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Klingner receives honorary doctorate

Klingner receives honorary doctorate

Don Klingner, distinguished professor, School of Public Affairs, was awarded an honorary doctorate degree by the Institute Academy for Politico-Administrative Sciences and Future Studies, Oct. 20 in...
DiStefano named to AAU board of directors

DiStefano named to AAU board of directors

A testament to the strength of CU Boulder’s research and academics, and elected by his peers—other chancellors and presidents—CU Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano has been named to the board of...
Hanenberg, Reddy to present at national student mental health symposium

Hanenberg, Reddy to present at national student mental health symposium

Stephanie Hanenberg, executive director of health and wellness, Recreation and Wellness Center, and Chancellor Venkat Reddy will each present at the American College Health Association Mental Health...
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Williams honored by Colorado Association of Libraries

James F. Williams II, dean emeritus, received the Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL) 2017 Career Achievement Award at their annual conference October 13 in Loveland, Colorado.
Na’puti testifies before U.N. committee on Guam

Na’puti testifies before U.N. committee on Guam

With escalating tensions between the United States and North Korea threatening the security of the nearby U.S. territory of Guam, CU Boulder Professor Tiara Na'puti testified before a United Nations...
Bowman

Bowman elected to National Academy of Medicine

The National Academy of Medicine has elected Professor Christopher Bowman of the University of Colorado Boulder to its ranks.
Faculty Excellence Luncheon honors over 30 educators

Faculty Excellence Luncheon honors over 30 educators

On Oct. 11, members of the CU Denver community met in the Terrace Room at Lawrence Street Center to recognize outstanding achievements in research, teaching, mentorship, organization, librarianship...
In memoriam: Richard Traystman
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In memoriam: Richard Traystman

Richard Traystman UPDATED OCT. 30, 2017: The campus memorial for Richard Traystman, PhD, vice chancellor for research and Distinguished Professor of the University, will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7...
Coleman

Coleman next to step into leading role of commencement marshal

Bud Coleman will become the new University of Colorado Boulder commencement marshal—a role he likens, tongue-in-cheek, to being a waiter.
Church

Church to present at Wyoming

Minette Church, associate professor, Anthropology Department, will present “Roadside Public History and the Archaeology of the Mountain Route of the Santa Fe Trail” Oct. 20 at the University of...
Yang

Yang presents to national leaders on research in energy markets

The J.P. Morgan Center for Commodities’ research chair presents research to leading industry and policymakers last week at a U.S. Energy Information Administration workshop.
Adams, Barton earn grants from Air Force’s Young Investigator Research Program

Adams, Barton earn grants from Air Force’s Young Investigator Research Program

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research announced it will award approximately $19.1 million in grants to 43 scientists and engineers from 37 research institutions and small businesses who...
Strain receives $4.7 million in autism-related grants

Strain receives $4.7 million in autism-related grants

CU Denver has long been one of the nation’s leading autism research universities. Phil Strain, professor of Early Childhood Special Education in the School of Education & Human Development, is a...
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.
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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...
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...
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...

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