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Erwin to retire; search for successor begins

Erwin to retire; search for successor begins

Katherine Erwin, who has led hallmark employee initiatives since 2016 as a member of the chancellor’s cabinet, will retire effective June 30 after 27 years of service to CU Boulder.
Bates’ video series helps people make informed decisions about COVID-19 vaccines

Bates’ video series helps people make informed decisions about COVID-19 vaccines

As a scientist and medical researcher, Emily Bates, PhD, was relieved and grateful to be able to take a COVID-19 vaccine. But when she began talking to others who didn’t work in medicine, she was...
Bright, Hutchison receive 2020 Distinguished Research Lectureships

Bright, Hutchison receive 2020 Distinguished Research Lectureships

The Lectureship is among the most esteemed honors bestowed by the faculty upon a faculty member at the University of Colorado Boulder. Each year, the Research & Innovation Office (RIO) requests...
Peffer named Writer in Residence for library district

Peffer named Writer in Residence for library district

Dr. Melanie Peffer is a writer, speaker, researcher, and educator originally from Pittsburgh, PA. She has lived in Greeley for the last five years.
Manson earns prestigious Fries Award for excellence in health education

Manson earns prestigious Fries Award for excellence in health education

Returning from a fly-fishing trip to Bristol Bay, Alaska, last July, Dr. Spero Manson stood at a baggage claim carousel at Denver International Airport. His phone rang. The caller, Dr. Jonathan Samet...
Kennedy, Meehan to discuss ‘Bipartisanship (and Friendship) Happen!’ in virtual event

Kennedy, Meehan to discuss ‘Bipartisanship (and Friendship) Happen!’ in virtual event

Join us for a public conversation between University of Colorado President Mark Kennedy and University of Massachusetts President Marty Meehan who served in the U.S. House of Representatives together...
Demmig-Adams wins 2021 Hazel Barnes Prize

Demmig-Adams wins 2021 Hazel Barnes Prize

Biologist Barbara Demmig-Adams has won the 2021 Hazel Barnes Prize, the most distinguished award a faculty member can receive from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Ginde

Ginde leads effort to reach and treat Coloradans with COVID-19

The nation has been coping with the pandemic for more than a year, and in this time, researchers have learned a great deal about how to treat COVID-19. Yet they have also been faced with what they...
Kempf

Kempf co-authors ‘Safety and Security in Hotels and Home Sharing’

Former attorney and inspector general Robin J. Kempf, now an assistant professor in the School of Public Affairs, writes, researches and teaches on government accountability.
Haggerty

Haggerty named Vice Chancellor of Finance and Business Operations/CFO at CU Denver

CU Denver’s Associate Vice Chancellor of Budget, Todd Haggerty, has been appointed as vice chancellor of finance and business operations and CFO for the university. He will take over the role...
Actress, activist Jamil to give virtual talk April 8

Actress, activist Jamil to give virtual talk April 8

Jameela Jamil, star of NBC's The Good Place and a writer and activist, will give a virtual CU Boulder talk on Thursday, April 8. Jamil is being hosted by the Cultural Events Board, a CU Boulder...
O’Neill wins Grammy

O’Neill wins Grammy

Richard O’Neill, the newest member of the College of Music’s string faculty, won a Grammy Award in the Best Classical Instrumental Solo category for his performance of Christopher Theofanidis’...
Employee of the Quarter Chubb transforms online learning for School of Public Affairs

Employee of the Quarter Chubb transforms online learning for School of Public Affairs

For Caroline Chubb, instructional technologist for the School of Public Affairs, work isn’t just about supporting faculty. It’s about discovering what’s possible in the realm of teaching and learning...
Fell named executive director of Real Estate Services

Fell named executive director of Real Estate Services

Vice Chancellor for Infrastructure and Sustainability David Kang has named Rebecca Fell executive director for Real Estate Services.
Hanenberg nominated for Community Hero of the Year award

Hanenberg nominated for Community Hero of the Year award

Many who know Stephanie Hanenberg, assistant vice chancellor for health and wellness and two-time alumna of UCCS’ Beth-El College of Nursing, would say that her efforts for UCCS over the course of...
Podcast: Bradley on closing the cancer care gap

Podcast: Bradley on closing the cancer care gap

A cancer diagnosis today, while still scary and life-changing, signals a death sentence far less often than ever before. On the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, with its top doctors...
Draper to retire from CU Boulder

Draper to retire from CU Boulder

Senior Strategic Advisor and former Vice Chancellor for Strategic Relations and Communications Frances Draper has announced she will be retiring from CU Boulder at the end of March.
Bloom

Bloom earns NSF CAREER award

Gedare Bloom, Ph.D, assistant professor in the UCCS Computer Science Department, received a National Science Foundation CAREER award for his research project “Foundations for Real-Time System...
Haendel joins CU Anschutz as Chief Research Informatics Officer

Haendel joins CU Anschutz as Chief Research Informatics Officer

Melissa A. Haendel, PhD, has been named Chief Research Informatics Officer (CRIO) for the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, a newly created position responsible for transforming the...
In memoriam: Dennis Mileti

In memoriam: Dennis Mileti

Mileti succumbed to complications from COVID-19 on Jan. 21, 2021, two days before he was scheduled to get his first vaccine. He was 75.
Nobel laureate Cech to explore gene editing, COVID-19 vaccines in March 17 talk

Nobel laureate Cech to explore gene editing, COVID-19 vaccines in March 17 talk

Nobel laureate and Distinguished Professor Tom Cech will present a virtual lecture March 17 titled “The Magic of RNA: From CRISPR to Coronavirus Vaccines."
Holguin

Holguin shines in acting debut on Golden Globe Awards

When Carey Mulligan complains to Fernando Holguin, MD, during a Zoom office visit about a persistent feeling of living in a time loop, the veteran doctor’s medical sleuthing skills kick in.
Harris

Harris authors ‘Sport Participation and Olympic Legacy’

Spencer Harris, associate professor of sport management in the College of Business, teaches, researches and writes on sport governance, sport politics and sport policy.
Müller-Sievers to deliver virtual Distinguished Research Lecture on March 10

Müller-Sievers to deliver virtual Distinguished Research Lecture on March 10

Müller-Sievers was selected to receive the 2019 Distinguished Research Lectureship, which is among the most esteemed honors bestowed by the faculty upon a faculty member at the University of Colorado...

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