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Fran Benton

"As one of the wealthiest countries in the world, the United States should be able to provide health care for its children. I decided to pursue a master of public health to help close the gap in our country's health care system."Read more about Fran Benton

Program: Master of Public Health

School/College: Colorado School of Public Health

Jose Mercado

If you had told Jose Mercado 10 years ago that today he would be a professor directing theater at the University of Colorado Denver, he would have said you were crazy. At that time, he was more than a thousand miles away from Denver, in Los Angeles and focused on one thing: acting. Read more about Jose Mercado

Program: Theatre, Film & Video Production

School/College: College of Arts and Media

Peter deLeon

Peter deLeon says he was present at the creation of public affairs as an academic discipline, though from all accounts, the event was more an intellectual big bang under the auspices of the Ford Foundation than anything resembling a sacred rite.

School/College: School of Public Affairs

David Liban

Turn on the television and you might get hooked by a film about a man recreating Stonehenge in Nebraska or a video of geocachers looking for buried treasure around the world. In every case, you would be watching the work of Associate Professor David Liban, MFA. Read more about David Liban

Program: Theatre, Film & Video Production

School/College: College of Arts and Media

Doug Fish

As part of the University of Colorado’s Global Health Initiative, Doug Fish, PharmD, spent two weeks conducting morning rounds, lectures and discussing cases with medical students and doctors at Rewanda's two teaching hospitals. Read more about teaching in Africa

Program: Global Health Initiative

School/College: Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Margarita Bianco

In 2010, Bianco teamed up with Montbello High School teacher Nina Conley, to launch Pathways2Teaching, an ambitious pilot program aimed at addressing what the two see as an urgent need to boost the number of teachers of color in Colorado. Read more about urban education programs

Course: Introduction to Urban Education

School/College: School of Education & Human Development.

Mark Golkowski

When the Colorado days start to lengthen, Assistant Professor Mark Golkowski heads north to a place where the sun doesn’t set until after midnight. “You can stay up really late every night,” says Golkowski. “And that just means more time for research.” Read more about research in Alaska

Program: HAARP

School/College: College of Engineering and Applied Science

Marty Otañez

Assistant Professor of Anthropology Marty Otañez has spent the better part of his career studying—and making films about—Malawi’s tobacco industry, a critical and debilitating force in the country’s economy. Read more about Marty's research and teaching theories

Department: Anthropology

School/College: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Charles Musiba

Charles Musiba, assistant professor of anthropology, born in Tanzania, Africa, is now directing CU Denver's Tanzania Field School. He's been taking students to his country for 11 years. Read more about the Tanzania Field School

Program: Tanzania Field Field School

School/College: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences