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Art Gets Urban

Maria Buszek, PhD, associate professor of art history in the College of Arts & Media, requires all her students to take in art in the city and write research papers about their experience.

Military Vets on Staff and Faculty

A 21-year Army veteran, Kevin Young is one of approximately 300 military veterans who are university faculty and staff members.

Brian Gerber, Buechner Institute

"We are the bridge between the academic community, government and nonprofit agencies and the general public," said Brian Gerber, director of the Buechner Institute for Governance, the applied research arm of the School of Public Affairs.

Top Teachers

Our award-winning educators share their philosophy on education and their experience in teaching.

Brenda Allen, new Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion.

My mission is to enhance diversity and foster a culture of inclusion university-wide. I will apply my professional and personal knowledge to take a practical approach to achieve that goal and fulfill our wonderful potential.

Office: Diversity and Inclusion

Mary Dodge studies women criminals.

Today, in my position as professor and director of the Criminal Justice Programs in the School of Public Affairs, I am especially fascinated by women in police work and women who commit crimes.

School/College: School of Public Affairs

Lloyd Burton, PhD

Wildfire experts know how to minimize the loss of life and property to wildfire: structural mitigation and defensible space—measures like fire-resistant buildings, regulated fuel sources and controlled burns.

School/College: School of Public Affairs

E. Chester Ridgway, M.D.

In my role as Executive Vice Chair for the Department of Medicine and Senior Associate Dean for the School of Medicine, I keep wondering whether we have the creativity and will to fundamentally change how we do biomedical research.

School/College: CU School of Medicine

Tom Noel

Director of Public History and Preservation at CU Denver, Noel co-directs The Center for Colorado & The West, and is the author of 40 books, including his most recent, Irish Denver.

Department: History

School/College: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

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