Your Impact: Programs & Initiatives

Nov 6, 2020

CU Denver has received a significant gift from Trimble to establish a state-of-the-art Technology Lab for the College of Engineering, Design and Computing. The gift will also support other departments or programs.

Sep 8, 2020

Students and faculty in the ColoradoBuildingWorkshop program constructed two badge-access bike pavilions on the Auraria Campus. Come spring semester 2021, the structures will altogether protect the bikes of roughly 100 students, faculty, and staff.

Jul 21, 2020

Like many major cities and urban areas in the U.S., Denver has seen an increase in panhandling. Francisco Conejo, PhD, Senior Marketing Instructor/Researcher at the Business School, explored the fundamental causes behind the emergence of panhandling in Denver.

Jun 30, 2020

The $491,999 grant will support Chris Yakacki, PhD, associate professor in CU Denver’s College of Engineering, Design and Computing and co-founder of Impressio, and his team’s work on the creation of innovative helmet prototypes.

Apr 3, 2020

Over six years, ASPIRE to TEACH has licensed more than 1,000 teachers across 49 counties in Colorado through responsive partnerships with program participants, schools, districts, charter networks, and educational organizations.

Feb 13, 2020

Esther Sullivan examines the inequality of access to housing in at-risk areas. Though mobile homes serve as the country’s single largest source of unsubsidized affordable housing, zoning regulations leave mobile home parks largely unprotected from urbanization.

Jan 17, 2020

On Wednesday, Jan. 15, university and community leaders from throughout the region convened at CityCenter to formally honor the TIAA Chancellor's Urban Engaged Scholars as leading exemplars of how CU Denver serves as an asset to the city.

Dec 9, 2019

Thanks to a five-year, $1.25 million grant from the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Collegiate Program, the CU Denver Business School has been preparing its students for ethical success through curriculum, events, and community partnerships.

Nov 8, 2019

The latest project emerging from the ColoradoBuildingWorkshop is Cottonwood Cabins, which includes six cabins and one outdoor kitchen. Created for Cottonwood Gulch Expeditions, which offers outdoor educational expeditions for campers age 10 – 18.

Nov 5, 2019

The 2019-2020 school year marks the 8th anniversary of Boots to Suits, a professional development program offered by the University of Colorado Denver’s office of Veteran & Military Student Services, in collaboration with the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and Brooks Brothers.