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Townsend

Townsend named new director of INSTAAR

After an internal search, Terri Fiez, Interim Dean of the Institutes and Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation, appointed Alan R. Townsend director of INSTAAR on October 2nd.
Faculty achievement celebrated at CU Boulder event

Faculty achievement celebrated at CU Boulder event

At the 12th annual Fall Convocation Awards and Presentations Celebrating Faculty Achivements Oct. 6, 2017, the campus honored faculty who were recently tenured or promoted, and faculty receiving the...
Eight picked as ethics fellows

Eight picked as ethics fellows

Eight faculty members will serve as UCCS Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Fellows during academic year 2017-2018.
Bell

Bell named director of community learning

Megan Bell, director of assessment, policy and efficiency, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance, will become executive director of community learning and assessment effective...
CUPD Promotions

CUPD promotes six sworn, three civilian personnel

The University of Colorado Boulder Police Department (CUPD) held a promotion ceremony Monday for six sworn personnel and three civilians at the Boulder Municipal Court. The Honorable Judge Linda...
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Pastula appointed to Colorado Board of Health

Daniel Pastula, assistant professor and associate director of medical student education in the Department of Neurology at the CU School of Medicine, has been appointed by Gov. John Hickenlooper to...
Flaig

Flaig named chair of national panel

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) is an alliance of 27 leading cancer centers working together to set the standards of cancer care followed by clinicians around the country and the...
Jankowski

Jankowski awarded NIH funding for bone density study

Approximately 46 percent (21 million) of older women in the United States have low bone mass, a condition that increases the risk of fracture, disability, and death, but may also be reversible...
Pyrooz

Pyrooz goes inside America’s prisons to study gang life

Seated inside a windowless, soundproof room at the county jail in Fresno, Calif., David Pyrooz was getting nervous. Across from him sat a gang member awaiting trial for murder, his slick-bald head...
Wynne presents at professional conference

Wynne presents at professional conference

Anja Wynne, executive director, Human Resources Office, presented at two sessions of the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources Sept. 16-19 in San Diego, California.
Jimeno

Jimeno earns R01 grants to make new models testing cancer immunotherapies

As Harry Potter characters use an invisibility cloak to avoid detection in Hogwarts’ forbidden areas, cancer cells make themselves invisible to the immune system to avoid destruction.
CU Boulder researchers honored with Governor’s Awards for high impact

CU Boulder researchers honored with Governor’s Awards for high impact

Two projects led by University of Colorado Boulder researchers are among a select group being recognized with 2017 Governor’s Awards for High-Impact Research. The awards, presented by the CO-LABS...
Bean

Bean named new alumni director

Joanna Bean, currently assistant director, University Communications and Media Relations, is the new director of the Office of Alumni Relations and Annual Fund.
Canto-Soler

Canto-Soler joins Ophthalmology and Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine team

When Valeria Canto-Soler, Ph.D., was a biology student in Argentina, she dreamed of a career studying elephants and other African wildlife in their natural habitat.
Newly minted professors of distinction to be celebrated

Newly minted professors of distinction to be celebrated

In Sept. 21 event, professors of art and art history, classics, geography and linguistics will give public lectures on their areas of expertise
Brock leads student tour to Peru, named honorary professor

Brock leads student tour to Peru, named honorary professor

John Brock, senior instructor, Economics Department, and director, Center for Economic Education, led a trip to Peru this summer with UCCS students that included Brock’s induction as an honorary...
Communication faculty collaborated on new book

Communication faculty collaborated on new book

The Department of Communication’s Professor Stephen Hartnett, Associate Professor and Chair Lisa Keranen, and (past ICB Instructor) Donovan Conley published their edited scholarly book Imagining...
DeGregori

James DeGregori goes ‘Over the Edge’ for Cancer League of Colorado

On September 7, 8 or 9, James DeGregori, PhD, will rappel 29 stories down the side of one of Denver’s tallest skyscrapers in the annual “Over the Edge” event raising funds for the Cancer League of...
Broussard

Broussard to lead CU Boulder athletic fundraising efforts

Ben Broussard, the vice president for development for Louisiana State University's Tiger Athletic Foundation for the last seven years, has been hired in a similar capacity at the University of...
Krugman

Krugman named interim dean of College of Nursing

We are delighted to announce today the appointment of Mary Krugman PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, as interim dean of the College of Nursing.
Lyons

Lyons earns prestigious grants

A successful early-career scientist will apply for many grants and even win a few, often first from foundations and associations, perhaps from programs designed to promote the training of young...
Guntupalli publishes first book, ‘Sex and Cancer’

Guntupalli publishes first book, ‘Sex and Cancer’

An encounter with a patient and an a-ha moment inspired a University of Colorado Cancer Center physician to write a book about a challenge experienced by many gynecological oncology patients.
Goodman-Gaghan recognized

Goodman-Gaghan recognized

Rhonda Goodman-Gaghan, curator, Heller Center for Arts and Humanities, was recognized by the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region for her work on two August cultural events, a Heller Center Paint...
Lee

Lee wins crime predicting prize

YongJei Lee, assistant professor, School of Public Affairs, was part of a team of scholars that won a Real-Time Crime Forecasting Challenge sponsored by the National Institute of Justice.

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