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Hendricks, Claw

Hendricks, Claw earn 2020 Genomic Innovator Awards

This year, the award went to 12 researchers around the U.S., with two from the University of Colorado Denver. Audrey Hendricks, PhD, and Katrina Claw, PhD, received over $1.5 million respectively...
CU Boulder engineering dean finalists to take part in open forums

CU Boulder engineering dean finalists to take part in open forums

Laura Schaefer, Alyssa Panitch, Samuel Mukasa, Karen Thole
Shapiro

Shapiro on integrating work, life, health and safety

David Shapiro took his liberal arts education as an invitation. His early college courses had sparked an interest in African culture, which quickly inspired David to spend the first half of his...
Buma

Buma awarded grant to examine history of forest harvests, influence on climate change

With this grant, Buma will explore what limits, if any, historical management patterns of carbon place on current carbon-management actions, and what that means for carbon management in the future.
Former CU Boulder postdoc Jennifer Doudna smashes glass ceiling with historic Nobel win

Former CU Boulder postdoc Doudna smashes glass ceiling with historic Nobel win

Thirty years after beginning her training as a postdoctoral scholar in the CU Boulder lab of Nobel laureate Thomas Cech, biochemist Jennifer Doudna on Wednesday won her own Nobel Prize for Chemistry...
Weiss

Weiss to discuss free speech and cancel culture in Benson Center webinar

In recent months, social coercion has become a more effective means of restricting political speech than legal coercion. Opinions that were once common are now anathema, and campaigns to de-platform...
Potter

Potter on promising Alzheimer’s trials, treatments in process

As World Alzheimer’s Month 2020 comes to a close, we followed up with Dr. Potter to learn about the progress made over the last year toward better understanding and combating a disease that currently...
Levine

Chief information officer Levine to retire; search for successor to begin

Larry Levine, who has led the information technology needs of CU Boulder students, faculty and staff for more than a decade, is retiring at the end of next June, and the university will soon conduct...
Cornell West

West to join Scholes, Spaulding for conversation on race, religion, politics

Philosopher, political activist and author Cornel West will join professors from UCCS and Colorado College for a virtual conversation raising public awareness of the socio-political challenges facing...
Rennie

Hip-hop dance maestro Harris wins major award

Lorenzo “Rennie” Harris, a pioneering Hip-hop choreographer and artist-in-residence at the University of Colorado Boulder, is one of eight people to win the prestigious 2020 Doris Duke Artist Award.
Wieman awarded Yidan Prize for Education Research

Wieman awarded Yidan Prize for Education Research

Wieman worked as a professor of physics at the University of Colorado Boulder for 25 years. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics together with Eric Cornell in 2001, and then directed his considerable...
Caronon

Caronan named Faculty Fellow to support diversity, equity and inclusion at CU Denver

Faye Caronan, PhD, head of Ethnic Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS), will serve as an advisor to the chancellor and leadership team on issues concerning underrepresented and...

Linhart to retire in February 2021

The former UCCS police officer and deputy chief assumed his current role in 2012 after a reorganization within the student affairs division.

CU Boulder names four finalists for College of Music dean

The finalists for the position are John Davis, senior associate dean of the College of Music at CU Boulder; Valerie Martin, vice provost and dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Susquehanna...
Hanenberg named assistant vice chancellor for health and wellness

Hanenberg named assistant vice chancellor for health and wellness

Effective Sept. 1, the promotion comes as part of the first phase of the Division of Student Affairs reorganization. Hanenberg will be the first to fill this new position for the university.
Bacheldor recognized with Colorado PGA Professional Development Award

Bacheldor recognized with Colorado PGA Professional Development Award

Bacheldor has been teaching PGA curriculum for more than eight years in the UCCS PGA Golf Management Program. His improvements to course delivery and instruction resulted in a PGA exam pass rate...
CU Boulder welcomes 95 new faculty members

CU Boulder welcomes 95 new faculty members

CU Boulder welcomed 95 new faculty members who are starting this semester, along with 10 more who are starting in the spring of 2021. With previous affiliations at some of the world’s most reputable...
Anaya

Law dean Anaya to continue as member of the faculty in 2021-22

Provost Russell L. Moore announced today that S. James Anaya will not seek a second term as dean of the University of Colorado Law School and will continue as a member of the faculty when his five-...
Ho

Ho named assistant dean of College of Education

Sandy Ho, instructor and former director of the UCCS Excel Languages Center, has been named assistant dean and director of student affairs for the College of Education. Ho assumed the role Aug. 1.
Jaramillo

Jaramillo on the intersection of science, philosophy and community

Diana Jaramillo’s parents immigrated from Cusco, Peru to the United States when she was 14 years old. Looking for a new life with better opportunities, her parents relocated their family to Florida...

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