CU Connections

A panel with deep roots in the University of Colorado Denver recently told the wild and woolly story of the university’s “Road to Independence and Beyond” during an event celebrating the institution’s 40th anniversary. Panelists and topics included: Jarett Zuboy, master’s student in history and author of a to-be-published book on CU Denver’s history: The [...]

University and city leaders will plunge shovels into earth today, marking the start of construction on a signature building in CU Denver’s 40-year history downtown. Academic Building 1, the first structure on the Auraria Campus owned and operated by CU Denver, has been a long time coming and today’s event will befit the historical significance. [...]

Jeff Franklin, professor in English and the associate dean for Undergraduate Curriculum and Student Affairs at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at CU Denver, published three essays in 2012 in international, peer-reviewed outlets. “The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism in Victorian England, 1870-1900” appeared in Victorian Review (Canada), “The Influences of Buddhism and [...]

Brenda J. Allen, a professor of communication and Associate Vice Chancellor of Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Colorado Denver l Anschutz Medical Campus, is the winner of the 2013 Elizabeth D. Gee Memorial Lectureship Award. The award honors an outstanding faculty member for efforts to advance women in academia, interdisciplinary scholarly contributions and [...]

By Brian Barker and Nicky Beer Jake Adam York — poet, professor, editor, critic and associate professor in the Department of English at the University of Colorado Denver — died Dec. 16, 2012. While the exact cause is unknown, it’s likely that he suffered a stroke or aneurysm. He was 40. He held graduate degrees [...]

Three new staff members joined the University of Colorado Colorado Springs in November. They are: Stephen Cucchiara, assistant director of student activities, Department of Student Life and Leadership; Bradley Johnson, design and construction project manager, Facilities Services; and Brynne Thompson, administrative assistant, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. …  Donna Martinez, professor and director of [...]

  Stephen John Hartnett, a professor and chair of communication at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado Denver, has published “Executing Democracy, Volume 2: Capital Punishment & the Making of America, 1835–1843,” available from Michigan State University Press. This is a companion to the “Executing Democracy, Vol.1: Capital Punishment [...]

Steven Medema, a professor of economics and President’s Teaching Scholar at the University of Colorado Denver, recently presented a lecture on the history of economics as the recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Achievement Award. Economics Chairman Buhong Zheng introduced Medema as a “longtime faculty member who has an outstanding record of teaching, research and service.” [...]

Leo P. Bruederle, associate professor of integrative biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado Denver, and colleagues recently reported on a plant species new to science at Botany 2012, the annual meeting of the Botanical Society of America and American Society of Plant Taxonomists. Carex viridistellata, otherwise known as the [...]

Curious students peppered the engineers with questions: “Do you race it?” “How fast does it go?” “Can I take a picture of it?” The sixth-graders from Cole Middle School flocked around the Mile Highdrogen Car — a senior design project by a group of University of Colorado Denver mechanical engineering students — during their visit [...]

Brenda J. Allen – professor, Department of Communication and associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) – has been named associate vice chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Colorado Denver. Provost Rod Nairn announced the appointment, effective Aug. 1. Allen began her work for CU at the University [...]

Stephen John Hartnett, chair, Communications, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado Denver, is the principal investigator (P.I.) for a $10,000 grant from the Waterhouse Family Institute, which is affiliated with Villanova University. Co-P.I.s are Communication Department colleagues Lisa B. Keranen and Patrick S.W. Dodge, who also works with the International [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Rhonda Williams, associate professor of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs College of Education, recently was named Counselor Educator of the Year by the American School Counselors Association. She will receive her award June 25 at the association’s annual conference in Minneapolis. … Amy Nacht, director of the College of Nursing (CON), Nurse-Midwives faculty practice, [...]

Linda Alcott, assistant professor of French, Department of Modern Languages, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado Denver, presented a paper recently at the Sixth International Women in French Conference held at Arizona State University. The conference program focused on “Crossing Boundaries: French and Francophone women in Literature and Science, Culture [...]

Richard Miech, professor of health and behavioral sciences in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado Denver, presented the statistics and analysis of his recent study in a lecture at the Population Center at the University of Texas at Austin. As reported by The Daily Texan, Miech’s study shows marijuana [...]

Hamilton Bean, assistant professor, communication, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at CU Denver, served as an invited participant in the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism’s (START) two-day workshop, “Setting the Standards: Training Curriculum for Local Officials on Communicating With the Public About Homeland-Security Threats,” in Atlanta on Feb. [...]

Philip Joseph, associate professor of English at CU Denver, will publish in the New Centennial Review’s special issue on War and Peace, due out in the fall. Joseph’s recent publications include “Literary Lawlessness: Sozaboy and the Case of the Child Soldier in Fiction” in English Language Notes 49.2 and “Soldiers in Baltimore: The Wire and [...]

Cynthia Wong, associate professor of English at the University of Colorado Denver, delivered the keynote address at the 19th METU British Novelist Conference on Dec. 13, in Ankara, Turkey. The conference’s focus this year was on Kazuo Ishiguro and his work. … Brenda J. Allen, professor and associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts [...]

Leo P. Bruederle, associate professor of integrative biology at the University of Colorado Denver’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and former student Carol English (MS, 2008) co-authored a paper with Aaron Wenzel and Andi Wolfe (The Ohio State University) that was delivered at the annual meeting of the Botanical Society of America in St. [...]

After years of reading warning labels, smokers are aware of the health risks of their habit. Many, however, are not aware of the economic, environmental and human rights abuses associated with the industry they support. Assistant Professor of Anthropology Marty Otañez has spent the better part of his career studying — and making films about [...]

By Julia Cummings Robert “Bud” Talbot of the School of Education and Human Development, Randy Tagg of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Ron Rorrer of the College of Engineering and Applied Science, all faculty members at the University of Colorado Denver, are engaged in an electrifying collaboration with Aurora Public Schools (APS). [...]