Mount Trashmore aims to reduce campus waste
UPDATE: Mount Trashmore has been rescheduled to 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Nov. 20 due to inclement weather. El Pomar Plaza will be covered in trash between 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Nov. 13 as UCCS students (More)
Events
Faculty workshop to address stereotypes, classroom dynamics
Helping faculty confront their own, and their students’ stereotypes, is the goal of a new workshop, “Tunnel Vision: Overcoming Our Received Frameworks in the Classroom.” Kimbra Smith, associate professor, Anthropology Department, and Jeff Scholes, assistant (More)
Top math minds to visit campus
Some of the top mathematicians in Colorado will be on campus Nov. 1 in celebration of Colorado Nonlinear Day. Nonlinear wave phenomena are ubiquitous in science and they manifest in nature as hurricanes and tsunamis, (More)
Campus prepares for Veterans Day celebrations
The Office of Veteran and Military Student Affairs will begin Veteran’s Day celebration with the Second Annual Student Veterans 5K Run and 3K Walk Nov. 1. The event will begin at the Forster House, continue (More)
Campus to offer safe trick-or-treat options
Two campus departments will combine efforts to create a safe, fun Halloween holiday for faculty, staff, students and their young children. From 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 30, the Office of Residence Life and (More)
Health Fair offers learning opportunity
The 2014 UCCS Health Fair, scheduled for 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 30 at Berger Hall, has many of the benefits of visiting a primary care provider with a couple of notable exceptions, according (More)
Game theory illuminated by Canadian mathematician
A Canadian professor with expertise in numerous mathematical disciplines, both pure and applied, presented the Department of Mathematics distinguished lecture Oct. 23. Jason Bell, professor, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, spoke (More)
Premier Russian filmmaker to visit campus
A Russian filmmaker whose critically acclaimed feature films explore the depths of human nature will present his best-known work,“The Return,” Oct. 29 at UCCS. Andrey Zvyagintsev, winner of numerous awards including top honors at the (More)
Annual Halloween blood drive set for Oct. 27-29
Donating blood is a uniquely human activity that doesn’t take much time, helps other people, and performs a valuable community service, organizers of the annual October UCCS Blood Drive say. This year’s blood drive is (More)
Threatreworks stages slasher production in time for Halloween
A hilarious and charming mash up of 1960s slasher and beach movies, Psycho Beach Party” by Charles Busch will be presented by THEATREWORKS Oct. 23-Nov. 9 in the Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theater. Show times (More)