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Boulos to speak as part of Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture Series at CU Denver

Boulos to speak as part of Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture Series at CU Denver

CU Denver is pleased to announce the October lecture entitled The Three Circles of Leadership That Can Change the World will be presented by Dr. Paul Boulos, Former Founder, Chairman and CEO of...
Bianco on Puerto Rican identity and Latinx students

Bianco on Puerto Rican identity and Latinx students

Associate Professor Margarita Bianco, PhD, teaches in the School of Education and Human Development and founded Pathways2Teaching, a nationally recognized program designed to encourage high school...
Sicker appointed as chief computing officer, will lead computing cross-campus task force

Sicker appointed as chief computing officer, will lead computing cross-campus task force

Responding to the need for leadership to develop a cross-campus task force to create a vision and program plan for a transformational initiative in interdisciplinary computing, Provost Constancio...
Morris, Palmer joining CU Denver’s Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Morris, Palmer joining CU Denver’s Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Two seasoned DEI experts are soon joining CU Denver’s Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. These positions will focus on providing support and resources to enhance each student’s experience...
Kroll reflects on his alma mater, CU Denver

Kroll reflects on his alma mater, CU Denver

Elected in 2016 to represent Colorado’s 1st Congressional District, Jack Kroll ’11, MS ’20 is a proud Lynx alum who now serves as Chair of the CU Board of Regents. In the fall of 2006, however, he...
Petersen named inaugural Professor in Practice

Petersen named inaugural Professor in Practice

We are excited to announce the appointment of Rick Petersen, FAIA, LEED AP, to the newly created John B. Rogers Professor in Practice position for the 2021-22 academic year.
CU on the Air podcast host McConnellogue retires

CU on the Air podcast host McConnellogue retires

It’s the end of an era – or at least a 15-year run. New CU on the Air host Emily Davies talks with Vice President of University Communication Ken McConnellogue, who is retiring from the university...
Marcy and Bruce Benson launch full-ride geology graduate fellowships

Marcy and Bruce Benson launch full-ride geology graduate fellowships

Bryn Launer took a deep breath as she picked up the phone. She was calling the brother of a patient with a severe head injury suffered in a motorcycle accident. Still unconscious in the hospital...
Boylan, Masters receive John Templeton Foundation grant to study religion, spirituality, health

Boylan, Masters receive John Templeton Foundation grant to study religion, spirituality, health

University of Colorado Denver’s Jennifer Boylan, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences, and Kevin Masters, PhD, professor of psychology, received a $230K grant...
Yu receives NSF CAREER award to support research in active polymers

Yu receives NSF CAREER award to support research in active polymers

Kai Yu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at CU Denver, has received the Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the foundation...
Hanson elected chair of Faculty Assembly

Hanson elected chair of Faculty Assembly

Senior Instructor Jarrod Hanson was recently elected chair of Faculty Assembly. The official voice of CU Denver and CU Anschutz Medical Campus professors and instructors, Faculty Assembly advises...
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...
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...
Lockley honored by South Korean government for years of research

Lockley honored by South Korean government for years of research

On Dec. 8, 2020, after two weeks of quarantine in Seoul, the South Korean government awarded its presidential medal to CU Denver’s professor emeritus of geology, Martin Lockley, for his contributions...
Faras

Faras named CU Denver vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion

University of Colorado Denver Chancellor Michelle Marks announced the appointment of Antonio Farias as Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) following the completion of a...
Williams

Williams named Vice Chancellor for Communications at CU Denver

Marie Williams, a proven communications leader and strategist with more than two decades of experience, will become the new vice chancellor for communications at the University of Colorado Denver,...
Damrauer

In memoriam: Lennie Damrauer

The University of Colorado community lost a valued member with the passing of Lenore (Lennie) Damrauer on Nov. 21, at the age of 77. Her affiliation with the CU Denver Department of Chemistry began...
Mills

Mills authors new book, ‘The World Colonization Made’

Brandon Mills, PhD, an instructor at the University of Colorado Denver in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, recently released his book The World Colonization Made: The Racial Geography of...
Hendricks, Claw

Hendricks, Claw earn 2020 Genomic Innovator Awards

This year, the award went to 12 researchers around the U.S., with two from the University of Colorado Denver. Audrey Hendricks, PhD, and Katrina Claw, PhD, received over $1.5 million respectively...
Buma

Buma awarded grant to examine history of forest harvests, influence on climate change

With this grant, Buma will explore what limits, if any, historical management patterns of carbon place on current carbon-management actions, and what that means for carbon management in the future.
Caronon

Caronan named Faculty Fellow to support diversity, equity and inclusion at CU Denver

Faye Caronan, PhD, head of Ethnic Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS), will serve as an advisor to the chancellor and leadership team on issues concerning underrepresented and...

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