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The clinical, educational and research work being conducted at the Anschutz Medical Campus is “clearly putting this area on the map,” Vice Admiral Matthew Nathan, surgeon general of the U.S. Navy, said during a campus tour April 30. Nathan visited as part of the Navy’s 50-50 program, which is sending 50 of the Navy’s top [...]

Two University of Colorado professors have been elected members to the National Academy of Sciences.   John Wahr, professor of physics at CU-Boulder, and Kurt Beam in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics in the School of Medicine, received the honor that recognizes scientists and engineers for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. [...]

The Anschutz Medical Campus-based Office of Diversity and Inclusion has been honored for “generous contributions” to Denver’s Skinner Neighborhood Center and Skinner Middle School. The team was recognized last week for continued service and volunteerism in assisting Skinner students and faculty. The award was presented by Principal Michelle Koyama along with Sandy Baca-Sandoval, Neighborhood Center [...]

A new world-class model for healthier living has been built on the Anschutz Medical Campus, and officials, benefactors and dignitaries gathered Tuesday to celebrate the opening of the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center.

Patricia Moritz, dean of the College of Nursing, recently signed a five-year international cooperative agreement with the Japanese Red Cross Hiroshima College of Nursing. The signing symbolizes the next phase of the ongoing relationship between the two schools. Hiroshima College of Nursing President Sachie Shindo and Moritz inked the partnership during ceremonies at the school. [...]

The council also honored two of its members with Distinguished Service Awards.

Mark Johnston, professor and chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and joins some of the world’s most accomplished leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities and the arts. Johnston was elected in [...]

An autism study by researchers Phil Strain and Ted Bovey from the University of Colorado Denver School of Education and Human Development was selected by the Interagency Autism Coordinating Council as one of 20 studies in 2011 that represented significant progress in the field. The council is a congressionally created entity to advance autism research [...]

Beginning Monday, May 7, PBS will be conducting OE sessions, and representatives from the university’s and state’s group insurance plans will be hosting Carrier Fairs on each campus to help in your decision making.

From projects that peer into the brain and the heavens to machines that race on the desert floor and transform recyclables into products, student research took center stage Friday at the Anschutz Medical Campus. The 15th Annual Research and Creative Activities Symposium (RaCAS) featured 110 student research projects across disciplines at the University of Colorado [...]