People in the United States have a hard time talking about racially tricky situations, says Jen Kling, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at UCCS. That’s why her new book advocates for a new kind of racial vocabulary. (More)
Founded in 2020, just weeks before COVID-19 swept across the world, the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience embarked on a mission to advance human resilience. How? By designing evidence-based solutions through interdisciplinary research, healing therapies, and community training and empowerment. (More)
Founded in 2015, the Center for Critical Sport Studies at UCCS examines challenging social issues, from ethics and inequality to the interactions between individuals and for-profit corporations, in the world of sport. (More)
New research from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) shows that pandemic shutdowns had negative effects on every indicator of college students’ emotional and physical health. (More)
The UCCS BioFrontiers Center bridges the fields of biology and physics — and in doing so, aims to create new ways of seeing and manipulating nature. Its goal? To revolutionize human health. (More)
The Center for the Study of Government and the Individual at UCCS was founded to explore the constitutional, economic, political, and social foundations of American society. Its focus lately has been on tolerance and civil discourse. (More)
The Heller Center for the Arts and Humanities at UCCS has a dual mission: offering scholars and artists a respite to think and create, and providing space for interaction between art and academia. (More)
History sees demagogues as dangerous. But Charles Zug sees them differently. In his new book, “Demagogues in American Politics,” he argues that demagoguery can be a powerful tool for the common good — if it’s used virtuously. (More)
Tenure clock-stops during COVID-19 were meant to be a “gift” of time and space for pre-tenure faculty. But not all faculty were able to leverage the time as effectively. A new research study by senior leaders within the CU System documents which faculty opted in and out of tenure-clock extensions — and some long-term ramifications of their decisions. (More)
In her new book, Susan Brandt, Lecturer in the Department of History at UCCS, unearthed a flourishing tradition of women up and down the medical hierarchy. But early American history has ignored their stories — until now. (More)
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