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Awards recognize innovation in research, education and inclusivity

March 8, 2024

Second-annual Dean’s Innovation Fund awards a total of $200,000 to projects spanning the College of Arts and Sciences.

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The right zinc levels are key to human health, researchers find

July 24, 2023

Using innovative fluorescent sensors and computational modeling, CU Â鶹ӰԺ biochemistry researcher Amy Palmer tracked naturally cycling cells to better understand an essential micronutrient.

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Not your parents' business course

April 12, 2023

The Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability class focuses on using business innovations to address real-world needs.

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Innovation Incubator helping transform teaching, learning

March 6, 2023

After a successful three-year trial run, the program is being made permanent with the goal of further innovating cross-discipline teaching in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Dean’s Innovation Fund awards $317,896 in grants

Jan. 12, 2023

Inaugural group of proposals was ‘universally strong and worthy,’ Dean Glen Krutz notes.

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Xenna the service dog helps Navy vet do laboratory research

Dec. 9, 2019

Along the way, both of them, with help from CU Â鶹ӰԺ, pave the way for greater accessibility in laboratory research

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Hip-hop dance class lets engineering students turn tables

Nov. 12, 2019

‘Learning hip-hop can give engineering students an opportunity to get out of the lab and use a different part of their brain,’ instructor says.

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With empathy in decline, program builds scholarly community through difference

Nov. 5, 2019

The Miramontes Arts and Sciences Program teaches students to listen to, understand and connect with one another across backgrounds, values and experiences.

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Dance and tech do a pas de deux on NSF-funded project

Oct. 28, 2019

One goal is to increase the diversity of STEM fields by emphasizing that ‘we need to stop trying to get girls to act like boys in order to be part of the math world.’

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Instructors improve the accessibility of geology

Oct. 10, 2019

CU Â鶹ӰԺ geologists are addressing one of their field’s big struggles, accommodating people with physical limitations.

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