There is no simple way to sum up 2020. The past year has challenged members of the UCCS community in ways we never could have predicted. Yet, amid extraordinary obstacles, we saw the resilience, courage and grace of our Mountain Lion family first-hand.
Read on for a look back at some of the memorable moments and most popular stories of 2020.
A Day in the Life
Photo Feature: Students return to campus for a historic fall semester
Photo Feature: Peaceful Protest, June 13, 2020
Photo Feature: Student sculpture project
Photo Feature: 2020 Spring Commencement Caps
Photo Feature: President Kennedy takes in UCCS basketball victories against Fort Lewis
Building the Future
William J. Hybl Sports Medicine and Performance Center opens
Anschutz Foundation provides $3.5 million to UCCS for engineering expansion
UCCS receives $6 million Department of Labor grant for cybersecurity apprenticeships
UCCS places 10 graduate programs among nation’s best
Research & Scholarship
New engineering research center aims for sustainable electric transportation
Cepon-Robins: how intestinal parasites could reduce severity of COVID-19
All-female physicist team publishes research on magnetic domain walls
Martínez-Dávila launches free, 10-week lecture series “Medieval Plague, Modern Pandemic”
Okun and Feliciano study pandemic’s effect on students’ physical and psychological health
Pearson on cardiovascular control during environmental stress
UCCS in the Community
UCCS BioFrontiers Center teams up with El Paso County to 3D print protective gear
GRIT creates toolkit to build individual, community resilience against COVID-19
UCCS hosts first El Paso County Suicide Prevention Conference
Theatreworks Costume Shop shows how to sew face masks for health care workers
GOCA announces Patrick Marold’s “The Windmill Project” to light up the night at UCCS
UCCS in the News
The Gazette: UCCS and PPCC host first-ever virtual graduations
The Gazette: Mindfulness project helps Pikes Peak students confront the pandemic
The New York Times: Play Therapy Can Help Kids Speak the Unspeakable
The Athletic: Broncos cheerleader and ICU nurse describes life on the front lines
The Gazette: Special-needs students are college-bound: UCCS graduates first class in May
Denver Post: Four Colorado Springs higher ed institutions’ first-of-its-kind collaboration
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