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Martinez Otañez

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 ethnic studies at the University of Colorado Denver College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, was the keynote speaker at The Denver Indian Family Resource Center, Colorado Department of Human Services, and Colorado Commission on Indian Affairs workshop on the Indian Child Welfare Act  at the Denver Indian Center. The talk was titled, “Historical Trauma and the Legacy of Relocation.” … Marty Otañez, assistant professor in anthropology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, at CU Denver, attended the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) meeting in Seoul, South Korea, this month. Representatives from 176 countries met to discuss the world’s first public health treaty designed to reduce death and disease from tobacco.