<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>University of Colorado Denver: Academics News</title><link>http://www.ucdenver.edu/_layouts/feed.aspx?xsl=1&amp;web=/about/newsroom/newsreleases/topics&amp;page=b9f33819-7045-42bc-bdd0-ff6e8efdb86b&amp;wp=edc183ad-4514-40cb-81e7-e5b996ff02e8</link><description>News about academics</description><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>GEM students visit plant that convert methane to electricity</title><link>http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/GEM-students-visit-plant-that-converts-methane-to-electricity.aspx</link><description>SOMERSET, Colo. (June 6, 2013) - A group of eight Global Energy Management Program students recently explored the $6 million plant that turns methane emitted from the coal mine into electricity here. </description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:52:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Land Your Dream Job dispenses valuable information to students</title><link>http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/Land-Your-Dream-Job-dispenses-valuable-information-to-students.aspx</link><description>DENVER (May 30, 2013) - Business students, many of whom are about to enter the job market, listened intently during "Land Your Dream Job," an event recently hosted by the MBA Student Organization (MBASO).</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 17:32:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Canvas-ing for a better online learning experience</title><link>http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/Canvas-ing-for-a-better-online-learning-experience.aspx</link><description>DENVER (May 28, 2013) - On May 23, a record 180 faculty and staff took part in the 12th annual CU Online Symposium, held on the Auraria Campus, to learn about the university’s new LMS, Canvas. </description><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 19:39:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Military veteran graduates to career</title><link>http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/Military-veteran-graduates-to-career.aspx</link><description>DENVER (May 14, 2013) - Even though graduation was still a few weeks off, CU Denver senior Matt DePuy had already started his new career and his CU Denver Boots to Suits mentorship had played a major role.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 19:36:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Future looks bright for young scientists mentored by CU Denver’s Tagg</title><link>http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/Future-looks-bright-for-young-scientists.aspx</link><description>DENVER (May 7, 2013) - CU Denver Associate Professor Randy Tagg has spent the last several months with high school students in the Aurora LIGHTS Innovation Academy as their “university scientist in residence.” </description><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 22:04:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Businessman Jabs pledges record gift to CU Denver</title><link>http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/Businessman-Jabs-pledges-record-gift-to-CU-Denver.aspx</link><description>DENVER (May 2, 2013) - The University of Colorado Denver Business School has received a $10 million pledge by Jake Jabs, founder and CEO of American Furniture Warehouse.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 20:44:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>College of Architecture and Planning expanding presence in China</title><link>http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/CAP-expanding-presence-in-China.aspx</link><description>SHANGHAI (April 25, 2013) - CAP now has an exchange program with Southeast University in Nanjing, a dual-degree program with Tongjing University in Shanghai and the internship program with Gensler.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:46:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Summit focuses on why diversity matters</title><link>http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/Summit-focuses-on-why-diversity-matters.aspx</link><description>DENVER (April 23, 2013) - More than 200 faculty and staff members attended the inaugural Diversity Summit held today by the University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus.</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:27:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Communicating in a diverse world</title><link>http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/communicating-in-a-diverse-world.aspx</link><description>DENVER (April 4, 2013) - Brenda J. Allen, Ph.D., spoke with a group of faculty and staff about communicating in a diverse world -- effectively and humanely.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:23:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Donation to create endowed chair in retinal diseases</title><link>http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/Donation-to-create-endowed-chair-in-retinal-diseases.aspx</link><description>AURORA, Colo. (April 4, 2013) - Sue Anschutz-Rodgers has donated $2 million that, combined with other commitments, establishes the Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Endowed Chair in Retinal Diseases. </description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:39:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Incoming CU Denver freshman earns prestigious scholarship</title><link>http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/Trenton-Klimper-earns-prestigious-scholarship.aspx</link><description>DENVER (Apr. 4, 2013) – BA/BS-MD program welcomes incoming CU Denver freshman Trenton Klimper who earned a Boettcher Scholarship.</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:57:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mechanical engineers &amp; motorsports on the move</title><link>http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/Mechanical-engineers-motorsports.aspx</link><description>DENVER (March 14, 2013) - Ron Rorrer, PhD, PE has new facility at the recently renovated 5th Street Hub which is now home for Rorrer’s senior design students and their projects, including race cars.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:10:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DAC students jazzed by collaboration with renowned British artist</title><link>http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/DAC-students-jazzed-by-collaboration-with-renowned-British-artist.aspx</link><description>DENVER (March 14, 2013) - Animation students at the University of Colorado Denver are "jazzed" by the rare chance to work with a British illustrator as they bring his drawings to life in an animated film.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:00:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Proposal calls for bold new vision for education funding</title><link>http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/Proposal-calls-for-bold-new-vision-for-education-funding.aspx</link><description>DENVER (March 5, 2013) - With Colorado's K-12 students mired in widening achievement gaps, deepening poverty and lagging school funding, a state coalition believes it has devised a strategy to turn the system around. </description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:29:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Business School students compete in Commodity Trading Challenge</title><link>http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/Business-School-students-compete-in-Commodity-Trading-Challenge.aspx</link><description>DENVER (Feb. 26, 2013) - Students in the University of Colorado Denver Business School are getting the chance to trade actual commodities in real time through the CME Group Commodity Trading Challenge.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:48:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>University and Ogilvy partner on global business education</title><link>http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/University-and-Ogilvy-partner-on-global-business-educational-program.aspx</link><description>DENVER (Feb. 26, 2013) - CU Denver and Ogilvy PR announce a new program to educate CU Denver students about global business and communications skills through an intensive public relations planning course in China.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:08:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Admission Promise creates pipeline for community college students</title><link>http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/Admission-Promise-creates-pipeline-for-community-college-students.aspx</link><description>DENVER (Feb. 21, 2013) - The many routes to attaining a bachelor's degree can be confusing. That's where Admission Promise steps in, easing the transition to a premier university -- specifically, the University of Colorado Denver. </description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:18:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bioinnovation and Entrepreneurship opens doors to students</title><link>http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/Certificate-in-Bioinnovation-and-Entrepreneurship-opens-doors-to-students.aspx</link><description>AURORA, Colo. (Feb. 19, 2013) - Carsten Schnatwinkel, who has a PhD in molecular cell biology, is discovering career avenues he hadn't previously considered thanks to a certificate program in Bioinnovation and Entrepreneurship.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:25:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>President Benson says he wants 'interim' removed from Chancellor Elliman's title</title><link>http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/President-Benson-says-he-wants-interim-removed-from-Chancellor-Elliman-title.aspx</link><description>DENVER -- Saying Chancellor Don Elliman "will take this campus farther and faster than anybody you could imagine," University of Colorado President Bruce Benson today said the "interim" should be removed from Elliman's title. </description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:06:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Colorado statehouse welcomes CU Denver student veterans</title><link>http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/Colorado-statehouse-welcomes-CU-Denver-student-veterans.aspx</link><description>DENVER (Feb. 5, 2013) – "Boots to Suits", a program originally meant to pair the veterans with mentors in the business world, is now enlisting mentors from public service and government.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:59:31 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>