12 faculty earn CRCW Seed Grants
Twelve faculty received seed money for 11 unique projects in the 2020 Committee on Research and Creative Works grant awards. (More)
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UCCS BioFrontiers Center teams up with El Paso County to 3D print protective gear
The county’s essential workers are benefiting from a novel design of 3D printed “mask-hooks”, which make 10-hour shifts in face masks more bearable. (More)
UCCS Aging Center receives NextFifty Initiative grant for COVID-19 services
The UCCS Aging Center received a $25,000 grant award for “Strengthening Services for Older Adults During and After COVID-19.” (More)
Gibbes earns Fulbright award to study innovation, sustainability in Taiwan
Cerian Gibbes, associate professor of geography and environmental studies, intends to bring new knowledge back to UCCS to support faculty conducting intercultural work. (More)
Challenge Gift from Lyda Hill launches National Institute for Human Resilience fundraising campaign
A lead challenge gift of $8 million from Lyda Hill Philanthropies will lay the initial groundwork for the creation of the National Institute for Human Resilience at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. (More)
Faculty Feature: Cortny Stark, assistant professor of counseling and human services
Stark sat down to discuss her work on positive identity development for transgender and gender-expansive youth and how research can promote positive social change. (More)
Workers engaged in high intensity exercise in hot environments at greater risk of cardiovascular collapse following a hemorrhagic insult
Six researchers at UCCS found that individuals performing high intensity exercise whilst working in high risk of injury and hot environments are likely at greater risk of impending cardiovascular collapse following a hemorrhagic insult in a new study published in Experimental Physiology. (More)
Clyde’s Kudos: February 2020
The world’s best GIF, life-changing student support and smooth sailing for search committees: Communique celebrates 23 staff members who received Clyde’s Kudos in February 2020. (More)
Faculty Feature: James Pearson, assistant professor of human physiology and nutrition
Pearson sat down to discuss the importance of his research, what the new facilities of the William J. Hybl Sports Medicine and Performance Center will mean for his students and where he hopes to be in five years. (More)
Silva-Smith awarded Fulbright Scholar Award to study stroke rehabilitation in Scotland
Beginning in January 2021, Silva-Smith will spend five months at Edinburgh Napier University researching the role of physical activity in helping stroke survivors to successfully rehabilitate. (More)