A CU Denver partnership with the Colorado Department of Corrections recently celebrated a milestone, holding “graduation” ceremonies for incarcerated learners who completed a seven-class sequence leading toward a Certificate in Strategic Communication. Led by Stephen Hartnett, professor from CU Denver’s communication department, the Prison Education program offers college communication classes aimed at giving prisoners the skills and confidence to return to their communities.
Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Brian Boatright last week swore in four members of the University of Colorado Board of Regents who were elected in November. Four is an unusual number to join the nine-member board.
From CU Olympians in Beijing to new leadership for the Board of Regents, these were the topics of interest in the most popular CU Connections feature stories of 2022.
Despite population growth in the tens of thousands over the past few years, two-thirds of Colorado’s 64 counties remain rural or frontier. – Frontier counties have fewer than six people per square mile. The problem is, nearly all of those counties are short on access to primary care, dental care and mental health services. For 17 years, the University of Colorado School of Medicine Rural Program has been a pivotal part of the solution.
