Eclipse fever merges with first day of classes
Science and humanities majors alike will have the opportunity to learn from Monday’s solar eclipse, the first visible in North America for 38 years. (More)
Science & Technology
Boult Named 2017 IEEE Fellow
Terrance Boult, El Pomar Endowed Chair of Innovation and Security, was recently named a 2017 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellow in recognition of his contribution to the fields of biometrics and computer vision. (More)
UCCS awarded $1.2 million scholarship grant to support STEM education
Undergraduate students and professionals working in science, technology, engineering or mathematics who want to teach in high-need school districts can apply to receive a scholarship of up to $15,000 at UCCS. (More)
Zhou selected as interim dean
Xiaobo “Charles” Zhou, associate dean, College of Engineering and Applied Science, will serve as interim dean beginning July 1 and continuing while a search for a permanent replacement is conducted. Terry Schwartz, interim provost, and (More)
Engineering professor receives $500,000 National Science Foundation award
Michael Calvisi, assistant professor and director of the Computational Fluid Dynamics Lab, College of Engineering and Applied Science, received a $516,000 National Science Foundation award for his research project “Optimal Control of Encapsulated Ultrasound Microbubbles for Biomedicine.” (More)
Berry-Lowe engages students by using Wikis
This is the fourth in a series of occasional features provided by the UCCS Teaching and Learning Center to encourage faculty to share ideas about teaching strategies that engage students and enhance learning. This week’s interview is about engaging students in lab reports by using Wikis. (More)