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Thinking STEM career: Boys and Girls Club engages in education research

Thinking STEM career: Boys and Girls Club engages in education research

It’s not uncommon to hear elementary schoolers from Jack A. Vickers Boys and Girls Club in Denver’s Northeast Park Hill neighborhood dropping complex terms...
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Alzheimer’s Center gets a new name

Alzheimer’s Center gets a new name

The age-old question “what’s in a name?” took on special meaning for members of the Rocky Mountain Alzheimer’s Disease Center last year as they examined the...
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CU Faculty Voices: Try these tech tools to support student learning
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CU Faculty Voices: Try these tech tools to support student learning

Editor’s note: This is one in a series of commentaries by CU faculty, presented by the Faculty Council Communications Committee and CU Connections. Learn more...
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Staff Council hears latest on strategic planning process

Encouraging the university community to offer feedback on the CU strategic planning process, President Mark Kennedy and Angelique Foster, assistant vice...
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Netflix co-founder, Moms Demand Action founder, more headline 2020 Conference on World Affairs

Netflix co-founder, Moms Demand Action founder, more headline 2020 Conference on World Affairs

The 72nd Conference on World Affairs returns to the University of Colorado Boulder April 6-10th, 2020. Netflix co-founder and former CEO Marc Randolph will...
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Fanfiction writers create new worlds where they feel at home

Fanfiction writers create new worlds where they feel at home

How the once-obscure literary genre is giving voice to the voiceless and inspiring a new, more diverse generation of computer scientists.
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New Jake Jabs Event Center celebrates grand opening

New Jake Jabs Event Center celebrates grand opening

On Wednesday, Feb. 19, the University of Colorado Denver Business School and the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship celebrated the grand opening of the new...
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In battle of the pancakes, powerful protein and whole grains win

In battle of the pancakes, powerful protein and whole grains win

Mmmmmmm. Pancakes. Who doesn’t love the Homer Simpson favorite? But before you plop down in your favorite restaurant booth and order up a stack that rivals...
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University of Colorado Cancer Center named National Pancreas Foundation Center of Excellence

University of Colorado Cancer Center named National Pancreas Foundation Center of Excellence

The most important factor predicting the survival of pancreatic cancer patients is whether the cancer can be surgically removed (whether the cancer is “...
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CU Board of Regents, Feb. 2020
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Board of Regents February meeting coverage

Regents begin considering tuition, salary increases Efficiency was the catchword during the budget and compensation presentation at Friday’s CU Board of...
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CU Board of Regents
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Regents begin considering tuition, salary increases

Efficiency was the catchword during the budget and compensation presentation at Friday’s CU Board of Regents meeting at CU Denver. The board was given three...
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CU Board of Regents
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Strategic planning: Regents explore state’s future workforce needs

Rapidly changing demographics and disruptive technology will drive profound change in Colorado’s workforce over the next decade, providing challenges and...
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Civics literacy to be subject of annual report to board

Civics literacy among CU students will be the topic of an annual report to be delivered to the Board of Regents beginning next year. The board on Feb. 13 voted...
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Regents roundup: Three policy changes approved

During its meeting last week at CU Denver, the Board of Regents approved changes to the following Regent Policies, effective Feb. 13, 2020: Policy 2.I:...
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Online workshop by Jhangiani launches Open Education Week
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Online workshop by Jhangiani launches Open Education Week

Rajiv Jhangiani Kick off Open Education Week by attending Rajiv Jhangiani’s online workshop, “Beyond Free: Supporting Social Justice Through Open Educational...
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Chancellor, Graduate School dean update Boulder Faculty Assembly

Chancellor, Graduate School dean update Boulder Faculty Assembly

Expanded benefits for graduate students, the kickoff this month of a yearlong campus dialogue on academic freedom, mental health and wellness, and solutions to...
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Three reasons to attend the free Inclusive Sports Summit on Feb. 26

Three reasons to attend the free Inclusive Sports Summit on Feb. 26

This year’s Inclusive Sports Summit (ISS) will explore privilege, inclusion and diversity within sports and recreation. CU Boulder Athletics and Recreation...
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Proapps works to add IT functionality, save money for campus units

Proapps works to add IT functionality, save money for campus units

If campus employees have thought “I could really use this software to do my work easier,” the Office of Information Technology provides a way to evaluate and...
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What does CU Denver want in a new chancellor?

What does CU Denver want in a new chancellor?

Daniel Casillas, one of two student members of the Chancellor Search Committee, organized an open forum for the CU Denver community. Dr. Venkat Reddy,...
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Blessing ceremony opens new genomics and health research lab

Blessing ceremony opens new genomics and health research lab

Perhaps the future of modern, transformative medicine begins with a bridge to the past. “Our genes are as old as the universe – everything that proceeded us is...
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Homebuying support program offered to CU employees
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Homebuying support program offered to CU employees

The University of Colorado is partnering with Landed to launch a down-payment assistance program to help qualified employees purchase homes in neighborhoods...
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Drones go underground in high-stakes competition

Drones go underground in high-stakes competition

Roughly one story belowground, in an undisclosed location in Boulder County, close to a dozen engineers hustle up and down a series of utility tunnels—a...
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Higher ed leader delves into funding, retention, mental health during campus visit

Higher ed leader delves into funding, retention, mental health during campus visit

Dr. Angie Paccione has been around higher education for a long time: as a professor, a student and Colorado legislator. The appointed leader of the Colorado...
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Chancellor Reddy teaches visiting class on economics of higher education

Chancellor Reddy teaches visiting class on economics of higher education

On Feb. 4, Chancellor Venkat Reddy spent the afternoon back in familiar territory: teaching class in Dwire Hall. Reddy – who remains a tenured professor of...

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