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Gonzales talks War on Terror at Auraria Campus

Just two days before the 10th anniversary of 9/11, former U.S. Attorney General was on the Auraria Campus to speak to a crowd gathered in the Tivoli Turnhalle about his experiences serving in President...

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Students, faculty, staff get kick out of Funny Field Day

Funny Field Day 2012 was a big hit with students, faculty and staff alike. Tuesday in front of St. Cajetan’s on the Auraria Campus, the Office of Student Life put together numerous events for everyone...

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Capacity crowd sees Step Afrika! highlight cultures

Stepping is one of the oldest traditions in the world and CU Denver Live! along with The CU Denver Office of Student Life hosted an event at the end of February in the King Center Recital Hall to bring...

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Guatemala is ‘alternative’ destination for students’ service project

QUETZALTENANGO, Guatemala – Shortly after the spring semester ended, a group of 15 CU Denver undergraduate students and four staff members headed to Guatemala for the first international Alternative...

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Campus welcomes freshmen with simple message: welcome and get involved

The University of Colorado Denver cranked up the spirit dial at this year’s convocation ceremony: academic regalia was worn, Milo the Lynx was afoot, and a rocking seize-your-time message was delivered...

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Newest club sports team reflects campus’s growing international student body

The ball gets crisply knocked back and forth as players glide through drills. The CU Denver men’s soccer club team is only a few weeks old, but already this blend of international talent shows promise....

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Kocher wins prestigious PEN Award

Ruth Ellen Kocher, professor of English and director of the creative writing program at the University of Colorado Boulder, recently won a prestigious PEN Literary Award. Kocher won the PEN Open Book...

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CU Achieve summer program helps students stay on track to graduation

By the end of last spring, Jessica Van der Linden was behind on credit hours — just two courses shy of being a junior as her sophomore year at the University of Colorado Boulder came to a close —...

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UCCS master’s program earns accreditation

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs Master of Public Administration program is now independently accredited by the Network of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration, NASPAA. The program was...

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University of Colorado Cancer Center among the best in cancer care

The University of Colorado Cancer Center’s clinical partner, the University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) again ranks as the best hospital in the state, according to U.S. News Best Hospitals report. UCH...

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Decoding ethnic labels: Are you Chicano, Latino or Hispanic?

If you are of Latin American descent, do you call yourself Chicano? Latino? Hispanic? As an undergraduate at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Carlos Hipolito-Delgado, Ph.D., knew...

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Tenure list: August 2014

At its meeting Wednesday at 1800 Grant St. in Denver, the CU Board of Regents approved four appointments with tenure.

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Laura Hansen Dean joins university as chief of Gift Planning

“Laura’s experience, savvy and service-oriented approach will be a great asset for us as we continue to evolve our centralized Advancement operation,” says Johnnie Ray, CU’s vice president of...

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New report highlights how climate change may affect water in Colorado

“Despite some uncertainties around precipitation, it’s clear that as temperatures rise in Colorado, there will be impacts on our water resources,” said Jeff Lukas, lead author of the new report and a...

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Campus exposure a positive influence on middle school students

Learning the art of suturing using pigs’ feet elicited “ooohs” and some “eeews” from Skinner Middle School students participating in a program on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus designed to give the...

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Five questions for David Rood

A professor of linguistics at the University of Colorado Boulder, he studies language structures. Rood and fellow linguists aren’t so interested in “mastering the system” – or learning to speak the...

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Jansma named dean of CLAS at CU Denver

Pamela Jansma, currently professor and dean of the College of Science at the University of Texas at Arlington, will become the dean of CU Denver’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences beginning Sept....

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Psychology Department receives $325,000 federal graduate student training grant

The Department of Psychology recently received a two-year $325,000 Graduate Psychology Education grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services...

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Why I chose to teach here: Jared Brown and Zaneta Thayer

ZANETA THAYER: Room to teach and do research Zaneta Thayer, Ph.D., finished her doctoral degree in anthropology last fall with impeccable academic credentials. She was considering various options when...

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CU doctors top 5280 Magazine list of top docs

Faculty from the University of Colorado School of Medicine filled more than half the roster of 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors issue for 2014 – an honor that is determined annually by peer physicians who...

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