Jim R. Carrigan – a former U.S. Federal District Court Judge and Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, as well as a former member of the CU Board of Regents – died Aug. 15, 2014, in his Boulder home...
Christopher Yakacki , assistant professor in the College of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Mechanical Engineering at CU Denver, has won a 2014 National Science Foundation CAREER Award...
Howie Movshovitz , CU Denver’s director of film education in the College of Arts and Media, first met renowned film critic and author Roger Ebert more than 40 years ago, and remained friends until...
Benjamin Brewer , director of clinical psychology services for the School of Medicine Department of Hematology and investigator at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, has been awarded a two-...
Eric Poeschla has been named head of the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine. Previously, he was a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Poeschla...
Some 22 faculty and staff members joined UCCS in July. They are: Barbara Anderson , custodian, Physical Plant; Timothy Balagat , mechanical trades, Physical Plant; LaCedric DeLoach , custodian,...
Pamela Jansma , currently professor and dean of the College of Science at the University of Texas at Arlington, will become the dean of CU Denver’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences beginning Sept...
David Reed , who has served as associate faculty director of the Interdisciplinary Telecom Program (ITP) at CU-Boulder, became ITP faculty director on July 1. “ITP continues to shine as one of the...
Ashley VanMeter will soon join the UCCS Athletic Department as assistant athletic trainer. VanMeter spent the past seven seasons as the assistant director of sports medicine at the University of...
Kathrin Bernt , assistant professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine, has received a Clinical Scientist Development Award from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The award provides funding...
Ruth Ellen Kocher , professor of English and director of the creative writing program at the University of Colorado Boulder, recently won a prestigious PEN Literary Award. Kocher won the PEN Open...
Tom Dewar Susie Sargent Three staff members recently joined the UCCS Office of University Development to assist private fundraising efforts for the campus. The three are: Tom Dewar , senior director...
Anne Sheehan Shijie Zhong Tom Woods Three CU-Boulder scientists recently were elected American Geophysical Union Fellows. The honorees are: Anne Sheehan, professor in the Department of Geological...
Tom Napierkowski , professor, Department of English at UCCS, recently was awarded the Knights Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, a diplomatic order given to those who have...
Sara Qualls , Kramer Family Professor of Aging Studies, Department of Psychology at UCCS, will receive the American Psychological Association’s Committee on Aging CONA Award on Aug. 9. The award for...
E. Chester “Chip” Ridgway, M.D., of the CU School of Medicine died July 31, 2014. Click here to read Dean Richard Krugman’s letter to colleagues. A memorial event will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug...
Cerian Gibbes , assistant professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at UCCS, recently was selected to participate in a Fulbright Regional Network for Applied Research Program...
Robert von Dassanowsky , professor in the Department of Languages and Cultures, and Visual and Performing Arts at UCCS, recently received a 2014-15 Dietrich W. Botstiber Foundation’s Institute for...
Names of University of Colorado faculty and staff who have died in recent weeks. List compiled by Employee Services. CU-Boulder James E. Faulkner, 69, classified staff retiree. June 14, 2014. Carol S...
Matthew J. Kennedy , assistant professor of pharmacology in the School of Medicine, has been named a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences. He is one of 22 early-career researchers to receive the...
Garrett Gatlin – a UCCS lecturer, research intern at the Center for Creative Leadership, and assistant director of a local nonprofit – has been named the interim director of the Chancellor’s...
Steve Thweatt has been named vice chancellor for administration at CU-Boulder, effective July 1. Thweatt has been serving as interim vice chancellor for administration since March 15. The vice...
Szpyrka Scott Reynolds Moore Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak announced several administrative organizational changes, including the assignment of duties following the resignation of Brian Burnett,...
Terry Potter , professor of immunology, has been named interim dean of the Graduate School at CU Denver. Potter replaces Barry Shur, who recently retired. Potter has been a member of the Department...
Former UCCS Chancellor and faculty emeritus Donald Schwartz died July 4, 2014, in Colorado Springs. He was 86. He was named the second chancellor of UCCS in January 1978 and resigned as chancellor...
