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Colleen Donnelly was announced as the Recipient of the 2024/2025 CU Denver Faculty Assembly Award. Colleen has been tirelessly committed to the CU Denver community, particularly through her advocacy for disability awareness and accessibility across campus. Her work has helped ensure that our campus is more inclusive and supportive for...

CU Denver is a university committed to making education work for all. That means our staff put a lot of work into supporting each student’s goals. On April 23, we celebrated staff members for their contributions to CU Denver by presenting staff awards, applauding retiring staff members, and recognizing longtime...

Follow James Amidei's journey from Philosophy to Quantum Information Technology and discover why the two are more connected than you might think.

At CU Denver, students don’t have to wait until grad school to get involved with research. Our Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities  offers many opportunities for students to engage in—and get paid for—research on topics that suit their academic and career goals. Each year, many of these students get...

CU Denver’s Creative Writing Program is proud to celebrate the winners of the 2025 Lit Fest Creative Writing Scholarships ! Offered through the CU Denver Department of English and the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) , these scholarships recognize outstanding student writers ready to take their craft...

If you ask your colleagues what their favorite time of the year is, many may say, "Commencement." It's the culmination of years of students' hard work. It's a day filled with smiles and support from family and friends. And it's one of the most rewarding parts of our jobs as...

From overseeing essential human resources processes to processing grants, and from advising students to creating communication campaigns, CLAS’s 106 staff members and our student workers play vital roles in advancing the mission of the College. According to a recent CLAS Staff Council report authored by Kristen Salsbury and presented to...

Ireland’s largest castle boasts 20 sides, three-meter-thick walls, and the remains of what was once a moat. The Trim Castle, which dates to 1172 and took 30 years to build, is often referred to as one of the country’s most impressive medieval structures (you may even recognize it from some...

After a busy school year, springtime offers us a chance to stop and reflect on the people who help make our university unique. And, at the annual Milo Awards, there are so many reasons to applaud the people who help shape our students’ experiences, including the students themselves. Find the...

On Saturday, March 8, 2025, the SIAM student chapters of Colorado hosted the 21st annual regional student conference on applied mathematics for all schools along the Front Range. (Named "FRAMSC: Front Range Applied Mathematics Student Conference".) This event allowed undergraduate and graduate students from different universities in the area to...