CU Connections

University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) has been chosen to help the LIVESTRONG Foundation advance the care of cancer survivors requiring a stay in the hospital. UCH is one of 15 sites across the country awarded $10,000 to put toward the costs of achieving The Joint Commission advanced certification in palliative care. “Palliative care is about [...]

University of Colorado Cancer Center has been added to an elite group of cancer centers that establish and deliver the gold standard in cancer clinical care.  CU Cancer Center has been elected as a member institution by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN), an alliance of the world’s leading cancer centers dedicated to improving the quality, [...]

The University of Colorado’s Anschutz Health and Wellness Center (AHWC) has been recognized by the Clinton Foundation for its pledge to reduce childhood obesity. The Clinton Foundation was founded with the mission to improve global health, strengthen economies, promote healthier childhoods and health and wellness, and protect the environment by fostering partnerships among businesses, governments, [...]

They arrived at the Anschutz Medical Campus when it was still dark on the last day of November –  more than 100 high school students from Douglas County taking a pre-med class. Many of the students entered University of Colorado School of Medicine’s Center for Advancing Professional Excellence (CAPE) at the Anschutz Medical Campus not knowing what [...]

University of Colorado Cancer Center remains in distinguished company having received a prestigious designation from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). This is the fourth time the CU Cancer Center has been named a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the NCI – one of only 41 cancer centers in the United States to receive the designation. It [...]

His goal is changing the face of lung cancer. Former NFL linebacker Chris Draft is logging thousands of miles to reach that goal. Draft is traveling to cancer centers across the country to learn everything he can about the disease that took the love of his life. Despite his loss, Draft’s message is about people [...]

Recent changes in an individual’s health insurance status – whether they are newly insured or recently uninsured – are associated with greater use of hospital emergency departments, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Health care reform in the United States will lead to an increase in [...]

The University of Colorado Denver, through the College of Engineering and Applied Science, has been named an American Concrete Institute (ACI) Outstanding University for 2011. This is the second consecutive year that the university has received this honor. The ACI Award for University Student Activities was initiated to recognize universities that have participated in ACI-related [...]

Students from the University of Colorado Denver are among the winners of a national competition that challenges college students to develop and present real-world solutions to boost the energy efficiency of buildings across the country. Energy Secretary Steven Chu recognized the winners of the Better Buildings Case Competition, part of the Energy Department’s Better Buildings [...]

Having served two tours of duty in Iraq, Tyler Heath has faced—and conquered—the fear of the unknown. Now the University of Colorado Denver senior is facing the unknown again – this time as he prepares to enter the business world for the first time.

As oncologists already know and newly diagnosed lung cancer patients learn, the kind of treatment given to patients is increasingly becoming dependent on the specific gene mutation present in the cancer. But, as lung cancer moves from being one common disease to multiple diseases at the molecular level, learning about and getting access to the [...]