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Housekeepers show powerful desire to learn

Graduates of "Introduction to Computer Basics" pose with their certificates and program founder (sitting in front with tie) Andres Lema-Hincapie. Tears...
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Program prioritization, budget discussions dominate forum

Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak explains details of program prioritization during a Dec. 10 forum. (Photo: Thomas Hutton/University of Colorado) With a...
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School of Public Health to gain from $1.5 million in grants from four Colorado foundations

Local Colorado foundations signaled ongoing support for improved community health with the announcement of a new, collaboratively funded grant to the Colorado...
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State of Slim Campus Challenge begins in January

Join your colleagues for the State of Slim Challenge and have an opportunity to win at least $2,500. The Campus Challenge features the Colorado Diet, an...
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Weight Watchers offers game plan for holiday season

Do you aim to maintain your weight over the holiday? The Be Colorado Weight Watchers benefit and the WeightWatchers.com Community have tips to help keep you on...
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Colorado Diet group classes offered at Anschutz Health and Wellness Center

Ready to lose that extra weight and finally live in a "state of slim"? Fix your metabolism and drop 20 pounds in just the first 8 weeks with the Colorado Diet...
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CU Connections holiday publication schedule: No new issues Dec. 26, Jan. 2

CU Connections will not publish new issues on Dec. 26 and Jan. 2. Deadline for submissions for the Jan. 9 issue is noon Friday, Jan. 3. Over the holidays, the...
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CU-Boulder to fly antibiotic experiment, education project on ants to space station

The International Space Station (Photo courtesy NASA) A University of Colorado Boulder research center will launch two payloads aboard Orbital Sciences Corp.’s...
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Five questions for Joseph Tanner

He grew up in the ‘60s when “nearly everyone was enamored with the space race and would have loved to have been on one of those rockets with the heroes who...
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Phishing successfully targets employee pay

Last month, CU Denver employees received an email asking them to confirm their employee credentials by clicking on a link that led to a fraudulent website...
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Faculty Council approves APS changes

The CU Faculty Council voted to approve proposed changes to two Administrative Policy Statements (APS) during the council’s Dec. 5 meeting at 1800 Grant St.
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Leeds: Positive, broad-based job growth forecast for Colorado in 2014

Colorado will continue on the road to recovery and add a variety of jobs in 2014 across almost all business sectors following a positive year in 2013,...
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Tenure list: December 2013

At its meeting last week at CU Denver, the Board of Regents approved tenure for six faculty members across the system.
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Students, campuses taking steps to reduce student debt

The 3.8 percent loan default rate at CU is substantially lower than state and national averages, which are 10.4 percent and 10 percent respectively.
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Professor’s two worlds both ripe for ‘paradigm shift’

Why is the head of an evolving journalism program producing iconoclastic scholarship on a seminal figure of the age of rationalism and the Scientific...
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Researchers: From common colds to deadly lung diseases, one protein plays key role

An international team of researchers has zeroed in on a protein that plays a key role in many lung-related ailments, from seasonal coughing and hacking to more...
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Economist: Smartphone users value their privacy, are willing to pay for it

Average smartphone users are willing to pay up to $5 extra for a typical application—or “app”—that won’t monitor their locations, contact lists and other...
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CU Denver’s largest-ever scholarship initiative fosters student success regardless of background

Raul Cardenas, associate vice chancellor for Student Affairs, announces the 1,000 More scholarship initiative at CU Denver. One thousand more. CU Denver's goal...
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UCCS, CU leaders make push for City for Champions

CU Regent Kyle Hybl speaks at a Wednesday meeting of the Colorado Economic Development Commission. President Bruce Benson followed with his remarks. A bevy of...
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Call for proposals: 2014-15 President’s Teaching and Learning Collaborative

The President’s Teaching and Learning Collaborative, CU's Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Program, is calling for research proposals for 2014-15. Central...
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Three CU employees win iPads in Financial IQ Challenge

More than 2,800 University of Colorado employees tested their financial IQs in November, but only three are taking home more than the knowledge they gained as...
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Fall 2013 Creating Futures magazine now available

The 40-page Fall 2013 issue of Creating Futures magazine, produced by the CU Office of Advancement, tells stories of philanthropy throughout the University of...
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Take the CU Connections survey for a chance at Buffs basketball tickets, prize package

How can we make CU Connections better? We’d like you to tell us. CU Connections is the news and information website that keeps you connected to other faculty...
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CU Connections holiday publication schedule: No new issues Dec. 26, Jan. 2

CU Connections will not publish new issues on Dec. 26 and Jan. 2. The final new issue before the winter holiday break will appear Thursday, Dec. 19; deadline...
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Program prioritization is underway at campuses

The Board of Regents’ program prioritization process is underway on all CU campuses, though some are further along than others, the board heard Tuesday during...

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