Your Impact: Programs & Initiatives

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

Through her research as an urban sociologist, Esther Sullivan examines the inequality of access to housing in at-risk areas, often unseen areas such as mobile home parks. 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. It’s a problem that is particularly acute in rapidly developing metropolitan areas like Denver.

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. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock commemorated the inaugural cohort of scholars by placing a gold stole over the following faculty members for their outstanding work.

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.

Oct 3, 2019

Many Americans do not realize that what takes place in the formal healthcare system only affects 15% of the outcomes for an individual and their family. The other 85% is attributed to our social determinants of health, or SDOH, which include the social and economic barriers that people experience such as housing issues, food insecurity, transportation and mobility challenges, and access to economic opportunities.

Aug 29, 2019

Average rents in the U.S. have more than doubled over the last 20 years, with the fastest growth in mid-sized cities like Denver. Now, there is not a single place in the richest country in the world where a full-time, minimum wage worker can afford an average two-bedroom apartment, so on any given night two million people in the U.S. sleep on the streets.