. Please nominate staff members and share this opportunity widely within your school, college or unit.

The CLAS Staff Council invites your nominations for outstanding CLAS Staff to be recognized for excellence in service and engagement on behalf of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Isabel Corona Guevara’s remarkable talk, “Data-driven surrogate modeling using sparse Bayesian machine learning with applications to uncertainty quantification,” has earned her a prestigious award from the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science for an outstanding research presentation at the 2024 National Diversity in STEM Conference in...