CU Connections

Eric Harbeson, music special collections librarian at the University of Colorado Boulder, recently became the first recipient of the Robert L. Oakley Memorial Scholarship Award, which bestows honorees with $1,000 to offset the costs associated with attending the International Federation of Library Association (IFLA) Conference in August in Helsinki, Finland. The award was presented by the [...]

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. [...]

Victoria Hand, assistant professor of the University of Colorado Boulder School of Education, developed the STEMsation Mentor Training Program with funding support from the school’s Women Investing in the School of Education (WISE). The STEMsation mentoring program provides promising high school sophomores from underrepresented backgrounds the opportunity to develop effective learning strategies from university faculty [...]

Several University of Colorado Boulder School of Education faculty members recently were recognized for a variety of honors and activities. Rubén Donato is a 2012 recipient of the CU Parents Association Marinus Smith Staff/Faculty Recognition Award, established to honor those who have had a significant, positive impact on a CU-Boulder undergraduate. Guillermo (Willy) Solano-Flores received [...]

Faculty, staff and students were recognized for outstanding contributions and service to the campus community at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs Campus Awards Ceremony on May 2. Although Provost Peg Bacon is known and highly respected for being prepared and speaking with great skill, she was clearly flustered when Pam Shockley-Zalabak gave her the [...]

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 [...]

The Facilities Management Department at the University of Colorado Boulder received the Award for Excellence from the Association of Physical Plant Administrators (APPA). Originally established in 1988, the Awards for Excellence is APPA’s highest institutional honor and provides educational institutions the opportunity for national and international recognition for their outstanding achievements in facilities management. Nominees [...]

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. [...]

Anthony Shull, director of the Office of Global Programs, College of Education at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, recently was named executive director of the Office of International Affairs, which will coordinate UCCS efforts to make the campus more international in its outlook as well as to recruit more international students and provide study [...]

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 [...]