Two UCCS students awarded a trip to Japan
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan awarded Gunnar Anderson and Frederick Frillman a one-week trip to Japan. (More)
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LAS professors receive Henry Luce Foundation grant
Three professors in the College of Letters, Arts & Sciences were recently awarded an impressive grant from the Henry Luce Foundation. (More)
The Sugar Code
The research of Vander Zanden is filling a hole in our understanding of how cells communicate. “It’s a fundamental mechanism of cell signaling,” said Vander Zanden. “If you can control this, you can control what the cell does.” (More)
Woodall earns MESA Undergraduate Education Award
The Middle East Studies Association Undergraduate Award Committee has presented the 2023 MESA Undergraduate Education Award to Professor Carole Woodall, an Associate Professor in the Department of History. (More)
National Science Foundation provides grant to promote ethos of care in research
The National Science Foundation has awarded the American Association of Geographers and UCCS a collaborative grant to organize a convening around Strategies to Mitigate Implicit Bias and Promote an Ethos of Care in the Research Enterprise. (More)
WEST elevated from program to department status
Women’s and Ethnic Studies has steadily evolved since it was first introduced at UCCS, most recently through its transformation from program to department in the College of Letters, Arts & Sciences. (More)
TCID elevated from program to department status
The Technical Communication and Information Design program recently became an official department of the College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, making it the only such department in the state of Colorado and one of a handful in the entire nation. (More)
Research Q&A with Colin McAllister: A contemporary take on Aeneas’s journey to the underworld
We take a deeper dive into Colin McAllister’s 15-year journey to record a retelling of of Aeneas’s journey to the underworld in Book Six of Virgil’s epic poem. (More)
Research Q&A with ‘Ilaheva Tua’one: Re-writing historical Indigenous narratives
We take a deeper dive into the work ‘Ilaheva Tua’one has done on re-writing historical Indigenous narratives. (More)
Courts, cadaver labs and coroner work | Angie Rodriguez
Angie Rodriguez isn’t doing her college career halfway. While pursuing her dual Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice & Psychology, she’s immersed herself in both her student and scholar worlds throughout her time at UCCS. (More)